Like cheese, classical music is best enjoyed when in string form. Snack on the sounds of cultured compositions with today's Groupon: for $12, you get two tickets to the Spring Concert performed by the Austin Civic Orchestra at St. Martin's Lutheran Church (up to a $24 value). The concert takes place on Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m.
The talented volunteer-based Austin Civic Orchestra has perked ears since its inception 34 years ago and has been recognized as a semifinalist for the 2010 American Prize, which is given to the top civic orchestras in the country. The stringed set list will fuse favorite rhythms and harmonies with Rachmanninov's Symphony no. 2 in E minor and Mozart's
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major and the sound onslaught features the regal reed action of guest artists from the Southwestern University Woodwind Quartet. After articulating the works of wig-wearing classical composers, the Austin Civic Orchestra will conclude the evening with Stephen Kaminski's Ten Emotions: A Tone Poem, runner up from the 2009 Composition Contest, finishing ahead of a piece entitled Ten Faces I Can Make While Playing the Xylophone. This performance features open seating, so groups of song scientists and chord chemists should plan to arrive early for the best seating selection.
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The Groupon Guide to: Poemtry
"Poetry is the science of the heart," said noted poem master Robert "2 Cold" Frost. He simply meant that poetry is the most science-like of all the arts, as it can be broken down into its base elements, categorized, and reverse engineered under laboratory conditions. Here's a guide to creating your own works of rhyming heart science:
Find Your Genre There are three basic genres of poetry:
- Inspirational: Uplifts the spirit with references to clouds and the birds that eat them.
- Terrorfying: Includes works such as "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Grier.
- Slam: Conveys a deep, personal message through the medium of shouting.
Put the Words Together Without exception, all poems share one basic trait: they must rhyme. Early poets rhymed every single word, but today's lazy poets rhyme only a few words at the end of every other sentence.
Once you've selected your base, or "rhyme words," add some metaphors. A metaphor is when one thing, usually something from nature such as a sunbeam or a skeleton, stands for something else—and this other thing is always freedom.
Publish or Perish Don't leave your poems rotting in a drawer (they will attract flies). Instead, send them to one of the hundreds of busy poetry publishers that are eager to pay handsomely for your couplets. Or, earn a living writing today's modern poetry—television police procedurals.
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