I think that this piece is going to be in a minor key and possibly quicker. After a 1st listen to the original version, the piece is in C minor and has many fast runs involved. Before listening to the harp ensemble version, I think it's going to be the same way just not as fast as we are more limited with speed. Looking at the music, I think the largest problem is going to be getting the piece faster without buzzing. As an ensemble, I think we are all at different levels so speeding it up in general could possibly be a problem. Also, after listening, the piece is definitely a longer arrangement.

I think that the harp arrangement of the piece will be really jazzy and have large amounts of syncopation. I am also very excited to make the noises that are in the original composition. After listening to the piece, I notice that it sounds just like the original. It also

Sonata en Re is another piece we are playing in harp class for the GMEA conference. Before listening to this piece, I thought that this piece would be in a minor key, change to its relative major, then back to its minor. After listening to the piece and having the score, my prediction was completely wrong. The piece was in a major key, and sounded quite happy unlike other sonata's I have heard. The challenges for this piece may be the repeated notes in the piece.

People began using abstraction in modernist art in order to take the main essence or idea of their subject and simplifying it to colors, lines, and shapes which allowed them to express emotions in a more direct way. This relates to African art because in pictures of abstract African art, many of their drawings tell a story just like in modern abstraction. Abstract art could be related to math due to the geometric shapes and linear structure of elements in the abstraction. Data can be used to make abstract art by showing and visualizing patterns and/or trends within topics that the art is about. I like to work in a more expressive way because the artwork would come more from me instead of from a piece of data that I strictly need to follow and expose.

This piece sounds very complicated and maybe for more advanced harpist above my level. However, depending on the focus that I have on the piece, it may come easier over time. A personal goal I have for this piece is to play the scale with good technique and speed.

Our project went well because we finished before our due date and each had time to do our extra work etc. One thing that needed to be fixed or changed was the distribution of work. Me and another group member were the main people doing the work and others just contributed occasionally. Some enjoyable things was actually drawing and coloring the mandala. If I was the teacher, I would allow students to pick there groups and give them smaller elements so that way people could have more smaller mandalas and could maybe do multiple small ones. 

During class today, we did our first day of filming. Our group used my phone to help capture the shot. Overall everything went fine, but whenever our group split up for different tasks, we weren't as productive. Other than that, our group recorded 1 full scene, sound effects, and part of the other backgrounds.

I have only seen the Nutcracker once when I was very young. Its a play about a girl named Clara who is gifted a Nutcracker doll from her Uncle. In the second half of the ballet, the Nutcracker Prince and Clara travel across the land of sweets and many other different places.

Today, in class, we had a special guest. He gave a workshop on writing and how to feel your character itself.

Today in class, we worked on the ideas for our play and using a plot diagram in order to plan out our sotry and help us when our group begins writing our script.

In my group, we worked on our projects. The first thing we started with was creating a group contract. We put norms in place in order to hold each person accountable for there section of work.

When she began with "Lift Every Voice and Sing", I was amazed by the technique of the different rolled chords and quick arpeggios. On the start of "Brand New Life", I automatically thought that this piece what definitely jazz just because of the quality of the piece. The syncopated rythmns and the bass of the guitar just seemed like it was a jazz like rythmn. Also on the harp solo in "Brand New Life", I love the way that they close in on Ms. Younger is something you wouldn't see everyday in the harp world. In the piece "Moving Target", this piece I would also consider jazz as well. In the beginning, she does a technique that seems to be really fast with her hands when she muffles and possibly changes a pedal as well. She also does many fast arpeggios while the vocalist vocalizes in the background which makes it sound like a wonderful song for a sunset. Unrest is one of my favorite compositions from Brandee Younger. Her technique in the first movement of the piece seems to be having her go lower on the strings. The piece moves back in the first movement with a deeper and low feel while the second movement has more instruments in it.