Sound Of Music Analysis

Adoff makes music with the words and space in “Street Music” by writing all the descriptive words by separating each letter of the word with spaces and the words that made a sound would be written normally, without spaces in between the letters. For example, at the beginning of the poem, the speaker describes the city and where the noise in this city is coming from. Hence, he separated his words into letters with spaces, an example from is when the speaker states that “T h i s c i t y:/ t h e / a l w a y s / n o i s e / g r i n d i n g” (1-5). Another example of this is “an o r c h e s t r a” (24). On the other hand, words that are used for the actual sounds are written normally in this poem, such as “slamming from bus tires” and “taxi horns”

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A person’s heartbeat changes to mimic the music they listen to. Different types of music portray an emotion or specific memory of an individual. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe is a story of pre-colonial times in the Niger villages. The protagonist’s, Okonkwo, ideals of masculinity are challenged by various forms of misfortune portrayed through the music in his community, Gbo. The music highlights the key points of Okonkwo's village and culture as it looks ahead at the disintegration of their values, because there is no longer a harmony between the flute and drums.

Along with directing this film, he was also the producer. In the opening scene, the camera pans over a beautiful, snowy mountain, then into a valley with a flowing river. The camera then zooms down onto the main actress of the film, Julie Andrews. She is standing on top of a luscious, green hilltop. She begins to sing The Hills are Alive and just as she finishes the song, some of the credits appear on screen. The first credit we see is the name of the movie, The Sound of Music in a bright yellow text. The next thing we see are the names of the main characters in the following order, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Eleanor Parker, Chairman Carr, and Peggy Wood. The next names that appeared on the screen were the executive producers and the DOP (director of photography). The executive producers are Peter Levathes and Richard D. Zanuck. The DOP is Ted D. McCord and the screenwriter is Ernest Lehman. There weren't any line producers listed in the opening nor the closing

The ensemble performing is the Texas State Jazz Ensemble and guest artist Steve Houghton. The performance was at 7:30PM at the performing arts center recital hall on November 1st, 2016. The title of the pieces that was performed was Slide’s Derangement by Slide Hampton which was written in the late fifties. BBC by Bob Florence and But Beautiful by Jimmy Van Heusen and Chuck Owen that was written in 1947. The performances with the guest artist Steven Houghton was Dangerous Curves by Jeff Golub and Matt Harris that was written in 2000. Blues for Stephanie by John Clayton that was written in the nineties. Jazz Crimes by Joshua Redman and Alan Baylock that was written in the 2002. Cariba by Wes Montgomery and Steve Alee

The Music Man was written by Meredith Willson who was a Mason City native. According to Ellen Leslie, Meredith Willson began developing his first musical in 1948 and it would be almost another ten years before the show opened onto Broadway. The play was an instant favorite among fans and critics alike, since its debut in 1957 The Music Man has gone on to receive multiple revivals, international praise, and a few film adaptations. This play has become a favorite of professional, regional, amateur, and high school productions because of its interesting characters and catchy songs.

Within this essay, I shall be evaluating my final major performance of ‘Rent the Musical’. I shall explore the challenges I encountered within the final days of approaching show day and the methods I used to conquer them. While, also expanding on the knowledge I have gained throughout the past few weeks, as a musical theatre performer. Whilst, ultimately reflecting on the overall process and development of my character Maureen and the final outcome of my performances.

Her outstanding performance in this movie earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won a Grammy Award, along with Dick Van Dyke, for 1964 Best Recording For Children for "Mary Poppins." Andrews also scored the starring role in The Sound of Music. “The Sound of Music” the film was released in 1965. Andrews was nominated for an Oscar again, and the film was honored as Best Picture of the Year.

In 1965 Robert Wise presented the world with his smashing box office hit film, The Sound of Music. Over time it has become known as one of the most loved and well-known musicals of all time. Shortly after its release it won many Academy awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Adapted Score, Best Film Editing, Best Film-Musical, Best Color Cinematography, and Best Costume design (Freiden par3). The movie is based upon the true story of the VonTrapp family and allows its audience to relive their family experience as well as their flight from Nazism just before the outbreak of World War Two.

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When I first read through the script of the musical “Into the Woods” the repetition of the word ‘festival’ rang like a bell in my head. I instantly knew this was what my concept would stem off of. And although I wasn't too sure of anything other than that, I soon figured out what I wanted to do with that word, ‘festival.’ All I had to do was to add the word ‘music’ in front of it.

On April 20th, 21st at 7 p.m. and the 22nd at 2 and 7 p.m. Oswego East High school present Footloose the Musical. It starred Ren McCormack as Mitchell Crispi and Ariel Moore as McKenna Kreiling. It starred my other characters including, Willard as Alec Ludacka, Rusty as Ally Filicicchia, Urleen as Vera Mehnert, Ethel as Miranda Johanson, Reverend Shaw as Christian Mack. The musical was based in the small town of Bomont in 1988. Ren McCormack and his mother Ethel move from Chicago to Bomont after his father left them. Ren expecting a nice family community but, experience something way different. Ren finds himself constantly in trouble with other teens, the school, a new job and even the law. Although, through a battle of Ren trying to convince

It was a bit hard at first to locate any children’s musicians, but I finally found two that I could really relate with. One, I had not heard of, and the other was a favorite in our house for many years.

Although The Artist was deemed the Best Picture of 2011 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2’s notable music composition,engaging opening scene,…. make it more of a contender for the title.

The Sound of Music is based off of a 1959 Broadway play that was written by Howard Lindsey and Russell Crouse. In 1965, it was adapted to the big screen and is a classic. The movie takes place in Austria during the rise of Adolph Hitler in the late 1930s. ("Plot," 2008) ("The Sound of Music," 2002) (Wald, 2007)