Imagine a world without violence; a world without suffering; a world without hate. These words streamed through John Lennon’s mind as he sat at his plain‚ brown‚ Steinway upright piano composing his most influential song‚ “Imagine”. This same piano was bought by George Micheal years after Lennon’s assassination. Since the purchase‚ Micheal’s has decided to spread the dreams of Lennon through a tour he calls the Piano Peace Project. The tour will stop at many sites of American tragedy‚ one being
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Dang Thai Son learned the fundamentals of playing the piano in Vietnam and Russia‚ but he credits life in Canada with bringing out his creative side. A gentle man who deplores violence‚ Son‚ 45‚ was born in Hanoi‚ and grew up during the most intense combat of the Vietnam war. As the youngest child in an artistic family whose three other siblings all play the piano (his sister is the director of the Hanoi National Conservatory)‚ Son was anxious to begin lessons with his mother‚ a piano teacher. “The
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GARRETT THOMAS MUSICAL BACKGROUND TEACHERS - Robert Souza (2011-Present) – Webster University faculty / STL Symphony sub. - Tommy Perry (Jazz) (2010-Present) – Student at MSU‚ Springfield - Ben Middleton (2006-Present) – Director of bands at Seckman High School REPERTOIRE LIST Notable Orchestral Repertoire Performed – - Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 - Britten - Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra - Buxtehude/Chavez - Chaconne - Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 - Bernstein - Suite from On the
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Rudin Lengo’s piano playing has been described as “profound‚ imaginative and exceptionally communicative”. Winner of the 2017 DMA Competition at the University of Toronto‚ the 2012 Glenn Gould School Concerto Competition‚ the 5th Knigge Music Competition and the 2010 TD Elora Competition‚ he was also the 2nd prize winner at the 40th William C. Byrd International Competition and winner of the Mary Winston Smail Memorial Award for Best Pianist at the 2011 WAMSO Minnesota Competition‚ the London Kiwanis
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Piano‚ stringed keyboard musical instrument‚ derived from the harpsichord and the clavichord. Also called the pianoforte‚ it differs from its predecessors principally in the introduction of a hammer-and-lever action that allows the player to modify the intensity of sound by the stronger or weaker touch of the fingers. For this reason the earliest known model (1709) was called a gravicembalo col pian e forte (Italian for “harpsichord with soft and loud”). It was built by Bartolomeo Cristofori‚ a harpsichord
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Differentiation is a strategy that creates product that is unique among firms in the same industry in an important way. A differentiator achieved competitive advantage easily upon the ability in providing distinctive products to its customers that satisfy their needs in a way that is different from its competitors (Hill and Jones‚ 2004‚ p160.).This allows the differentiator to charge on premium price for its products. Unlike cost leaders performing cost reduction‚ differentiators manage to increase
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after moving to New York City from North Carolina Monk’s father became extremely ill‚ therefore leaving his mother to raise the three children by herself. Although the family’s budget was tight Monk’s mother was able to save up to buy a baby grand Steinway piano. By the age of eleven‚ Monk’s mother had saved enough money to pay for formal piano lessons for her son. At this young age it was clear that piano was Monk’s passion in life. By his early teen’s‚ Monk was playing rent parties‚ playing organ
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1. What is the DSPD philosophy? Explain how the operations of the different teams reflect the DSPD philosophy. The DSPD philosophy is Callaway’s belief of making demonstrably superior and pleasingly different products to golfing. This idea was established by Callaway’s previous business experiences and it served as the primary guiding principle for this company‚ the company that grew out of Hickory Stick USA. Their teamwork is built around five different areas: research and development‚ information
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My hands flew across the piano keys as piano teachers and students watch intensely‚ trying to find any errors that I make. As I play I hear the music becoming blurry like a watercolor painting‚ mixing together and becoming one monstrous mess. I notice this and try to correct it by lifting my foot off the piano pedal‚ but the pedals do not work like the ones I normally use. I lose it as I am playing and silently say‚ “Jesus help me!” I continue to play and eventually correct the problem‚ but by that
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