Erin+N

=** Musical Scenery **= media type="file" key="Neil_MusicalScencery.mp3" width="240" height="20" I'm sitting in a raft. Life vest all the way up my cheek bones. Two young boys at the front of the raft are screaming at the top of their lungs. Their parents are sitting behind them. Then, it is me with my sister to my right. Behind us is my parents and finally, at the very back our guide. Bouncing up and down. Water splashing everywhere. It hits my face. It has a wonderful cooling effect.

=** Symphony: **=

The overall theme of my movement is my dog, Puccini.
media type="file" key="neilMovment One.mp3" width="240" height="20" This movement goes from calm to fast and exciting, using the rondo form. The movement is played entirely on the piano. The A section is calm. Then, the B section is a little bit more fast and exciting. After the A section repeats, the C section is the fastest and most hectic. Finally the A' section ends with a retard. The A section and the A' section are in a waltz style, but the B and C sections are not. This relates back to my theme, because my dog acts like this. He is sitting around calmly and quietly, but then, he all of the sudden goes crazy and starts barking. I then calm him down and shortly goes crazy again.
 * Movement 1**

media type="file" key="neil-movement 2.mp3" width="240" height="20" This is my slow, sweet movement. I played this movement on the oboe. The form that I used was ABA'. This movement is about the times when I am petting him. If I am petting him, most of the time my dog is calm, which is why these movements fit well in having a slow movement being written about it. Having a slower tempo creates a calmer feeling. The trills throughout the piece represent his tail suddenly wagging.
 * Movement 2**

**Movement 3** media type="file" key="neilmove3w_ob.mp3" width="240" height="20" This movement is the fast movement. The oboe represents a duck in this song and the piano represents my dog. I wrote this movement about a time when my family was at lake and my dog meet a mother duck. First, my dog chased it and barked at it. Then, the duck chased my dog and quacked at him. This went back and forth for a while. This is why in this movement the piano plays and then the oboe. Once the duck left, my dog completely forgot it ever happened. This is why the end of the song is like the beginning. In the beginning, he hasn't seen the duck yet, and at the end, he has forgotten all about the duck.