Trombonuim

I chose this clip because i feel that it shows whats cacophony is a discordant combination of sounds.

I would choose to remake the Tenniman Square picture with model tanks and a lego character as the man standing in front of them.  Mainly because where are you going to get some real tanks to line up in front of you.

Music is something that has spanned throughout history.  I feel as though people have used music as a way to express themselves in all forms. Whether they were banging on primitive drums by cave men to people using synthesizers and auto tune to produce the music of today. I think music is the purist form of the expression of emotion.  I also think that music can express emotion it can also evoke emotion.   You can possibly be feeling down then maybe your favorite song comes onto the radio then maybe that snog changes your mood for the rest of the day.  My favorite piece of music is Shostakovich’s Symphony number 7.  When I listen to this piece I like to make sure I have time to be able to listen to the entire symphony.  It consists of four movements, the first movement is a slow build which is kind of like a description of the Russian people dealing with fighting and battling the Nazi’s in 1941. The theme in the symphony is set up in this movement and then it takes a slow fifteen minute build to the climactic battle between rhythm and song. Shostakovich builds each battle with music and as it is about to fade it starts again when another onslaught envelops you. I think he wants the audience to feel the repetitiveness and pain of war like the people suffered under the tyranny of Stalin. The second movement is titled “Memories” it is essentially a remembrance of the fallen in battle. Throughout this section is filled with a solemnness and sorrow that was felt within the Russian people during and after war. Near the end of this movement Shostakovich incorporates some Russian folk songs to emulate possibly some of the hope his people had or needed.  I the final movement of this work is filled with passion unlike the fury of the first movement. It starts quietly from the sadness of the previous section and then slowly builds to a victorious finale.  One filled with humanity and a happiness of the people overcoming great fear and oppression from a leader who was a tyrant a sense of hope and joy that the people very much needed.

While reading Anne Lamott’s A Shitty First Draft I thought to myself that this was a nice read as well as very informative about the trials and tribulations that even professional writes can have when getting started.  With this reading I I felt that this can be helpful in understanding ways to get started. I think getting started writing papers is the hardest part. In the reading when she was starting the food review she would just start writing kind like a free write I suppose.  When I start writing papers I would start different ways depending if it’s a research paper or a creative writing. With the creative writing paper I would start with a free write to get as many ideas and words onto a page. After that I would try to put everything in an organized manors o that it becomes somewhat organized to read. When I start to compose a research paper I usually try to research as much information I can then lay out all the notes I’ve taken then I would try to elaborate on the information I have collected in an organized fashion.   I think that with my first draft I don’t mind if people review it. I feel as though for me I can’t move on to the second or third draft until it’s been reviewed over and some of the bugs are fixed. For me the second and third drafts are where I can fix things. Getting my work more refined each time it’s been edited and gone over so then the final product can the best work that I can provide. As Anne Lamott states in her excerpt that the second and third draft should give you clarity and compositions should be as perfect as one can make them.  I think that’s what i try to do as a student when we do peer reviews it helps with giving you a different point of view when rewriting your second and third drafts.  Each one of your final two drafts can change radically from your first draft in my opinion.  I feel as though you may have started writing something one way then you have to rearrange some of the paragraphs or even cut out a section to make your composition more fluid and perfect your final product.

As I read through my older blogs I don't really think I have improved at it. I feel as though it hasn't changed much through the semester. I learned somethings while doing this like how to use tumblr. As well as making a tumblr account, how to blog and try to write ideas down in a way that makes sense. The one thing I thought was interesting writing about was the life changing event.  It made me think about things as to why I was in school, what are my hopes, dreams and goals to succeed in life. As well as why would that event change you as a person. How that would shape the goals you have and then what you would want to learn and work at to make your achievements happen. With doing that first blog I feel that it was the most successful mainly because I had to think about why the event was life changing and try to explain and them elaborate on those thoughts.  I guess I'm not really understanding the point of blogging, is it to express yourself, vent, give thought on topics you're interested in for other people to learn about? Does creativity improve when doing blogs? Help in your writing form and help put your ideas down in cohesive thought out way?  When doing these blogs these questions are what I think about. When doing these I've come to the conclusion that this is a way to express creativity and to think about how to put it down in a logical way. I think it helps you write thoughts, opinions, and ideas that you may have then elaborate on them to express yourself the best that you can. Like if there were an article in the news or you saw something and you have strong feeling about that subject matter. If people then read your blogs they could give you a response as to maybe they agree or disagree with what you are talking about that week. Then you could get their opinions to why.    

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This week I met with my former student who is now attending the Eastman School of Music.  I wanted to see how things were going and how his trombone playing has been improving.  He then told me that when he got there he sustained a rotator cuff injury from playing trombone and for the first three weeks of school he couldn't play.  Therefore it took him six weeks after that to get back to where he was playing normally again. When you play an instrument if you take a d ay or two off if usually takes you twice the amount of time to get back the progress that you have lost in that time.  I felt bad for him having to deal with something terrible that was hindering his goals. He managed to work through it with PT.  There is a new trombone professor at the school, he's an internationally known soloist, clinician and orchestral player,  my student believes he will turn the trombone studio at the school around.  As of the last few years the head trombone professor was getting older and the studio was not going as well as it could have as the quality of teaching by him was not at the top tier level. He believe that this new professor will be a new era at this school for  more refined teaching philosophies and and better advancements for students to get job whether it be teaching or playing. The two professors at the school teaching different thing for that advancement of the students. For the first two years one of the them will teach fundamentals such as learn different scales, arpeggios, warm up techniques, articulation. The student will also learn orchestral excerpts, solos and etudes. He told me that for the last two years at school the new professor will then refine their skills and then ultimately help them find a job in an orchestra.  He told me that I helped him a great deal with his plans to become a professional musician. I took this as a great compliment as this is what I plan to do teach at the collegiate  level and help musicians achieve what they would like to be.

logos would be the knowledge fact and reasoning of things. In the story the young man mike has the knowledge that stealing the bag of chips would be wrong from the store owner, but I think he loses all reason when the store owner says hes going to call the cops. So then he just runs out of the store with the chips knowing that hell get arrested.

I think the these peer reviews are set up is a nice idea, with the reading of each others work out loud and then going over things that need work.  I do think that maybe more time is needed to think about answers when you're responding to the questions as I think the one class is not enough.

On  another note I feel as though i'm terrible at this blog thing I can never think of things to write.

A few summers ago I started privately teaching a student which is when I decided that I would like to start teaching professionally.  While teaching the he would always come prepared eager to dive into the next steps at becoming a better musician.  To me I thought it was an exhilarating feeling teaching and having your student want to learn as much as possible. It gives me a great sense of pride that he's attending The Eastman School of music this fall.

I'm a musician, I currently attend Buffalo State College pursuing a bachelor of arts degree. I would like to continue my education after this school and pursue a Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. My goals are to hopefully win a job in a symphony orchestra and teach at the collegiate level.  I started playing trombone in 4th grade.  My Dad played that while he was in school which is why I choose it.  I started getting serious about music when  I was in the 11th grade, when i joined the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra.  After my first concert with them is when i decided i wanted to pursue a career in music.