I am writing to request that you chose Paul Rowe as a recipient of an “Unsung Hero Award”. As a student of Mr. Rowe I look to him for inspiration and as someone I can trust. As a Music Education teacher‚ professional trumpet player‚ and conductor‚ Mr. Rowe shows leadership as well as an inspiration to others. No matter what the circumstance is‚ he always finds a way to push forward. Mr. Rowe is a symbol of an ideal hero. To start off with‚ Mr. Rowe struggled at a young age. With the mom working
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Wendy Waite Dr. Robert Winokur Music 103 – Online December 4‚ 2016 Concert Assignment Studio Big Band Concert Attending a Jazz concert was something new to me. The concert that I attended was at the University of Redlands School of Music. The performing band was called Studio Big Band and was under the direction of David Scott. It was held in the Casa Loma Room which was large and had the ability to hold many excited music lovers. It started at 8pm and was about an hour long. Since this was
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Dizzy Gillespie John Birks Gillespie was arguably one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all‚ renowned for his bent trumpet and broad cheeks. John Birks Gillespie‚ or most commonly known as Dizzy Gillespie for his crazy or ‘dizzy’ behavior‚ was born in Cheraw‚ South Carolina on October 21‚ 1917‚ and found a passion of music from an early age. Gillespie’s father‚ an amatuer bandleader‚ started the basics of piano to Gillespie by the age of four. After his father’s death‚ Gillespie began teaching
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“I must admit‚ maybe I am a piece of history after all” -Alan Shepard. Alan Shepard‚ whether he knew it or not‚ really was a piece of history. Alan Shepard was born on November 18th‚ 1923 in New Hampshire. Alan was a good student through school‚ and after that he joined the US Naval Academy. He served in World War II. Then‚ exactly 23 days after Russia went to space‚ Alan Shepard got into space and back. Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut who used persistence to innovate ways to pave the
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Ram Jam – “Black Betty” (1977) In 1939 the Musicraft Recording Label released a record which included the track‚ “Black Betty” by William Huddie Leadbetter better known as “Lead Belly.” “Black Betty” had been said to be originated as far back as the 18th century or the early 1930’s. Lead Belly was the first one to ever commercially record it however‚ giving him most of the credit for the song. Lead Belly was an iconic American folk and blues musician‚ notable for his strong vocals‚ twelve-string
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Apollo moon landing was a hoax The US Moon landing program was started by John F. Kennedy in response to the Soviet Union’s early successes in space exploration‚ just in case the world decided that Communism was the way to go. The Moon landing hoax refers to the belief of a small‚ but persistent‚ percentage of people who think that the Apollo Moon landings of the late 60s and early 70s were propaganda films produced by NASA to embarrass the USSR in the cold war. First I will start talking about
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Singer/actress Lena Horne’s primary occupation was nightclub entertaining‚ a profession she pursued successfully around the world for more than 60 years‚ from the 1930s to the 1990s. In conjunction with her club work‚ she also maintained a recording career that stretched from 1936 to 2000 and brought her three Grammys‚ including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989; she appeared in 16 feature films and several shorts between 1938 and 1978; she performed occasionally on Broadway‚ including in her
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I attended a jazz concert at a theater. The audience was extremely respectful and encouraging towards the musicians. They clapped after every performance and particularly after every single solo. I did not notice this until the director thanked the audience for that. I thought that was such a sweet gesture. The atmosphere was great. Even though this was a university concert‚ it was as if I was attending a formal one. The first piece‚ Hard Sock Dance by Quincy Jones and Earnest Bailey reflected the
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Even in the common jazz lover community‚ Gypsy Jazz is considered a style rather than an individual genre. The fact that Gypsy Jazz is a style‚ means that there aren’t many specific musical pieces that are original to the style. Jazz musicians started by covering popular jazz standards of the day and‚ similarly‚ Gypsy Jazz musicians had the same material to work with. Gypsy Jazz is an extremely unique style however‚ it’s versatile enough to be able to translate modern‚ and standard‚ popular music
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On July 20‚ 1969‚ the first astronauts set foot on the surface of the moon. In the short period of time they spent exploring the surface of the moon they conducted many experiments on the texture‚ the atmosphere‚ and even if there was any sign of life. They recorded their observations and when they landed back on Earth‚ NASA took over and examined the samples even further. But even till this day 46 years later‚ scientists around the world are trying to piece together the clues to help them prove
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