A cappella

The college years are a combination of social and academic challenges or opportunities to find out who you want to be and what you want to do. Barden University has much to offer but their main draw for many new and current students is the prestige of serving as a member of the many acapella groups on campus. In Pitch Perfect, there is fierce competition and embarrassing moments, as well as developing relationships, realizing the power of teamwork and compromise as well as the numerous highs…

wellness in different stages of development. The use of the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I am looking forward for more exercises like this. The use of the articles and literature from “Summon” Cappella Library was exciting, I really found information that got my attention because it was relevant. Some of the techniques for intervention, and therapeutic counseling was questionable such as immersion techniques, will I see desensitization used…

The first genre I picked is the Ballad which is a narrative song that came from New England having originally been brought to the Americas by immigrants from the British Isles. Someone who sings a ballad is basically a storyteller. The ballad is written as a poem but is intended to be sung. There are two important characteristics of ballads. The first is incremental repletion which is the repetition of one or more lines with small but significant variations that advance the action. The other is…

Domenico Scarlatti was a musical composer born in October 26, 1685, in Naples Italy. His parents are Antonia Anzalone, and Alessandro Scarlatti. When he turned fifteen, he became a pianist in Naples. When he was eighteen, he had produced his first operas called L’Ottavia restituita al trono and Il Giustino. When he turned age twenty, he was sent off by his father to Venice to study with a composer known by the name of Francesco Gasparini. Domenico Scarlatti had lived during the Baroque era and…

In the context of European history, the period from 1585 to 1700-1730 is often called the Baroque era. The word “baroque”, as Erwin Panofsky says in his book Three Essays on style, signifies everything wildly abstruse, obscure, fanciful, and useless. The other derivation of the term from Latin verruca and Spanish barueca meaning a wart and by extension an irregular shaped pearl. Eighteenth century critics were the first to apply the term to the art of the 17th century. It was not a term of…

One of the most important factors in the development of the trumpet was its acceptance as a key contributor to art music. This realization became fully accepted in the 17th century during the Baroque period. Prior to this time the trumpet was seen primarily as an instrument delegated to military functions and processional fanfares. Due to its construction the common practice of playing trumpet was limited to just notes within the harmonic series of the trumpet. This limitation hindered many…

Whether it be volunteering in their student’s classroom, checking their homework, or reading with them at night, all schools promote parent involvement. Children who have involved parents are more likely to graduate from high school, continue through college, and receive a job. These students also excel in the classroom and have better behavior than kids whose parents aren’t involved in their education. Research has shown that involved parents make a positive impact on their child’s life.…

Some important information and the history of Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel is a famous place of the Apostolic Palace, where the Pope resides in Vatican City. The place is well known for its great history. Initially, this place was known as the Cappella Magna, now known as Chapel. Mainly, the site of the chapel is popular for its frescos that decorate the interior of this place. What is the most special? Most of the visitors and tourists get fascinated by the Michelangelo’s Chapel two…

everyday life that we don’t appreciate as much as we should. It flows from our speakers, earbuds, and radio. We accept it in our normal routines. We hear it, but don’t listen. I personally go through phases of music. From parodies of popular songs to a cappella (Pentatonix woot woot). I get my song choices from YouTube, the radio, and friends. One of my friends recommended I listen to Fall Out Boy because it was their favorite band. I was curious because I had heard of them, but never have…

For this paper I attended two events, one large scale and one small-scale. For the large-scale event I attended Mahler’s Symphony no. 6 in A minor and for the small-scale event I attended Seraphic Fire- Mozart: Requiem. I attended Mahler’s Symphony no. 6 in A minor first. For this event there were not any issues with this venue. The only drawbacks to this event were that the tickets were pretty pricy and for this reason I had to attend this event alone. For me to get a pair of seats together the…