The Caged Bird: music and art set to Maya Angelou's poem

[dansugarushman]

This is an incredible compilation of inspired original works. My 7th grade English class viewed this to create the feeling of Maya's poem, as this work captures it beautifully. The first few times I couldn't appreciate the last song, as I loved the piano piece, however the last song is just as fantastic in capturing the mood as the first. Absolutely fantastic piece of work.

Do you have sheet music for the piano piece? I would love to learn how to play it.

[SkylarkMelody]

@dansugarushman I'm so honored you played this for your class! The piano piece is a cover of Coldplay's "Fix You," and you can find the sheet music on Music Notes and a few other sites.

Thanks for your comment, and I apologize for taking so long to respond to it. I'm pursuing a double major at Stanford now and rarely ever pop onto YouTube during the school year.

Take care. : )

[justjackcollins]

BEAUTIFUL. 

very inspiring, Thank you.

[2004Yvonne]

Unbelievable talent - you are a beautiful person...Your Mother is right, keep singing!

[THEARTISTINYOUTV]

Beautiful works and music. We would love to see you audition for THE ARTIST IN YOU, a new TV series in development. Please check us out of Face Book,!

[QueXseraXsera]

Your artwork is lovely! I agree that this poem is inspiring, especially the line "The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unkown by longed for still". Great work!

[SkylarkMelody]

Thank you all for your lovely, encouraging comments. : )

[MotMaoriGurl]

Truely, truely wonderful to behold...thanky ou so much for blesing us with your talent :)

[SelvedinaBegic]

i found yu on yahoo, and saw that yu also love art,music, and that yu are very beautiful girl :] yu have an amazing talent that everybody should be able to see. keep it up and one day i get you'll become famous.

btw i almost cryed, i sound a little stupid.

[navelgazeing]

brought me to tears. thank you.

i know sounds silly to thank some1 for tears but ur an artist so u prolly know what i mean

[MadameGarnet]

very thought provoking and beautiful.

[KelseyAnn49]

(also from Y!A)

wow, you have some REALLY good talent. i'm an artist myself, and although your abstract style isn't usually the kind of stuff i like, YOU HAVE TALENT!!

[barackthevote735]

(From Maddie, on Y!A)

Lark, I hope you know you are literally the most talented person I have ever had the pleasure of talking to, even if only in short spurts. That made me cry, and it is not east to make me cry.

Never stop playing music, never stop singing, never stop writing, never stop painting, never stop thinking, because this world is going to be a better place with you in it.

-Maddie

[Onelegheathermills]

Thats beautiful....

[42oSupreme]

beautiful art and music, my friend. you have a great deal of talent and it is appreciated. and much love to inspirational mothers.

for some reason very touching, i shed a tear..?

[jodzandphil]

Sky...I am in absolute awe....

Not often am I left without words, but that video has pretty much done it for me!

You truly are so amazingly talented...like I said to you in my email ~ one day the world will discover you...and I cant wait to sit back and watch as it does!

Your mum is going to LOVE this...I dont think there would be any greater gift. As a young mum myself, your message to her made me cry! LOL.

Keep shining beautiful girl xox