Garrett Dewbre Dr. Good English 2343 28 February 2013 Lost in a Dark World: John Milton’s “When I Consider How my Light is Spent” Being blind would be an incredibly hard thing to endure‚ and an even harder situation to describe to other people. In John Milton’s 1652 poem When I Consider How my Light is Spent the author uses imagery‚ symbols‚ and extended metaphors to express his feelings of going blind and how it relates to the serving of his god. In exploring the use of his imagery you
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The Wise Choice Process: 1.What’s my present situation? (Describe the problem objectively and completely.) My present situation is being unemployed ‚ school and my son are my main priority‚ but It’s somewhat hard to focus on school because of how stressed I get over not having a job‚ or any source of income coming in. There are so many things I need to pay for and so much I need to help my parents out with. . I’m staying in school no matter what. I just need to find a way to find a job and
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I can influence the entirety of the group. During the multiple teacher changes and stressful times of transitioning with the band‚ I mustered enough strength to not only play all of my music one- hundred percent‚ but also helped many of the newcomers transition into a less stressful environment by helping them with music or coaching them into the daily rituals that our band tries to keep. When I realized how much I was helping others‚ it filled me with a sense of pride for taking responsibility for
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bandleaders in the swing era. He began his musical career as a highly sought-after alto saxophone player in the New York area‚ and was able to benefit from the growth of radio and studio recordings. As he perfected his technical ability with various dance bands‚ he was still relatively unknown in the early 30’s when he began to focus exclusively on the Clarinet while Swing music began to grow in popularity. While we may carefully analyze the two pieces to satisfy our curiosity regarding musical evolution
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El Salón México by Aaron Copland: A Study and Comparison of the Orchestral Score and Two Transcriptions for Band D.M.A. Document Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Erika Kirsten Svanoe‚ M.M. Graduate Program in Music The Ohio State University 2009 DMA Document Committee: Russel Mikkelson‚ Advisor Hilary Apfelstadt Richard Blatti Daryl Kinney Copyright by Erika Kirsten
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could think was‚ ‘I better not trip and fall. This is going to be live on national television. Left‚ right‚ left. I got this.’ *inhale*exhale.* Before I knew it‚ we were on. Presenting the Los Angeles Unified School District All City Honor Marching Band. The cheers were echoing in my eardrums. The next thing I knew‚ it was over. Everything I had been working for had paid off. ‘I just marched in the Rose Parade.’ The only way I would be able to participate in the Rose Parade was if I attended every
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from several teachers‚ developed into his strongest instrument he would ever play. By the time he was 15‚ Carter was already sitting with the Harlem Bands. When he wasn’t with the bands he made a living by working as a side man in a number of New York Jazz Bands. At 19‚ he was discovered and received his first full time job with the Charlie Johnson Band. Though he entered a
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Name of activity: Marching Band CAS: Creative- Summer 2011 Learner Outcome: Planned and initiated activities‚ worked collaboratively with others Contact: Lisa Brininstool- lbrinistool@hanover.k12.va.us The marching band season began the first week of August with band camp from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The show‚ titled “Essentially Elemental”‚ integrated both hard technical musical skills with an intense drill to create a creative and emotional show that truly captured the watcher’s attention. In
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determines its place in the musical world. The composer Alfred Reed was a master of combining different elements and ideas to clearly communicate to more than just his works’ intended audience. Reed’s works are now part of a greater canon of wind band literature that speaks to performers and audiences now‚ in addition to the mass of those who have been inspired by his works for the past half-century. I want to discover the impact from Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music on Soviet-American relations
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at the Apollo Theatre after winning an opportunity to compete in “amateur night”(ellafitzgerald). Her original plan was to woo the audience by dancing‚ but she had a last minute change of heart after seeing the competition. Instead‚ she asked the band to play Connee Boswell’s “Judy” and
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