English musical groups

plays with 16 different known collaborators, hence his nickname. Kaufman’s success stems from his many collaborations of course but also the metatheatrical techniques used in his work. Using this technique Kaufman was able to populate his plays and musicals with characters based both firmly and loosely on the celebrities at the time. Throughout many of Kaufman’s works this technique is encountered by the audience/reader extensively despite his already skillful satirical talent. George Simon…

conference to Colorado to learn about future career opportunities for my dual degrees in Communication design and Computer Science, I got to attend an orchestra concert presented by the Hapless Heroes who were conducted by Leslie Stewart. The show was musical theatre where they had a live orchestra playing in front of the stage while the actors explained the Greek tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. I attended this amazing show on the 4th of December. I love learning about Greek Mythology so I was…

John Cage was an American composer that experimented with the very nature of sound and developed new ways of notating music. Cage’s ideas on composition influenced many artists such as painters, musicians, and chorographers. Cage questioned the musical preconceptions that was left from the 19th century. Arnold Schoenberg, a teacher of John Cage, called Cage “not a composer, but an inventor of genius” (Hicks, 1990). Many musicians, and to much of the public, thought Cage’s compositions…

painting is described as fresh, childlike, also the use of strong rhythmic design and vivid colors. Fernando Botero’s Dancing In Colombia is a perfect representation of Naïve art. Dancing in Colombia by Fernando Botero displays a clear painting as a group of people playing music and dancing, possibly in a bar or café ( see figure 1). This image uses warm colors such as red, brown, and black. The lines used in this painting seem to be thick curvy lines. Details prove the floor looks covered in…

An old gentleman regret his own musical inability but view Bibi’s talent as a gift from God to which the average person could not aspire. There is no more shame in falling short of Bibi’s accomplishment than in bowing before the Christ Child. A businessperson, believing art to be merely…

founded by Freddy Clarke that brings together all nations into a musical collaboration. Wobbly World takes musical traditions from all over the world and creates pieces with influence from Africa, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Denmark, Iran,…

The 30th Annual Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, which was located on Evanston’s lakefront, was eventful for me last weekend. There were many ongoing activities such as family craft activities, international cuisine, and live music by several performers. I got to experience the diversity of arts and culture from all over the world. I went there mainly to listen to one of the music performers named, Saraswathi Ranganathan, along with her ensemble of Raga Blues that consisted of guests that included…

It is a loudness of musical instruments rather than a voice of singer/artist at the stage. In order to come across with one simple solution, let me take Ethiopian evangelical church broadly. I will address only the church music because it may be tough to solve this problem from the whole music of Ethiopia; as a result of different groups/organizations have their own policy and conditions, and church music is different from the…

American Overture for Band is a level six, wind band, piece that has been played and enjoyed by advanced high school and university bands. The scoring is dense and somewhat atypical, however. Jenkins includes a sting bass, a cello, three baritone parts, three flute parts, and four clarinet and trombone parts. Jenkins includes the string bass part because is important to the texture of the piece. The tuba cues, like all the cues in the piece, are “safety doublings” and “should be played only…

composed by Henry Purcell were Emily Skoutelas and Diana Zorin. Emily Skoutelas was the singer and she is a soprano. Diana Zorin accompanied her and played the piano. The Art Song Recital at Hunter College consisted of twenty different art songs in English, German, French or Italian. Out of the twenty art songs I chose my favorite…