Blog #3

I chose to listen to  the conductor Benjamin Zander’s “How Does Music Transform Us?” and found it very interesting. His TED Talk was all about trying to explain to the audience that everyone loves classical music, they just don’t know it yet. One of the first points he emphasized was that nobody is tone deaf; an example he used was “You couldn’t tell the difference between somebody from Texas and somebody from Rome.” He’s not wrong; people have the ability to read emotions through the tone of their voice, which was another example that Benjamin used. I personally agree with everything that was said in this TED Talk. Music is a very emotional thing that is used for artists to express themselves and make others feel what they are feeling. Its a way that we can relate to each other as well. As Zander explains it: “there’s something emotive about music that pulls us in, that kind of preys on our emotions.” The emotional experience of music, especially classical music, is the power that this art gives.

2 Comments

  1. tmara1

    Hi Megan! I thought your insights to “How does music transform us?” were very relatable and agreed with all of them. Listening to music in itself is a very moving and emotional experience that I believe everyone loves. I personally also really enjoyed listening to Zander’s TED talk and found him very entertaining and eccentric. He was very passionate about his work and it made his talk especially enjoyable. I absolutely agree with your closing sentence that “the emotional experience of music, especially classical music, is the power that art gives” and thought that was a great way to end your post!

  2. jlaurie

    I love that you’re hinting in your post about all the different ways music can bring people together and you begin to relate it to bringing an emotional change in people when they listen. I couldn’t agree with you more! Zander has so much passion and power in his talk that you can’t help but feel an emotional connection to music. I also thought it was so powerful when Zander described how people listen to music and he went to say that you absorb it through your molecules and it releases a true human experience.

    Great post!

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