Katherine G. Johnson is a mathematician who calculated the trajectories responsible for launching the first American into space. Katherine was born on August 26th‚ 1918 in White Sulfur Springs‚ West Virginia. As a child‚ Katherine loved to count and had a strong interest in numbers which led to her profound knowledge of mathematics. Her passion for numbers showed through her interest in advancing her education‚ she graduated from the eighth grade by the age of ten; then graduated from high school
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Tetyana Trofimova MUS 102 Prof. Jill Meehan April 21‚ 2011 Live Musical Response On 17th of April 2011 in The School of Music of West Chester University Symphony Orchestra‚ Mastersingers and Concert Choir performed their concert to celebrate 140 Years of Music. The concert lasted approximately an hour and a half and six music pieces were performed. The program included Hard Knocks (1999) by Adam Silverman‚ Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Robert Schumann performed by cellist Zsombor
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soloist during this piece. His solo had a rich sound‚ along with a smooth and swingy rhythm. The piece over all had a rhythm that was easy to tap your foot to and I was doing so throughout the piece. It was a bright sounding piece and it started the concert off on the right foot. The second piece played was “In a Mellow Tone”. This song
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Music 118B Concert Report #1 Jazz Combos Concert Evaluation Before taking Jazz class I barely knew anything about this type music. Six different bands performed fifteen pieces. Most of the pieces are written by popular Jazz composers‚ such as “Cantaloupe Island” by Herbie Hancock or “Donna Lee” by Charlie Parker. Also‚ there was one band that performed pieces written by its members‚ which really impressed me. For example‚ “Preparation” was composed by Alex Reiff‚ who plays bass in the band
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XSU Spring Concert You are a member of the X University student body entertainment committee. Your committee has agreed to sponsor a spring concert. The motive behind this concert is to offer a safe alternative to Alta Vista Baby (AVB) Week‐end‚ a spring event in which students for X University rent houseboats to engage in heavy partying. Traditionally this occurs during thelast weekend in May. Unfortunately‚ the partying has a long history of getting out of hand‚ sometimes leading to fatal accidents
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Upon first glance at the Guzman hall I was filled with anxiety as well as excitement as to what was to come. Prior to this semester I had not listened to any jazz music and I was unaware of any artists or songs. Therefore going to a jazz concert was a rare experience that I now cherish. When I first entered the hall I was greeted by a group of musicians called ‘The Stamps Jazz Quintet’‚ there were 4 musicians at the front of the hall and they were taking place. The musicians included Sam Hart who
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There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. It has been proven that people can not resist without eating for a couple of days‚ so it is obvious that food is vital in someone’s life. We like it or not‚ we have to eat in order to stay alive. Also‚ eating is a physiological need‚ like having enough water in our system (drinking water) or sleeping‚ so eating is one of the most important things for a human beeing. What is the hunger? The hunger for food comes when you
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The University Of North Texas College Of Music presents: UNT Concert Orchestra I went to the UNT Concert Orchestra on Wednesday‚ October 3rd‚ 2012. It was held in Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center at 8:00 pm. The Concert was led by Conductor Clay Couturiaux and featured soloist Christopher Deane‚ who played the Marimba. The first piece was Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky‚ Op. 35a (1894) by Anton Arensky (1861-1906). The piece was written in 1894‚ in tribute to Pyotr
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Concert Review On April 8th 2004 I attended the "Music for Piano" concert featuring Bette Coulson and Philip Seward at the Columbia College Concert Hall. The show was only about an hour. Mr. Seward and Mrs. Coulson played five pieces together and then each play on solo. This was my first piano concert‚ of any kind‚ that I have attended. This was something new for me. The concert included seven different pieces. Claude Debussy composed three of them‚ La puerta del vino‚ Le Vent dans la Plaine‚ and
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Wichita native Dr. Brain Mueller returned to a Wichita stage for a marimba solo. Mueller‚ a Wichita State University graduate‚ joined the WSU Impulse Percussion Group for their Marimba Spiritual concert. The concert was held at Miller Concert hall Monday evening. Directed by Gerald Scholl‚ the IPG played a diverse set of seven songs. The first song‚ titled “Fractalia” was a beautiful piece. It was slow‚ but powerful and sounded as if the audience was transported to the rainforest. The next
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