Vera De Bossett

She was always trying to inspire others. She was a helpful person and always wanted to have an extraordinary life. She enjoyed hanging out with friends, family and doing art. She worked hard and studied hard in school. Her favorite subject in school was science, she enjoyed learning new things. She struggled in math a little, but she never threw in the towel. She always tried to keep an open and positive mind about school and her classes. She wanted to get a high school degree, go to college and get a job in graphic

Growing up Latino is difficult, especially with other races giving minorities the disadvantage. Although Latinos are constantly being overlooked, there are certain individuals who stand out in communities exemplifying their true demeanor. Maria Isabel Trevino is an epitome of a diligent citizen who spends her time contributing to the success of others.

Listening to Music class has taught me a new way to listen and enjoy music. I have learned how to differentiate the melodies, rhythms, and instruments in a song. It has also introduced me to different genres in the music world, aside from what is usually played on the radio. I can now attend any concert, listen to any genre, or watch any ballet and easily recognize the many specific aspects the music being played has. Ballets are very interesting to me. The audience is able to enjoy the music being played as it is telling a story, and being acted out through the performer’s body language. In the two ballets, The Rite of Spring and The Nutcracker, a great story is told in both referencing the many great dynamics music has. These two specific ballets are written by different composers, and each one of them have certain conditions they were written under. As well as different receptions, popularity, and development. The Rite of Spring and The Nutcracker’s differences has made some sort of an impact in the performing world back then as well as now.

Since she was ten years old, she wanted to pursue a career as an artist. But in the late

Born Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich on the 25th September, 1906, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the composer began his descent into classical music at the age of 9, before later moving on to study at the Petrograd conservatory. Throughout his life he compiled 15 symphonies, 15 string quartets and 36 film scores as well as many other compositions. Within his musical work and the course of his career Shostakovich managed to both adhere to traditions set within classical music as well as dissent from them, I will be exploring these.

Rosa Isabel Elizondo would be very honored to receive this scholarship. A major reason would be, so I would work less and trying to pay for my career and actually focus on going to college, it would be a big weight off my shoulder with this scholarship and help me reach my goal. Getting this scholarship would also help my family so that my mom wouldn't have to worry so much about money for my collage. Receiving this scholarship would let me stay closer to

Igor Stravinsky was third of a family of four boys. He grew up hearing his father practicing his opera and attending local ballets. He also started taking piano lessons when he was 9 years old and continued on with musical notation and composition instruction. All throughout his early life he studied music. However, although he had been brought

In 1992, I emigrated from Somalia to Yemen. I had to adapt a new language, customs, people, and environment.

The dance piece that I chose is called Promethean Fire. This dance piece was choreographed by Paul Taylor. The unique and dramatic music is by Johann Sebastian Bach. Out of three dance pieces, Promethean Fire caught me the most because of the balance between dance and music. The dance was also very emotional, and I believe it was one of the reasons that caught my attention. The first thing that I liked the most about this piece is music, that makes the audience feel the energy and power of the dance. The second thing that brought my attention is costumes, that were very simple and elegant. The third and last thing that I liked is the synchronized choreography by the end of the dance.

Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 in Leipzig, Germany into a musical family. Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was “a first-rate piano teacher.” Her mother, Marianne Tromlitz, was a soprano and one of Wieck’s piano students. Clara Wieck’s parents divorced when she was five years old, leaving her and her four brothers in her father’s custody. Tromlitz married Adolf Bargiel and moved to Berlin, but she still kept in contact with Clara through letters.

Looking back in time at the great composers of the world, only one foreign composer stands out for his many contributions to classical music and in helping America to find its own music. Antonin Leopold Dvorak was born on September 8th, 1841, in a small village of Nelahozeves in Bohemia that lies on the bank of the Mauldau River. The village Dvorak was born into was in good company and surroundings however also retained much of its native luster even through the worst times of political oppression (1).

Composers from all generations are unique in some way. Tchaikovsky, a popular Russian composer, and Persichetti, a 20th century composer, were very popular during their time frames. The composers Tchaikovsky and Persichetti differ in many ways including time period, musical style, and popularity. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 in a small Russian town called Votkinsk, which is located in central Russia. His mother is Russian while his father is French, but Tchaikovsky is well known as Russian.

Rosalia de Castro is an inspiring woman who ushered in the "'Galician Renaissance"' (p.1079). She was born in 1837 an illegitimate child of "an aristocratic mother and a Catholic priest" (p.1079). She wrote a total of ten novels and poetry. At the end of her life she died "from uterine cancer in 1835" (p.101). She is an inspiration because of her work which showed her culture in a new, significant light to her audience when before her culture was thought of as "'stupid and sometimes judged insensitive or unfamiliar with refined poetry"'(p. 1079).

My father was a surveyor for the US Army Corp of Engineers, so we traveled quite a bit before we moved to Arizona when I was ten. I remained in Arizona through college, where I pursued my degree in engineering. While I was in my third year I realized I did not want to be an engineer, but I did want to finish and earn my degree. After college I decided I wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement, so I moved to California and became an Orange County Deputy Sheriff. I did this for almost 15 years and this is also where I met my wife, Diane, of over 23 years. Diane also moved to California, from Minnesota, for her job as a flight attendant. At the time she worked for Northwest Airlines, but that later merged with Delta Airlines. After being married for a few years we had our first of two children. Our son who is about to start his third year in college and our daughter who is about to start her first.

The ideal dance I pick was a mixed of modern/ballet dance. I constantly desired to dance like a mystical Firebird called the Phoenix and how they interpret the meaning of reincarnation. How the Phoenix used its feathers to turn it to flames and able to swirl. It around to engulf itself in flames to get the sun to become as one with the world. The phoenix opens its wings and lift itself to the cosmos as the young phoenix from its old ashes and rejuvenate to a beautiful organism. The song I used is called Awakening by Taylor Davis. She a famous violinist player from YouTube, she creates beautiful music with her violin and take on other famous music other ideas.