Carlee Bertram, daughter of Angie Bertram, currently attends Hampton-Dumont High School where she participates in volleyball, track, music, and is a student ambassador. She is a member of the Hampton-Dumont Honor Society and made academic all-state for volleyball. During her study hall, Carlee enjoys helping with the middle school band. When Carlee is not in school, out with friends, or at a music rehearsal, she works part-time at Shopko. Since she started in 5th grade, music has been a huge passion for Carlee. Having been a section leader in her band since her sophomore year, Carlee has had plenty of opportunities to perform including switching from trumpet to french horn for a song in her band’s christmas concert this year. She has received
This is a small biography about the popular Dutch professional alto sax player Candy Dulfer. She is more of a modern professional alto sax player that started playing around 1974, and plays smooth jazz and funk. Unlike T.K. Blue she had more of a natural talent and didn’t go to a music school. She has really strong pipes and plays the alto saxophone loud and proud. When listening to her music I thought she would be another great example of pushing the limits, the alto saxophone has no limits. You would never think of the alto saxophone playing any other types of music other than jazz, but it all depends on the passion and determination. Especially when you see a woman that’s playing the musical instrument. Most people think that the alto saxophone is a man’s instrument; when I was in a school band there were only me and on other female alto saxophone player out of the eight of us. There are a handful of good professional alto sax players that are women. She could give younger women inspiration and beliefs that they can do anything. She proves that there is more than just a pretty fac...
Thile presented a professional but laid back presence which allowed his audience to relax enough to focus on his musical abilities. Thile also escaped catastrophe through witty comments that did not avoid the troubles but instead recognized them and helped move the show forward and away from the mistakes in order to continue to appreciate his performance instead of worrying about the unavoidable flaws. In choosing to perform as a solo artist, Thile presented himself thourgh his music, allowing it to remain spontaneous and accurate to his own abilities which spoke greatly to the talented performer he is. Thile’s concert was a recognizably unrepeatable event that displayed the abilities of an artist who’s live talents demonstrate his successful musical
Most girls were already adequate musicians, as they were taught music since a young age, and playing in the school's marching band, but Jones had set a higher ramp for the sweethearts. They were taught the art of playing in a big band, and soon had concert dates in the area, playing high school dances in gymnasiums and dance halls.
November 9th and 10th, Chino Hills High School’s choir put on successful concerts in honor of the US Veterans and active military members. The concert was very good, and there were performances by the different CHHS choirs. There was the Women’s Choir, Mixed Choir, Concert Choir, Treble Choir, and Chamber Singers. They performed some well-known songs such as “ Amazing Grace”” and “ O Captain! My Captain!” Treble Choir performed a very upbeat song called “ Roll, Jordan, Roll”” which got the audience excited and clapping along. Around the middle of the concert, Men’s Ensemble performed “ Armed Forces – The Pride Of America.” During the concert, they announced a US Military Branch and people in the audience that were Veterans of a particular branch or actively serving, stood up and the audience clapped for them. The Men’s Ensemble sang a song for each branch that was announced. There was also a very cool performance by the Hand Bell Choir where they performed two songs with bells. There were about 20 people in the Hand Bell Choir and each person had 2 or 3 bells to play, and all of them sounded slightly different. The Bell Choir was able to make splendid sounds as a unit. There were also some bell solos by students who performed songs that went
George Helmholtz, as the head of the music department at Lincoln High School, is very determined with his regular students and the gifted musicians of the band. Each semester and year at school he dreams of “leading as fine a band as there was on the face of the earth. And each year it came true”. His certainty that it was true was because he believed there was no greater dream than his. His students were just as confident and in response, they played their hearts out for them. Even the students with “no talent played on guts alone” for Helmholtz.
Braxton Bragg was born on March 22, 1817 in Warrenton, NC. His father was a contractor, and his mother spent time in jail for killing a freed slave (Braxton Bragg, 2014). As a young man Bragg yearned to be accepted by the higher elements of antebellum society. However, constant rejection led him to develop an abrasive personality that became one of his trademarks (Hickman, 2014). I imagine this had to do with being judged by the actions of his mother. In 1833, when Bragg was just 16, his politician brother helped him earn an appointment at the United States Military Academy at West Point (Braxton Bragg, 2014). He was a gifted student, graduating in 1837 at the top of his class- ranked fifth in a class of fifty. Upon graduation
Going into middle school choir, she was already a great performer, and her choir director only pushed her further down the right path. Kelsey has been a part of the musical for four years, being a lead for two. "Being a part of the musical changed me more than I realized it would. I'm so close to everyone involved. And I learned to deal with a solid week of no sleep." Said Christian.
Music is a passion of mine, this comes with my love for performing on-stage. I play guitar in the School Ensemble and clarinet in the School Concert. I was also proud to be awarded a third place for reciting the Quran (in Arabic) at the Annual Qirath Competition 2014, which is indeed a vocal competition.
Music has been important in my life. At St. Francis, I would like to continue my musical experience by participating in extracurricular activities such as choir and guitar. Through music I have found personal enjoyment, sharing with singers and musicians, and providing entertainment for others.
"It's a lot of dedication, which is hard, but I think everyone needs to have something that they're dedicated to, something they enjoy doing, and [marching band is] the thing I like doing," states Jordan Kauffman, probably the most dedicated member of the band. "For me, I just love music.…it's just something that I love. People who like doing math, do math. I like doing music." Jordan has participated in marching band all four years of his high school career. Starting in the beginning of his second year of high school, he began to take leadership positions in the band. As a sophomore, he applied for and was nominated as the section leader of his instrument, the saxophone. His junior year, the talented young man was elected by his peers to serve as an assistant drum major. In marching band, there is no more important role than that of a drum major. The drum majors act as student assistants to the directors, directing and often running many of the rehearsals. This year, however, Jordan sacrificed his drum major position to march on the field to fill a gap in the French horn section. Jordan's sacrifice for the group has placed him at the level of a demi-god in the eyes of the other band members.
On Wednesday, May 23rd, I attended the College Choir concert in the Reamer Campus Center. The choir performed a variety of songs, ranging from pieces in Latin to traditional American folksongs. Two of the pieces featured solos, and one even featured percussion instruments. Mrs. Elinore Farnum provided piano accompaniment for each of the songs, and performed beautifully. I was extremely impressed by the talented choir members and their ability to sing such a varied range of songs.
Her childhood was one of family hikes and plum trees and dipping fish out of the Lewis River when the smelt run came through. It was filled with holiday candles on the Christmas tree, carved cribbage boards and two younger brothers. In high school she ran track and played clarinet in Mr. Griffith's band. She danced to We Three are All Alone and Carolina Moon on the gym floor of Woodland High School. Throughout it all she pursued her love of music: chorus, octet and solo performances, piano lessons and family singing around the piano.
I attended the Milton Hershey School in the middle point of my eighth grade year from Wilson Southern Middle School. For the third and fourth marking period, I earned distinguished honor roll and effort and conduct achievements. The only student home I lived in was student Naples with the Kieffer's. In my time at Catherine Hall, I participated in Senior Hall combined orchestra, orchestra, Catherine Hall band, the Reading Symphony Junior Strings Orchestra, and PMEA District Orchestra. I developed strong relationships with my previous school’s band and orchestra directors Mr. Edward Luckey and Mr. Jerry Laboranti, and I remained extremely close with my RSJSO conductor who endorsed me to the Hershey Festival of Strings program in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
teacher, a friend to all, an excellent musician, a performer, a liaison between the band and the
Margaret Thatcher is an iconic political figure that goes down in history as the longest serving, and only woman, British Prime Minister in the history of politics in the United Kingdom. Famous for her stern political stance and policies on international policies and relations, Thatcher was nick-named the ‘Iron Lady’, a name that well stuck with her considering her general approach to policies and outlook into international politics. Having served Britain for 20 years, Thatcher stands as an important political figure that brought with her great political changes in the United Kingdom. Not only is she notable for her efforts to revolutionize the British economy from Statism to Liberalism, but also her unending efforts to lower inflation and greatly reduce the high unemployment levels that were present in the country when she took office. Thatcher not only involved herself with her home politics, but also those of other countries bringing Britain politics to the international map. She became a commonly familiar figure with Ronald Reagan, the then President of the United States of America, and even most surprisingly gained praise and popularity with the then Soviet Union leader, Gorbachev. During her long and eventful stay in office, Thatcher attracted praise and criticism in equal measure. Nevertheless, she remains a political enigma in relation to British and International politics.