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career in music. Music presents the highest degree of difficulty in quantifying success, a piece

In the first grade, I picked up a clarinet. It was my sister’s, collecting dust while waiting for me to play it. From the moment I produced my first sound, an ear-piercing squeal that frightened my dog, the path of my life took a turn for the better. I began teaching myself for the following three years, along with learning from my sister how to properly play the beautiful instrument. The music pushed me out of my comfort zone: concerts that forced me onstage, tests that made me play difficult songs, and teachers that pushed me to be an exceptional player. From the shy elementary school student I used to be to the outgoing band member I take joy in being today, music has shaped my everyday life.

The music is rebellious and its uncompromising intensity is uncatagorizable for its urgent flooding past genre definitions. Miles’ music of the five-year period is unlike any music that preceded it, and still, 30 years later, so original, so Progressive, and so inadequately described.

A great amount of these outsiders can be found within the complex and diverse world of music. In this essay I will highlight the life of one of my favorite musicians; and will cover the great imprint he

April 29, 2015 is the day I decided to trade my labcoat dreams for a dream with a gown and a stage. In the first 17 years of my life, I never considered to pursue a career in music, let alone opera. I had this mindset that immigrants go to the U.S. to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, but never artists, dancers, or musicians. It was a privileged dream. I was granted the privilege of taking piano lessons since my parents saw its disciplinary benefits. As I was participating in my school choir and in church choir, my piano teacher, Miss Noto, suggested that I take voice lessons as well. I did not find myself a particularly talented singer until I was the only one in my county to be accepted into the All National Honor Choir. In my last music festival, my adjudicator asked me which conservatories I applied to and I told her zero because I was going to be an Otolaryngologist. Miss Noto, who was my accompanist at the time, later told me how surprised she was that I was not going to pursue music after high school. I never imagined that one’s hobbies could translate to a career. Then I thought, why not?

Philanthropy & Social Activism of Celebrity MusiciansThe true artist, like the scientist and the philosopher, will not fail to grapple with the complexity - often frightening - of the techniques he has to employ, for only thus can he express in a new way, the novelty of what cannot but be new, if it is to be a valid message to society. It is then in technical invention, and in the act of freedom it incarnates, that there lies the mean term between artistic and human freedom, between the commitment of the artist and social responsibility. The responsible musician is the one who challenges the established order on the plane of music, challenging by this very fact the established order on the social plane, and thus working in his own way towards the goal of a free society. (Leibowitz and Abel, Page 684)

The world we stay is changing drastically, as a result of all the new exploration that have been made over the years. These new discoveries have been aided by the production of quality music and attracting more people. It is evidence that music is growing massively, and changes with the

This research also broadly examines schools and universities curriculum as sites for the enacting of gender when it comes to artist,

From a young age, I’ve had a great interest in all sorts of music. I appreciate and enjoy listening to classical, opera, rap, hip-hop, country, contemporary and Mexican music. When I signed up for Music Appreciation, I was excited to learn more about the history of music and the instruments used. I wanted to learn what to listen for and how to understand the different types of music. There are many styles of music from different eras. After taking notes on a variety of listening exercises from different eras, I understand what composers were trying to accomplish with their music. I will discuss an influential composer and his musical time period, along with events that helped shape his career. I will also cover a musical period that I believe to be most important to music history. I would also like to discuss how this course has influenced the way I listen and hear music. Lastly, I will analyze the aesthetic qualities of a musical selection from Space Odyssey: 2001.

Furthermore, numerous musicians struggle to obtain public support because most individuals are interested in listening to artists that bring distinctive aspects to our ever changing culture. Likewise, several musical performers strive to create a certain style of their work such as a mix of contrasting types of genres and constructing diverse, assorted

After ten years walking on the music path, the musicians have willy-nilly become worldwide celebrities, but they never lost sight of their original mission: which

During Improvisation Class I have learned a lot about status and how it can affect people in every day life, as well as on stage. Often, Status is what makes a situation what it is and a person who they are. “Every inflection and movement implies a status.” as said by JOHNSTONE (1979, p.33). In this essay I've written about the different things that can change your status and also partook in an experiment where I walked around different Christmas Markets, changing status to see what the differences were in other people's behaviour and my own.

However, the non-hereditary women musicians had to overcome many obstacles. They often had to disregard their families’ wishes for their futures, and their social positions to become musicians and

My worries about the future of the musical theatre program, however, have unfortunately also grown exponentially. Before the being exposed to all of the new information that I’m now immensely aware of, I had no worries about the low-paying nature of theatre or its subsequent consequences. Now, however, my worries have started to mount up. Interestingly enough, the film La La Land was my initial exposure to the struggles of being an actor because I had never thought about the behind the scenes

This piece will demonstrate an understanding of the developments in 20th century music, with a detailed view on the path and expansion of electro-acoustic technology and of the vernacular. This will also be highlighting the theoretical ideas that made these large developments possible and the technological innovations that created the foundations for both these areas.