… Go forward and make your dreams come true" is the exact quote that Avril Lavigne could base her life on. The middle child in her family was only 12 years old when she wrote her first song and further more taught herself to play the guitar. Avril is…

… falls from my forehead onto my two-year-old neatly pressed black concert dress. In the first oboist's chair I sit, horn neatly propped in my lap, as I wait for the conductor to walk onto stage. My slightly trembling hands make physical the instinct…

… from the Classical Symphony by Prokofiev and the "Fantasy on Japanese Woodblocks" by Alan Hovhannes. I felt different about both pieces, but I did see a couple similarities. And that's what I'm going to explain about in this essay: both the differences…

… was by far the greatest musical success for the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. I chose this musical because of the lyrical and musical talent of these two men. I have enjoyed watching this classic numerous time throughout the years due to my mother's…

… to review this movie for many reasons. First of all, because it is one of the better "classic" movies and my mom has always liked it. But most importantly of all my mom owns the movie and I didn't want to pay money to rent a movie. I had seen the…

… age, but we must ask ourselves, what is music's influence on young teens? The music we listen to today is much different than the music of the 60's, 70's and 80's. There are now new singers and different styles of music we listen to. These singers and…

… Ask someone what they think of when they hear "Seattle" and chances are that the 3 words above will surface. Not so at the beginning of the 1990s. Seattle was synonymous with one thing and one thing only: Grunge music and flannel shirts. In wasn't…

… a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where it¹s versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early centuries. They…

… been regarded as an uninteresting subject containing only numbers and equations. Music, at the same time, is seen only as a simple combination of sounds thrown together. Music is a combination of sounds but math is what takes those uncomplicated…

… Mississippi, January 8, 1935. Elvis had a twin but he was stillborn and grew up as an only child. 1948 Elvis moved to Memphis Tennessee. They lived in public housing. Elvis got several jobs to help support his family. He graduated form Humes…