Nicholas Elliott What is your unique gift? – Do you believe in it enough to invest everything you have in it? My unique gift is my ability to play trumpet. Yes there are many trumpet professionals in the world that are much better than I am in my current state, but my drive and passion …
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Networking 2
Nicholas Elliott After my senior recital on March 23, which many of my old colleagues and friends came to watch and enjoy, I spoke to a large handful of people about many different topics. The ones that tend to be more prominent in my memory, as I did not intentionally intend for this to be …
Performance Experience Responses
Nicholas Elliott 1.) Describe how you want to experience your next performance. Imagine walking on stage: How do you want to feel physically? What kinds of thoughts do you want to be having? What emotions do you want to experience? I want to feel as though I will be able to successfully perform every note, …
Music Brand
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Case Study #1
The person I chose is no longer living, so contacting them was a bit… impossible. But, I did find some information about his career that I found intriguing. My case study covers the career of Adolph “Bud” Herseth, one of the most accredited trumpet players of the 20thcentury. Along with a very polished career, Bud stood …
Networking Assignment 1
Precursor: I didn’t get any one person’s name. Encounter 1: I walked up to the first sculpture on the left of the gallery opening. I had no clue what I was looking at, but found that nobody else did either. A student stood, staring at the eight-foot-tall sculpture and I stood next to him and …
Learning Journal Assignment 1
What is your unique gift? – Do you believe in it enough to invest everything you have in it? My unique gift or, in my case, gifts are not only being able to perform trumpet at a very prestigious level, but singing in a 1950’s crooner style with a live swing band, understanding technical theater …
