Ayumi Higa Language of Music/MU 122 004 Professor Charsky September 20, 2014 Concert Report Paper The Faculty Favorites Concert celebrating Caldwell University’s seventy-five year anniversary took place on September 20, 2014 at 6 o’clock p.m. in the Alumni Theatre. The Alumni Theatre is relatively a small hall with a theatre-like environment. The seats are set up in a way where they curved around the stage and the ceiling is very high. The stage was already set up with the drum set
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The Inspiration of Music in a Young Man’s Life…. As a child with a childhood deprived by poverty, Ja’Vonni became very fond of music to escape his saddening reality. This attraction to music started extremely early for the young Ja’Vonni, it was said to have started before birth. He would always tell stories about how his mother told him that while pregnant with him she would play music for him and about how he responded to the music that she played for him. His mother said that if he liked
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granted the musicians rating when he joined the Navy, his remarkable talent made it possible for him to serve as a musician. Despite of his talent, Coltrane still suffered discrimination from being a black man, due to the fact that Melody Masters was an all-white band and they had to avoid having a black man on the band, which is the reason why
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York City, but the man in which this city encapsulates, John Shaft (Richard Roundtree).The non-diegetic soundtrack plays in the background as we are introduced to Shaft. This use of underscoring conveys a deeper understanding of shaft through the music that continues to play. The up-tempo, rhythmic, funky theme conveys to that despite what the camera displays in the opening sequence, Shaft (Parks, 1971) utilizes non-diegetic underscoring to establish the dominance of John Shaft to the city, but more
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17 October 2012 Music Report “Rhapsody in blue” On September 29, 2012, the symphony Orchestra at Moorpark College had their first concert of the fall semester with special guest the horn player, Jennifer Bliman and Esther Keel on Piano. The Symphony Orchestra collectively performed three pieces during the concert. The hall was much more crowded than I expected. At the beginning of the concert, the orchestra was seated on the stage; the men wore tuxedos, and the women wore black dresses or pants
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Topic: Being involved in the arts makes people feel better. To what extent you agree or disagree? We cannot deny the fact that the art which includes music, film, novels and so on is an essence of human’s life. Either artists or audiences find the benefit of the arts as the role of education and recreation A sensitive reader may find the message hidden in each work of art. A well- known novel namely “Uncle Tom’s cabin” by American author which depicted the reality of slavery in Civil War can
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classical instruments making the classical style into their own style doing this. The concert was pretty good, watching and listen I have found a new understanding of this type of music because of taking this class. Now when I watch a concert like this I more following the instruments and taping my foot along. Their style of music was cool doing songs like pirates of the Caribbean, Hymn song as well as Brooke Park. They start every concert with the Meridian hawk’s anthem. There was a lot of things that
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performer, and music producer, Jean Michel Jarre. The concert was an event offered to the public, open to all without restrictions, and free in this natural arena which was the massive Port Hercules located in North Monaco. The audience was standing on the docks in front of a 650 foot long stage, which included 6 huge rectangular shaped projectors held next to each other. A high-tech visual extravaganza above the 650 foot-long stage was synchronized to Jean Michel Jarre's music and includes state-of-the-art
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000 Hz, the speakers make rich, clear sounds for your listening pleasure. A single knob conveniently acts as the on/off switch to adjust the audio. The versatile speakers are compatible with desktop computers and handheld portable devices. A glossy black finish adds to its aesthetic appeal. Place this stylish Logitech S-120 dual speaker system anywhere in your home or office. The 2.6 W RMS power speakers have a lightweight design. At only 7”H x 2.5”W, the system is small enough to fit on a desk or
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songs total and a story telling along with music. I really impressed by two songs sang by chorus which were “Have Yourself a Marry Little Christmas” and “Duerme Negrito”. “Have Yourself a Marry Little Christmas” written by Ralph Blane (lyricist) and Hugh Martin (composer). This song became famous in the 1940s, when it was sung by Judy Garland in the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis”. This song has a time signature of 4/4. The most memorable element of music for this song is lyrics. The alternation of
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