Christian music

Our Event, Diggin’ It Music Festival The Augusta Christian volleyball team held their first ever Diggin’ It Music Festival at the Columbia County Amphitheater on Saturday, September 9th. The bands I AM SPARTACUS and Brooke McBride hired through GigMasters, played to a smaller than anticipated yet lively audience. Corey Arbogast, the high school volleyball coach, and booster club arranged the event as a fundraiser for the volleyball team. The whole Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) was invited…

solstice celebrations. The word carol itself means song of praise or dance, or singing of joy. Carols at one time were written for all season and times, but the tradition of singing them at Christmas has remained. Christians took over these pagan celebrations and made up their own Christian songs to sing as a substitute. Yet these first carols were all written, and sung in Latin. Latin at that time was a language not known by most common people and the people did not like them or take to these…

Human and music are a like a friendship that cannot be separate from one to another and has been driven to our daily life. A quote from philosopher called Plato said that music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, fight to the imagination, and life to everything. From this quote show that music gives us a life and there is an alternative medicine that uses music as a treatment called as music therapy and the therapist called as a music therapist. Music therapy gives a treatment that…

will attempt to make us perceive their own beliefs. In the play, Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock whom is a Venetian merchant made a deal with a Christian merchant named Antonio to fulfill the desires of his close friend “Bassanio”. Moreover, this Shakespearian play discusses the melancholic relationship between a Christian and Jewish in Elizabethan era. In Merchant of Venice, Shylock represents a character who mask reality due to three critical reasons.…

and even social media which say otherwise; they paint the ideal picture of what ‘Love’ is, in its many forms in popular culture. Fifty Shades of Grey is a renowned trilogy among the younger generation that explores a peculiar relationship between Christian Grey, a sex crazed Multimillionaire and Anastasia Steele, an inexperienced English literature college graduate. The start of their relationship is questionable on many grounds; does she understand the risk of this potential liaison and how it…

Learning to live a Christian life is one thing, but living out what we have learned is another story. As Christians, I think we have a greater responsibility because we know how the world should look, and we need to step up and lead the people around us. In order to share the gospel with others, we have to take a look at what God is calling us to do. Leading others consists of knowing what the Christian life looks like, sharing that with others, and staying faithful and truthful in what we say…

Music is defined as a cultural activity that expresses ideas and emotions through elements of rhythm, harmony and melody. This means music plays an importance role in shaping culture in a particular area. Let’s look at how music influences culture and social change worldwide. Take an example of reggae music, Reggae music is a musical genre that emerged in the 1960s. As time went on, it became a cultural norm not only to Jamaica but the whole world. Its rhythms, spiritual lyrics together with…

Campus. The Studio Jazz Ensemble consists of 9 members. When there are less than 10 members it is called a Jazz Combo. The young Musicians who performed were Yami Ayala- Vocal, Alex Arias- Bass, George Fernandez- Guitar, Christian Martinez- Drums, Charles English-Drums, Christian Romero- Piano, Andrew Collado- Tenor Sax, Marcel Diaz- Alto Sax and Jose Romero- Trumpet and Fluegel Horn. The Studio Jazz Ensemble performed various modern Jazz styles such as Bebop, Hard bop, and a Brazilian style…

an eminent barber-surgeon who served in the court of Saxony Weissenfels and Margraviate of Brandenburg. Handel was inspired by music. Unfortunately, his father was very surprised and urged him to study law instead. His father restricted his use of any musical instruments. Luckily his mother, on the other hand, was very supportive and gave Handel opportunities to learn music, and helped him stash a clavichord in the attic that he would play while his family slept. Fortunately, Handel's father did…

Plato once said, "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and everything." Plato, a revolutionary philosopher, changed the way people thought and weren't the fondest of the arts. Surprisingly, Plato likes music and describes music as a moral law. Then like most laws, a person is needed to carry out such law. This person would then have a vocation to plan music in the church. Church was once a vehicle for the…