Specialty: Ethel was an English composer, using the piano, vocals, orchestral works, and some operas. Ethel was considered as a woman composer, meaning that because she was a lady, her work couldn't be accepted through big streams of media. She was often criticized, and told that her work would never be the same as a man's. Despite this, she was given a damehood, and was the first woman composer to be so honored.

Composition: I chose to listen to The Song of Love World Premier, which was created by Ethel Smyth. This was an orchestral piece, complete with a chorus. I did quite like the piece. The song is very graceful and entertaining, with accented notes and flowing scales. It reminds me of flowing water, much like a stream or quiet river. I did like how she made the music sound so natural, in a sense.

Phillip Glass is an American composer/pianist who was born on January 31st, 1937. He is known for his works being associated with minimalism- pieces built from small changes of repeated phrases. Phillip describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures."

A piece I listened to is Metamorphosis. I picked this piece because I was planning on playing it for a competition, but chose not to since I thought would be kind of boring for the audience. This piece is interesting because there's 5 metamorphosis', and each one has tiny changes. I also liked the starting e minor chords, right hand, and how he was switching his hands.

2. Jennifer Higdon was born 1962 and is still alive today.

3. Jennifer Higdon's music is in very high demand, which allows her to be able to compose exclusively by commission. She is one of the most performed living American composers, and her compositions are played by famous soloists, ensembles and orchestras. Higdon won a Grammy and a Pulitzer prize for her compositions.

4. The piece I listened to is her Cold Mountain Suite. I liked this piece very much because I enjoyed how dramatic it is. I was impressed how well she made the high notes sound next to the low notes. I also liked how fast the song is at the start, it's very jumpy and lively. It is a stark contrast to the slower, more mellow part later on, which I also really liked.

1: Ethel Smyth was alive 22, April, 1858 – 8, May, 1944.

2: She was a proud supporter of the women's rights movement. A lot of her work was criticized for being too masculine for a "lady composer".

3: I listened to the Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (1927). Overall I really like this piece. The piece is very elegant and fluid. I really like how the violin and the horn mix together.

What makes this composer special or different from other composers? Higdon is known for various orchestral works, including the Violin Concerto that was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, along with a 2010 Grammy. Her works are known for being modern, while incorporating old and new. She is also one of the five commissioned by Joshua Bell for a five movement violin-orchestra suite.

What is the title of the piece? Did you like it - why or why not? I listed to the Higdon Violin Concerto, played by Hillary Hahn. This concerto incorporates so many different styles of music, which I enjoyed. There are slow, along with fast parts that flowed together so naturally.

Philip Glass work is unique because it has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers.

I listened to Metamorphosis. I like this piece because of it's really dark and deep chords. I also like the contrast/shifting throughout the piece. I especially like Metamorphosis 4 because the character of the piece changes and because it gets faster.

Ethel Smith is an English composer who was born 1858 and died 1944. What makes Ethel Smyth as a composer special was that she made so many different types of music. She mad orchestra piece's, choir pieces, and operas.

The piece I listened to is called "Wreckers: Overture" which is piece from her three part opera called "The Wreckers". What I like about the piece is how it changes from different styles of music. The piece changes from going at a slow pace to jumpy and fast paced. There are also so many instruments playing the piece that it feels like there all meshed into one but in a good way, like they all fit into place to make this picture. I like the piece because it also isn't very boring and I would listen to it unlike other classical pieces which all seem the same. I also like in the piece how there is this moment where it seems like a wedding march which is kind of cool in the piece.

The title of the piece I listened to was Wreckers Overture. I liked this piece because it was intense and dramatic. I also liked how some parts we quiet and suspenseful. The peace also becomes sweet and graceful later on. I like how near the end of the piece it sounds like I am at a festival.

Ethel Smyth was born on April 22, 1858, and died on May 8, 1944. She was a suffragist and a composer who lead the way for women in the world of music. One of her works, "The March of the Women", became the anthem of the suffragist movement and another of her works, "Der Wald" was, for more than a century, the only opera by a women composer preformed at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

I listened to "The Wreckers: Overtune". I liked the change in dynamics from loud the quiet. I also liked how all of the instruments work together to make the sound better. Additionally, I liked how it transitioned from fast and furious to slow and melodic.

When was this composer alive? (what years)? Philip Glass was born January 31, 1937 and he is 86 years old today.

What makes this composer special or different from other composers? He is an American composer and pianist and known as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century.

What is the title of the piece? Did you like it - why or why not? I chose Facades, I liked it because i feel like it sounded smooth, and soft and intense at the same time. One thing that i did not like though was that the song sounded the same through-out almost the whole song.

Death: May 8, 1944

This composer is different because her opera Der Wald (The forest) was the first work by a woman composer performed at the Metropolitan Opera in NY and stayed that way for 113 years. Her other composition, The March of the Women became the anthem of the woman suffrage movement.

I listened to The March of the Women. I loved the song. The mix of the the harmony with the opera was music to my ears. The song is truly a masterpiece.

He is a well-known pianist and composer known for his minimalist pieces. He is regarded as one of the most influential composers of the last century, and has composed everything from movie soundtracks to operas.

I listened to his piece Façades from Glassworks. It was a swoony, calm piece. The song incorporated saxophones with violas and cellos to create a beautiful melody. It invokes a quiet morning, and it was a very soothing piece to listen to. I loved this song because of the calm mood it brought upon me.

Philip Glass is an American composer and pianist, and was born on January 31, 1937, he is currently eighty-six years old.

One of the things that was widely known in his work was his use of shifting layers and repetitive phrases. He described himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures". In addition, he also founded the Philip Glass ensemble, and has written numerous musical pieces and musical theater works.

The piece I listened to was Metamorphosis. I didn't particularily like this one, I wasn't a big fan of all the repitiotion and it didn't make me feel anyhing. If there was some deeper meaning, which there propably was, then I wasn't able to pick it up.

Song: I listened to March of the Women and fun fact: This was made during the woman's suffrage movement and since Ethel was apart of it she would make the song to connect to the movement. It's a good calming song and is mainly Chorus. With sprinkles of other instruments playing mainly the Piano

Ethel was a twentieth-century British composter and was remembered for how she was a champion of women's rights and female musicians.

I like this song because its very calm and soothing. I kind of reminds me of Starwars but not really.

I listened too Philip Glass - Metamorphosis | complete - YouTube

I liked it because it was very calming and soothing.