English musical groups

or her life there are still other chances to become superior in mathematics and sciences through the arts. If a child is involved in a musical program in school it can improve standardize test scores and improve math and science skills as well. “While someone is playing a musical instrument his or her brain gets a full- body workout” (Collins). Playing a musical instrument involves using all the parts of the brain. Strengthening other parts of the brain allows the child to apply different…

Having the ability to converse with an exclusive group of people that know what you are talking about makes you feel like you are actually a part of something important and that you are making a difference within that community. Helping to add to the knowledge of others, and creating a situation where…

The three to five-year-old group will explore from music and musical instruments around the world. The children will have the opportunity to play a variety of instruments. We will listen to a variety of music from around the world while using different props. We will learn musical vocabulary. On Monday, the children will make explore rhythm instruments. First, we will listen to a variety of music which uses rhythm instruments while using props. Rhythm instruments will be available for the…

There are many things that make me who I am; regardless if it comes from the past, present or future. I am a simple person with many hopes, dreams, and ambitions.When talking about my favorite things they range from different spectrums. The first thing that is very exciting to me are films. I nearly go to the movie theater every friday to watch a new movie. I like films like Fast and Furious, Divergent, The Hunger Games, and etc. Films are really cool and depicts dreams that we wish were real.…

made at least over fifty songs, some were good and others were terrible. It was all fun and I’m glad I had an experience making songs and being in a band. Unfortunately things took a turn for the worse with the band. Like any other problems with groups, people tend to get sick of each other. We’d argue and complain about the music, a lot. One time I just ended up leaving mid recording because everything was sounding off. I lost my cool and just couldn’t take them anymore, so I left the band.…

out of place in the Buttefly Lovers Violin Concerto. In the section of Zhu’s resistance to arriage, there is syncopated chords and agitated rhythm from Chinese traditional instruments mix together, conveying stress and tension with disharmonious musical effect. “Adopting methods frequently used in Chinese Opera, such as Jin La Man Chang (fast bowing and slow singing), not only strikes a chord in Chinese audience, but also embellishes the music with unique Chinese features,” says…

Written Assignment #1 During the 1920’s and 1930’s Broadway musicals became incredibly popular amongst the American people. Although a number of these musicals were not known historically, numerous songs produced were later made memorable by famous singers. For example, the song “I Get a Kick Out of You,” was written by songwriter Cole Porter in 1931. It wasn’t till 1938 that the song became memorable by the Broadway musical Anything Goes performed by Ethel Merman (Sewell, Lesson 6).…

In the twentieth century, theatrical representations of A Midsummer Nights Dream (The Dream) underwent a revolution. Leading the breakthrough was Peter Brook’s 1970 production, a challenge to traditional interpretations of Shakespeare’s work. Directors like Robert Lepage (1992) and Tim Supple (2006) followed Peter Brook’s success and explored their own interpretations of The Dream with famous and influential productions. Each of these directors accentuated the contrasts between the play’s…

The Ruth Page Center Of the Arts brought Broadway to Chicago as the Porchlight productions presented the musical Merrily We Roll Along, with book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. This rendition was beautifully directed by Michael Weber, musically directed by Aaron Behnam and the musical staging was done by Christopher Pazdernik. This story about the talented composer Franklin Shephard, based on the 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, leaves the audience…

Lennon literally wrote this song in one brief morning on a Steinway piano. He described the genre as a piano ballad in a rock category. Rather than sitting down on a chair contemplating about life, Lennon attempted to declare the freedom of hunger, agony, religion and from politics. Perhaps, lyrics in a song could be the most powerful device in speaking through people’s heart. He wanted to leave the contemporary world living and competing for money and fame. The idealistic and political mind…