During marching band, I had never really been one to want to stand out. I always wanted to blend in with the rest of the flute section and make the formation look as perfect as possible; being quite shy my first two years of high school, I just wanted to play and go through the motions along with everyone else. I was afraid of the rest of my fellow flutes judging me, my ideas, and my playing skills, so I never stood out or spoke up. That is, until my junior year – I decided that I would try to step
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Nicholas MUL 1010 11-19-2014 Word Count: 1153 The Orchid City Brass Band Sunday night 7:00PM, November 16, 2014 at the Kravis Center Gosman Amphitheatre I experience an exceptional performance from The Orchid City Brass Band. The Orchid City Brass Band is a British-Style brass band. British-style brass bands originated during the mid 19th century as a form of entertainment for middle class audiences mainly in Northwest England. The Brass band consists of cornets, tenor, and baritone horns, euphoniums
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instruments being used throughout the concert. To the left of the stage there was four trombone players and one congo drummer, in the back there was five trumpet players, to the right side there was five saxophone players and in the front of all of the brass players there was a pianist and a bass guitarist. The drums and percussion instruments like the tambourine were used in selected songs during the concert. During the jazz ensembles performance they played six different songs. They played Acha by
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Crispus Attucks High School. The only school instrument available to him at the time was a saxophone. J.J. played this instrument for a very short time and, at the age of fourteen, picked up the trombone, playing in the high school band as well as the brass marching band of the YMCA. By the time he was eighteen, J.J. left home to play with Snookum Russel's band, of which Fats Navarro was also a member. He went on to play with other legendary jazz players such as Benny Carter, Count Basie, and Illinois
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Concert Review: Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra On September 26, 2015 the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra from Brooklyn, New York visited SUNY Oswego for a performance. WSO is a group of musicians from Brooklyn, New York that combines the traditional sound of native salsa with the modern twist of pop and hip-hop to create a very unique sound. Their large set list was composed of bands such as The Black Keys, TV On the Radio, LCD Sound system and others. Many scholars have argued that WSO’s debut album
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was a very interesting novel, for example, throughout the novel Upton Sinclair tells a story about a family who immigrated to Chicago from Lithuania who wanted to purse a better life. Furthermore, Sinclair uses objective language because he gives all the details of the ups and downs of the events of Jurgis family having to face in the U.S. meat-packing industry. The intended audience of The Jungle is the citizen of Chicago who wants to know more about historican events
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As I look back at my life and think about what has impacted me, one thing that stands out is band. This organization has shaped who I am and has helped me develop many great qualities. I have learned how to manage my time wisely, how to be outgoing, and how to be a leader. Knowing how to manage one’s time will greatly impact how one’s day unfolds. Being a band student, I have many tasks to complete within a limited amount of time. During school, I have roughly ten minutes to make sure I get to the
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This Jungle was composed in 1905. Upton Sinclair abhorred huge business and was against capitalism.Sinclair wanted America to be a communist country (that implies everybody makes the same sum and there are no rich and no needy individuals). The novel's title alludes to the American wilderness of processing plant, where just the solid survive and individuals act and get treated like creatures. The principle character Jurgis Rudkus is Lithuanian and gets pushed around by the framework. He begins off
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Hassaan Zainul Ms. Luongo English 10 2 November 2015 Upton Sinclair is one of the most recognized authors in history for his writing of “The Jungle”. Upton Sinclair was born is Baltimore, Maryland and he was raised in New York City. His parents were poor while his grandparents were rich and his aunt was wealthy marrying a millionaire. Sinclair often spent night at his grandparents’ house this allowing him insight on how the rich and the poor lived. Sinclair was a keen student, he entered New York
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I’m sure that, if you’re at all familiar with the American Labor Movement, you’ve at least heard of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. If you haven’t, however, it’s an exposé of the terrible working conditions faced by immigrant laborers in Chicago a little over 100 years ago. Though I’m not writing to rehash a chapter in a US History textbook, The Jungle signifies something important that was often left overlooked— the lack of care that many companies had for their laborers, as jobs were in high demand
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