"Singing inside of cathedrals is always cool because the echo is so long, it makes the sound feel really full." -Mikey Maiorana
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"Great question! Saluting is called a "custom & courtesy" in the U.S. military. All military members salute the U.S. flag. Members of lower rank salute members of higher rank when in uniform outdoors and then the higher-ranking member returns the salute. This can get very confusing when you are walking with a group of people of various ranks. On flightlines and indoors, people do not salute except for special occasions. People who are not in the military usually do not salute people in uniform or the flag, but there is nothing wrong with showing respect in that way." -Shanti Simon Have you ever played the harp? Did you ever play the harp? Does Mandy (or you) have a harp?3/24/2023 "Thanks Chance! I haven't played harp in a performance, but two of my cousins play harp, so I've been able to play theirs a little bit just for fun. It's a very nice sounding and fun instrument! Sometimes when I play high notes on a bass guitar I feel like it sounds a little bit like a harp." "Thanks for the question Oliver! I played my cousin's harp a little bit, and sometimes I think my bass guitar sounds like a harp when I play up high" "Nope, but Mandy's aunt used to play harp, and I have a friend in Iowa that plays harp." -Mikey Maiorana
"I first started writing down music ideas I had in about 8th grade!"
-Mikey Maiorana "I have a friend who I've been doing a lot of music with recently, Jason Wells, a bass player in Minneapolis. Here's a recording of him playing my piece Old Survivor last year, for solo double bass. He's a lot of fun to work with, and he's getting really familiar with my music and can interpret it really well now." -Mikey Maiorana "I made a song for my friends who play marimba and janggu. Marimba is like a xylophone but with a softer and lower sound, it's an instrument originally from Africa. Janggu is a two-headed drum from Korea that you play with a mallet and a bamboo stick. The name of the song is Chilchae, which means "seven strokes" in Korean." -Mikey Maiorana "Well, today I'm really in a mood for Brahms. I can't seem to get his E-flat major viola sonata out of my head today." -Br. Jacob Berns "I don't really have a favorite piece!" -Shanti Simon "That changes a lot, but today I'd say (flake) by Jameszoo. I like it because it has different sections that sound really different but work well together, and has some moments that I think are really exciting. It usually gives me goosebumps at some point in the song!" -Mikey Maiorana |
About the Question BoardThe Question Board is a whiteboard in the music classroom and/or an online form on which students can write any music-related questions they have. They can be questions that are unrelated to what we're doing in class, questions that I student prefers to ask anonymously, or questions for our house leaders. Follow this page to see the intriguing and wide variety of questions that students are asking! Archives
April 2023
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