Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Talent is a complete understatement for these performers. True talent is hard to find, but not in New York City; talent could be right around the corner. Lincoln center is the home of talent, from the opera singers to the dancers and actors. But on April 29th, it was home to the talent of the Juilliard Music Advancement Programs spring concert. Juilliard is a school full of talent and to be able to attend a concert as witness their music was truly amazing. When these students stepped on to the stage

The famous Kennedy center that was named after John F Kennedy after he funded for the re-open of the venue in 1971. This historic venue located on the banks of the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C has hosts all variety of art performance. Kendrick Lamar fans in the DMV area sold out the tickets online just in 10 munities after they were placed online. Standing on the stage at the Kennedy Center, the atmosphere of the fans screaming and the band playing music, Kendrick Lamar

Joplin, Missouri. James Hughes and Carrie Langston are Hughes’ parents. They later divorced when Hughes was young. After his parents divorced he went to live with his grandmother until he turned thirteen years old. At thirteen years old he moved to Lincoln, Illinois. After living in Illinois he later moved to Cleveland, Ohio to live with his mother. When he moved to Cleveland he started writing poetry (“James Mercer…” par. 2). Langston had many influential poets that he looked up too such as Carl Sandburg

Marian Anderson was an American contralto concert performer from Philadelphia. Born in 1897 to a schoolteacher and ice and coal seller, Anderson showed musical talent from an early age. She started singing in her church choir at age 6 and at age 14, with her powerful and beautiful voice, she moved up to the adult choir. The other members were so impressed with her abilities that they started “Marian Anderson’s Future Fund” to help raise money for professional training (Biography 2015). After her

They told me that the Greenwich Village is known as the paradise of artists and I can feel it in the air in moments like watching a 50-year-old man performing Oasis songs playing guitar with sunglasses on in the Washington Square. I can’t help picturing myself walking across the streets and going to class in a school that dispersed in this area full of creative and artistic vibes. Also, I can work with

6,000 animals. The Bronx is the birthplace of rap and hip hop culture. Manhattan (New York County: Pop. 1,620,867) is the most densely populated borough and is home to Central Park and most of the city 's skyscrapers. The borough is the financial center of the city and contains the headquarters of many major corporations, the United Nations, a number of important universities,

Scott-Heron decided to attend Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. It was here that Scott-Heron met Brian Jackson, a similarly minded musician who would later become a crucial collaborator and integral part of Scott-Heron 's band, Black & Blues. After about two years at Lincoln, Scott-Heron took a year off from an unconventional college career to write the novels The Vulture and The Nigger Factory, inspired by some of the anger and resentment Gil felt about Lincoln and the tumult reverberating on

as they were able to capitalize upon the apparent open mindedness from the public to the varied methods of musical expression (358). Through the help of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), musicians were able to find performing opportunities, rehearsal space, and other career support (358). The first president of the organization, pianist Richard Abrams, gathered musicians such as Anthony Braxton, and Lester Bowie to produce work that focused on the qualities of sound

political attributes from Western Europe. The founding fathers and their successors claimed not only land and culture from other nations; they also claimed people. One person in particular―perhaps surprisingly so, given his home country―has been at the center of American appropriation for centuries: William Shakespeare. Since America’s inception, Shakespeare and his work have played a prominent role in shaping the country’s culture, society, and leaders. The amazing story behind Shakespeare’s

Robert Moses Robert Moses, aka the “Master Builder” of the mid-20th century, is best known for shaping development in and around New York City. Robert Moses was born on December 18, 1888 in Connecticut. His family relocated to New York City in 1897. After Robert’s graduation from Yale in 1909, he went on to study political science at Oxford and Columbia Universities. He began his career at the municipal research bureau in New York, proposing and implementing ambitious restructuring of New York