Graphic Design Music Box

My music box is themed around dramatic concert band music. My assignment began with my idea of designing a music box inspired by a concert band because since I have been involved in a band for more than 10 years and I am still playing the clarinet, I’m strongly familiar with and interested in dramatic concert band repertoire. Dramatic melodies are harmonic melodies that enhance the ability for me to feel excited and subtle. They typically occur in repertoire in grade levels 4 through 6, strongly encouraging middle and high school ensembles to perform this kind of repertoire. I really enjoyed listening to the concert band repertoire so much. And all the band pieces that I listened to significantly. I’ve known many band composers such as Brian Balmages, Michael Sweeney, Frank Ticheli, Eric Whitacre, Steve Danyew, Kevin Day, Robert Jager, and Brant Karrick. Therefore, that is my favorite kind of music overall. My approach to this project is done by my own watercolor paintings with techniques of wet, dry, and bleed strokes. I learned these skills from my watercolor class in the same time which made me strongly compelled to create this music box with watercolor. The most important thing about it is reflecting the background classical feeling of concert band music by matching the freshness in connections to my original watercolor paintings.