"Unit 2: Elements of Music: Assignment 2: Blogging My Experiences."

Music moves me in ways that are difficult to describe. It can bring on a wide range of emotions from happiness to sadness. It can consume you and release you. One of my fondest musical experiences has been Disney's Fantastia movie series. I have watched all of them probably thirty to forty times. It has great animation along with incredible music. It can help anyone envision the music and feel its instruments come alive.

The series highlights many great works by many famous composers. For instant , The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the music changes Disney tried to link the animation to the changes of scale of the work. At the beginning of the music, the tempo is slow and Disney uses graceful sprite-like creatures flying and slowly spreading the morning dew. However, as the music gets close to the end it shows those sprite-like creatures spreading winter ice until all is frozen which demonstrates how the music has reached its climax and is regressing to its end. Displays like these help you visualize how this work changes and creates a mood or feeling to help carry it along.

All in all, Fantastia combines visual stimulation and audial stimulation. Through Disney's animation, it enables people young and old to have a greater appreciation for classical music and their composers. It is timeless since the same works are still revered today.