Mezzo-soprano

talks about how Christ is the highest, otherwise know as Hosanna in the song. This is my favorite section, the lyrics are good, and the music is very up beat. The fifth movement is the shortest of all. It is called Agnus Dei. It begins with soprano and Mezzo and they sing accapella until eventually the orchaestra joins in. The lyrics are repeated twice about the lamb of…

while the big dramatic red curtain closes at the end. The irony when the singer, Eva George began to sing “Come Rain or Come Shine”, it was a thunderstorm going on and I was wishing the sun would come through instead of the rain. Her voice was in mezzo-soprano and it was very controlled. But, at one point her voice sounded contralto because how powerful it was. When the piano started to play, it was very playful and childish like. It almost reminded me of a cartoon character dancing around in…

We all dream of travelling to Italy, where beauty has no limits. The culture is inundated by the arts, families are vibrant and strong, architecture is unrivaled, musical genius is ubiquitous and of course…the food. With every aspect of life so influential and awe-inspiring, it is no wonder George Frideric Handel has returned with compositions that leave us speechless. His operas, arias, Oratorios, anthems and concertos never cease to amaze me; however, this time he has really outdone himself.…

There were many different style characteristics that contributed to music in the Baroque era. In the Early Baroque period, rhythm became a more defined beat as compared to how subtle and “floaty” Renaissance music was. Composers emphasized meter and used bar lines for the first time. These strong rhythmic beats were clearly emphasized. The textures in Early Baroque music were both homophonic and polyphonic, but they were enriched by something called “basso continuo”. In “basso continuo”, the…

difference from the first event was rather than professors performing for the students it was students playing for a group of 50 of their peers and professors. The first student to take center stage was Miss Candice Pajda, an opera student with a mezzo-soprano voice performing the German language, An die Musik (To Music). This art song from the Romantic period was composed by the then 20 year old Austrian Franz Schubert with text from a poem of his friend Franz von Schober; about the power…

The boundless achievements of Leonard Bernstein qualify's as a standout among the most essential figures ever. As a television character, he acquainted established music with an era of viewers. As the arranger for WEST SIDE STORY, Bernstein upset the sound of Broadway. As a conductor, he has reveled idealization of traditional music beaus far and wide an uncommon circumstance for an American maestro. Constantly in people in general this effective and complex man has been seen as both a…

Jessica enjoyed choir in Junior High as a mezzo-soprano singing many songs from The Sound of Music, Westside Story and Christmas Carol as well as melancholy tunes such as Autumn Leaves and The Sounds of Silence. 
 Jessica shares her story about what sparked her path at the tender age of 13~ There is…

Dora White’s thirteen children. Growing up in Truro, Nova Scotia. She spent her childhood singing in her church’s choir under her mother’s guidance, where a talent for singing was nurtured. As a result, by the age of eight, she was already singing soprano lines in the Lucia Di Lammermoor opera. Determined to pursue singing, she began taking music lessons around the age of eight. However, the distance from her classes caused her to require walking approximately 16 kilometers a week.…

Dora White’s thirteen children. Growing up in Truro, Nova Scotia. She spent her childhood singing in her church’s choir under her mother's guidance, where a talent for singing was nurtured. As a result, by the age of eight, she was already singing soprano lines in the Lucia Di Lammermoor opera. Determined to pursue singing, she began taking music lessons around the age of eight. Although the distance of her classes required her to walk approximately 16 kilometers a week.…

Heaven-like location by using singing technique specifically elongated vowels. The choir’s overall tone is warm but strong and passionate because of their technique and the lyrics they sing in the movement. Furthermore, there are two soloists, a mezzo soprano and a tenor. They also exemplify good singing technique which makes the solos much more…