I am applying for admission to the DMA program at the University of Iowa School of Music for the purpose of equipping myself with a holistic understanding of piano performance. Since I have a great interest in music‚ I am looking forward to exploring new ways of looking at piano study. Moreover‚ the University of Iowa is one of the top universities in the United States‚ not only with its outstanding faculty but also its remarkable alumni all around the world. I was attracted to music at a young
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Shoshana Dunner AP Music Theory Miss. Evans May 3rd 2013 Final Project: Prelude in D Flat major Op.28 Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude was composed during the romantic period (1820-1900) and completed in 1839. During the romantic period‚ most composers portrayed feelings and nature in their work. In addition‚ they used a wide range of dynamics with lots of sudden changes‚ using sforzandos and accents‚ to dramatize their music. The music was more expressive using extra instructions as well as tempo
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After attending the concert‚ the piece of work I would like to talk in most detail about was "Overture to the Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Mozart was a child prodigy‚ was able to play the piano at 4 and composing his own music at 5. As Professor Chapman stated‚ "When he was older‚ he could just write music while talking to friends without testing it. He was able to hear the piece entirely in his head." The piece being focused on was an opera he composed‚ and not just any
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I am a trumpet player. It has been a huge part of my life since I was in the sixth grade. I love the music and I love the blaring sound of brass. Playing‚ however‚ has not always been easy. On the trumpet it’s relatively simple to make a sound‚ but it’s far more difficult to make a good sound. There is only one correct way to play the trumpet‚ but many wrong ways. I was originally told that all I had to do was buzz my lips and pick up the horn. For most kids‚ this description of how to play works
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The Clarinet Diminuendo Beginning my freshman year‚ everything seemed great. The upperclassmen were friendly and everyone was extremely helpful to one another. In band‚ the clarinet section seemed to be at an extreme high. Our music was tested off on time‚ we learned our steps perfectly‚ everything was done on time. We had a bond‚ I guess you could say we worked in perfect Harmony. Our feet rolled across the field like a cadence‚ strong and bold. The notes spewed from our clarinets so
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For this particular essay I chose to attend a concert program of Wolfgang Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in G minor. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an exceptionally talented and influential music composer during the Classical Era. Mozart was so talented at composing music that he began performing pieces in front of European aristocracy at just age 5! He also composed his first symphony at the age of 9. This level of talent is one of the primary reasons I chose to attend a Mozart performance. Furthermore‚
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The French woodwind pedagogical system has been instrumental to the development of woodwind musicianship in the United States. Some of the country’s leading pedagogues during the early and mid-twentieth century‚ such as Daniel Bonade (clarinet)‚ Marcel Moyse (flute)‚ and Marcel Tabuteau (oboe)‚ all hailed from the Paris Conservatory. While these teachers undoubtedly had a tremendous impact on woodwind players in America‚ the way in which American students learn wind instruments is vastly different
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Adagio for Strings? One of the most deep and heart-felt emotional pieces written in the 1930s many would say. For many listeners‚ Sammuel Barber’s expertly crafted‚ deeply felt scores‚ helped fill an emotional void left by the onslought of modernism. Barber‚ in his youth was sort of a prodigy. By age 10 he wrote a short opera entitled ’The Rode Tree’. By age 14 he was one fo the first students to attend New Curtis Institute of Music. By the age of 28 he had written Adagio for Strings. Beginning
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The first piece I’m going to talk about is Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre. This piece is a cantata‚ or a piece that is meant to be sung by a choral SATB choir. Since the choir is not all singing the same pitches‚ this piece would be texturally polyphonic with the sopranos especially near the end singing a different tune than the rest of the voices. The range between the voices goes from the lowest bass note to the highest soprano note near the solo in the beginning. The timbre of the voices is smooth
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In the beginning of the documentary an array of music is being played. The instruments range from violins‚ horns‚ and harps. The building that these instruments are being played in is considered a legendary theater. The name of this legendary theater is called Bayreuther Festspielhaus and it is located in Bayreuth‚ Southern Germany. It is a festival opera house where an event takes place every summer that dedicates the music of Richard Wagner. The centerpiece of the festival at the opera house is
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