Brian+H

Musical Scenery media type="file" key="Holzer_Big Black Bear.mp3" When I was ten years of age, my family and I went to a side-of-the-road restaurant where I ate a melted ham and cheese sandwich that was almost as big as my head. As we were walking away, we realized that the back yard of the restaurant was crowded with bears. This was a regular thing said the manager of the restaurant, as she yelled at tourists for throwing stuff through the fence to the bears. I was very excited as I watched the huge bears sit and eat the trash. After that, bears were my favorite animal. We left that restaurant and were satisfied with the food and the bears.

When we decided to come back next year, the restaurant had been closed, due to the fact that some dumb tourist had been mauled by a bear.

Symphony Movement 1 media type="file" key="Holzer's Symphony No. 1.mp3" The theme that I am going for to apply to my symphony is a blues theme. In the first movement of my symphony I plan to use just a basic blues 12-measure beat which will give a moderate tone. It uses an ABA form. For the second movement I'm going to try to use a darker, slower tone with chords and a slow pace. Possibly quieter also. For the last movement of my symphony the tone will be more jovial and have a quicker pace to give a happier feel to work towards a good ending.

Symphony Movement 2 media type="file" key="Holzer Movement 2.mp3" This is the darker, slower, sadder section of my symphony. It took a few tries to get what I wanted in this part because the kind of improvisational blues stuff that I play is usually quicker and a little bit more on the happy side (although played in the blues scale). Needless to say it was a pretty interesting piece to play and create and I enjoy listening to the slower tempo.

Symphony Movement 3 media type="file" key="Holzer Movement 3.mp3" This is my final movement. It is the more dance-like movement of my symphony. I've improvised a piece like this for a while and I finally wanted to use something like it. The treble clef varies a lot from what I have played before but the bass clef's beat is pretty much the same. I enjoyed making this piece the most because of the freedom we were allowed.