Iyer - Symphony No. 2

Written by Joshua Iyer
Published: May 3, 2015 at 8:47 PM [UTC]

Our final project in AP English IV asks us to use some form of media (play, sonnet, short story, music, painting, etc.) to explain our thoughts on what it means to be human. For my project, which I just finished today, I chose to write a symphony with the four movements ranging from life to death (Birth, Childhood, Adulthood, Death). Not only did I do music, I put together two videos with pictures and quotes and performed guitar and violin solos within the piece. The project in its entirety took roughly two months to complete (I began planning the piece as soon as I got the paper back in March), as I had a break from working on it during spring break going to Italy where I sketched other stuff instead like my string quartet. I included lots of content within the videos themselves besides the music to help explain what's going on. Hope you enjoy!

Note: The link below leads to a playlist of two videos, each containing half of the symphony.

Click here to listen!

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