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Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.
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Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.
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Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| Linus and Lucy | Vince Guaraldi Trio | Charlie Brown Holiday Hits. | 00:00 |
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Ali Tahir
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 04:54 PM | Permalink
Review for Joy and Freedom Onstage
In this harmonious radio piece, producer Shante Stowell tells of Aleksya, an MIT student, whose passion is performing onstage, not what you would necessarily expect given her computer science major.
The piece’s organization and the narrator’s tone are certainly above par. The organization is easy to follow and the soft-spoken tone of the narrator mixes well with the piano playing in the background. These two aspects combined helped to create a fascinating and succinct piece.
My favorite thing about the piece was the use of sound effects in the background, which brought you to the theater, and not just in the performance hall. For example when the interviewee, Aleksya, is talking about “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” you can hear it playing in the background. And when the interviewee is talking about a performance, Shante makes you feel like you are in the audience. These sound effects helped to create a very effective piece.
In terms of improvement, more interviewees who have heard Alesksya play would have helped create diversity in the piece.
Overall, this piece does a terrific job of using sound effects with narration and makes me wonder about how Aleksya was able to merge her passions of computer science and performing onstage?