Question1 - Please give a brief summary of your current recreational and leisure activities‚ including sports and hobbies.* • I am a grade eight pianist and play a number of other musical instruments including guitar and drums. I used to be a member of a band for two years and participated in a number of performances. I successfully organized two Christmas parties for the department when I was in Harbin Engineering University. • I enjoy playing basketball‚ swimming‚ playing pool as the methods
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away my tears with relief. “Drums!”‚ I replied confidently. After three years‚ the music school decided to organize a recital. I wanted to do a piece with my sister‚ but I knew we needed more instruments. I invited Ebony‚ a singer‚ and Stephanie‚ a pianist‚ to jam. Ebony was shy and kept her vocal talent secret‚ but through this newly formed band‚ UPBeat!‚ she came out of her shell as we continued to practice and perform successful covers of Adele’s Set Fire to the Rain and Justin Timberlake’s Mirrors
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special talents. Firstly‚ and most obviously‚ this is often physically observable. Basketball players‚ such as Michael Jordan‚ are extremely tall‚ and concert pianists are often blessed with long‚ nimble fingers. These physical gifts naturally help them to achieve greatness. Similarly‚ people are also predisposed against
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Howard Gardner was born on July 11‚ 1943 in Scranton‚ Pennsylvania. His parents were refugees from the period of the Nazis‚ in Germany. As a child he loved music‚ he later became a great pianist. As a young man he enrolled at Harvard University. Gardner started to study other careers but ended getting inspired by the works of Jean Piaget to study developmental psychology. He is married to Ellen Winner‚ a developmental psychologist who teaches at Boston College‚ and they have four children together
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first 2 years I played it. It’s almost like piano had been waiting for me‚ like everything was already in there just waiting to be discovered. I had already been playing violin for about five or six years at that point‚ and this discovery of the pianist in me only strengthened my relationship with music. Music to me became like a best friend to anyone else. I could sit at the piano after a bad day and play‚ and it would make me feel better. I could confide in my music‚ and I would be okay. I’m almost
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prestigious Legion d’honneur in recognition for his accomplishments. In 1844‚ Berlioz’s marriage to Smithson ended. Ten years later‚ following her death‚ he married Recio‚ a singer. In 1869‚ he passed away and was buried with both wives. As a non-pianist‚ Berlioz had the luxury of exploring orchestral writing on his own terms‚ unrestricted by pianistic conventions. He was highly individual and had an original approach to orchestration‚ expanding its size and make-up. He was influenced by Shakespeare
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started to perform concerts and gigs as a teenager. Tito believed his music was growing so at age fifteen Tito dropped out of school to focus on his music and play professionally in Miami Beach‚ Florida. Puente’s got an offer to work with a young pianist named Jose Curbelo. Tito Puente enlisted in the Navy and around the time of WWII. Puente’s fought in the war and survived the war. Tito came back from the war and used a special government program for veterans called the G.I. Bill to attend the world
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Frederic Chops and Frances Liszt are two of the most prominent pianists of their time. Chopin composed 27 etudes in total‚ 24 of which he wrote in two sets of twelve and three others. Liszt wrote the set of trancendental etudes‚ six etudes‚ and five concert etudes. One etude written by Frederic Chopin is his Etude: Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor more commonly known as his Revolutionary etude. One etude written by Franz Liszt is his etude No. 3 also known as La Campanella. Chopin’s Revolutionary etude
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The two songs Gretchen and Der Tod und das Madchen were great songs. Shubert he was successfully able to use his music to tell a story. Shubert’s music was able to make the listener to identify the type of music and whether it was sad or happy song. In his song Gretchen‚ the music was great in explaining events in the story. Also‚ he was able to show the characters’ hidden emotions through how the music interacts with singer. For example‚ when the maiden was talking the melody was fast and the singer
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and he moved to New York City to study at the school of Julliard. After finishing all of his education‚ he moved back to Los Angeles and worked as an orchestrator at film studios. John Williams is an extremely talented composer‚ conductor‚ and pianist. He has composed music for many movies that have become some of the most recognizable pieces of music. These movies include The Star Wars Series‚ Indiana Jones‚ the first three Harry Potter movies‚ Jaws‚ Home Alone‚ Superman‚ Hook‚ and E.T. He has
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