BOOK REVIEW About the Author Peter Barsocchini he was born on 1952 in San Francisco. He is an American screenwriter‚ author‚ and television producer best known for his scripts for the High School Musical series. In his early career‚ Barsocchini began his professional writing career while attending high school in the San Francisco Bay Area‚ writing more than 300 columns about popular music for the San Mateo Times. He also worked as a freelance reporter for the Associated Press and the San Francisco
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Into the World Essay An individual must overcome obstacles and challenges in order to grow up and enter a new phase in life. The challenges a person may encounter could be anything from moving schools to a change of authority in the family home. In the movie Billy Elliot (2000) by Stephen Daldry‚ the audience sees the many challenges a young boy names Billy faces. Also‚ in the poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling‚ the audience reads about what a young boy must go through to ultimately grow up and become
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Write about three musicals that we have studied that engage with the topic of race and ethnicity in America‚ drawing parallels and comparisons between the three and noting contrasts. The American Musical has often been used as a medium in which uncomfortable issues were boldly addressed. This has been the case for the issue of race and ethnicity in America‚ in particular the following musicals: Show Boat‚ Memphis‚ and West Side Story. The first two musicals addressed the issue of the integration
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The Effects of Cochlear Implants on Musical Perception in Hearing-Impaired Individuals Communication Deviations and Disorders March 5‚ 2013 There are many effects that cochlear implants have on individuals with impaired hearing. Music is a major aspect of hearing that is affected by the presence of a cochlear implant in these individuals. Characteristics like pitch‚ rhythm and meter‚ melodic contour‚ and timbre are those that most affect the perception of music in those who have cochlear implants
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The role of the Violin in Two of the Musical Folk Traditions of Trinidad and Tobago. By Janelle Xavier Research Project Proposal: The role of the Violin in 2 of the Musical Folk Traditions of Trinidad and Tobago. By Janelle Xavier Proposal Descriptions: This research paper compiles primary and secondary data from interviews with violinists who work or have worked specifically in folk music in the Trinidad and Tobago. It seeks to investigate and document the reasons for and the
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2012 From West Side Story to Spring Awakening: The Evolution of the American Musical Broadway‚ also known as The Great White Way‚ no matter how you chose to describe it‚ they describe a place that for over one hundred years has put on the most spectacular musicals in the world. From Ancient Greece to the Globe Theatre and finally to Broadway‚ these places have all been known for being “the” place for plays and musicals. “Broadway is the street in New York that has come to symbolize live theater
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‘ri’ is sang on an A natural (appoggatura) –making a dim 5th. The instrumentation thickens here‚ timps and double bass are also added ‚ the bass plays pizz‚ and its rhythm goes slightly Latin – similar to much of the dance music throughout the musical - and all this creates a colourful image in the listeners head – reflecting the image of Maria in Tony’s head. Bar 15; Instrumentation thickens here as the clarinets‚ Horns‚ and trumpets
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Outline the major musical development of the classical period and the main characteristics of the classical style. Main characteristics of the classical style: Contrast of mood - Mood in classical music may change gradually or suddenly. Masters like Haydn and Beethoven were able to impart unity and logic to music of wide emotional range. Rhythm - In Classical music‚ there is a flexibility of rhythm. A classical composition has a range of rhythmic patterns. The classical style also can include
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movie “High School Musical” was released in January 2006‚ debuting near the bottom of the Top 200 in the United States. Seven weeks later‚ after the Disney Channel premiere of the movie‚ it hit #1. Disney knew that the movie was going to be big‚ but no one could expect that this musical‚ with a cast of six unknown actors would become a worldwide phenomenon. The promotion of the movie started on New Year’s Eve in Disney Channel‚ introducing the cast and playing some musical segments of the movie
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youth since the 1950s. Modifying‚ also known as tuning‚ started when teens in the 50s wanted to make their V-8 muscle cars faster. Fast-forward forty years to southern California in the early 90s; the gas prices had risen and teens still wanted to go fast. A small group of people‚ mostly Asian Americans‚ began to modify their compact import cars. These people began a trend that would impact American culture for years to come. When import tuning began‚ it was mainly limited to a few types of
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