I live approximately 1050 miles from New Orleans and thus‚ visiting the Crescent City found a quaint little home on my bucket list. It never occurred to me to apply to a college in New Orleans until I started receiving emails from Tulane University. I had never heard of Tulane‚ but
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Life Is Not Paradise Life can often appear to be full of despair. In the constant struggle between good and evil‚ evil seems to get the upper hand. This is also the case in the novel‚ The Green Mile‚ by Stephen King. The story and experiences of the main character‚ Paul Edgecombe‚ the supervisor at a prison block in the 1930’s‚ are the epitomy of the following quote. "Life is not paradise. It is pain‚ hardship‚ failure‚ and temptation shot through with radiant gleams of light‚ friendship‚ and love
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Film Review Stephen Edwin King has written many famous novels that have been turned into great films. The Green Mile is one of the films that have been produced into an award-winning movie. The story begins with a former prison guard named Paul Edgecomb who is currently living in a retirement home. A past memory suddenly strikes Paul in which brings back many old stories from when he was a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. He begins to tell the story of a man named John Coffey who
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Jazz and Classical Music Upon entering a modern record store‚ one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists‚ but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance music to more complex art music. On the complex side of the scale are the categories known as Jazz and Classical music. Some of the most accomplished musicians of our time have devoted themselves to a life-long
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Concert Report The Wayne Shorter Quarter concert was unlike any concert I have ever been to. The variety of instruments and style of the performers contributed to a unique experience. Not only was the music I heard versatile on several levels‚ but the behavior of the performers‚ appearance of the audience‚ and atmosphere of the venue contributed to my take away from the show. These factors allowed me to obtain a better understanding of jazz as not only an art form‚ but as a culture. The audience
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Trumpets are one of the oldest instruments. In ancient times‚ people used animal horns or shells like a trumpet. It was first used for signaling in ancient China (2000 BC)‚ Egypt (1500 BC)‚ and Scandinavia (1000 BC). It was long and had no valves. In Roman times‚ the trumpet was played at military and civilian ceremonies. The first musical use of the trumpet was in the late 1300’s where it had acquired the folded shape similar to today’s. In the 1500’s‚ Nuremberg‚ Germany became the center
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie- or commonly known as Bird and Diz- were two famous composers that came together to release an album after being introduced. The album they composed and released in the 1950’s (which just happens to be named after themselves‚ “Bird and Diz”) was a bebop jazz genre that made a big impact on the music industry. Clearly‚ Charlie Parker’s name has no correlation to the word ‘Bird.’ But early on in his musical career‚ “Yard Bird” was a nickname Parker received that
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! 1 Percy Grainger was a prolific composer and pianist in the 20th century. He is especially well known for his masterful compositions and pioneering for the literature of the wind band. Grainger’s works have taken on a variety of compositional approaches across a wide range of genres. His scorings‚ particularly for wind band‚ have been described as having “a rich sonority and color which compares favorably with any celebrated example of brilliant orchestration.”1 A majority of his works‚ specifically
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I believe John Lennon initially got into music because his mother encouraged him and his half-sister Jackie had taught him how to play the banjo. Shortly after‚ John’s Aunt Mimi bought him a guitar after he learned to play the Banjo. John didn’t have interest in traditional school and always wanted to lead his acquaintance and friends‚ but in reality‚ he was weak and just wanted to feel wanted in our world. John was an introvert who enjoyed reading and writing at home which gave him the time to create
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April 21‚ 2011 Kenny G In the history of Jazz‚ musicians have always found ways to come up with new groundbreaking ideas that cause Jazz to evolve and ultimately increase in complexity. However‚ not many musicians took the simple‚ listener friendly approach. Kenny G was one of the few musicians who took this approach. His style has caused for much controversy between other Jazz artists‚ but in the end‚ he is still looked upon as one of the most successful Jazz musicians in the world. Kenny G
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