the biggest benefits of getting an advanced water filter installation. 1. Cost Effective A water filter costs you far less per gallon than it would cost you to buy the same amount in even the absolute cheapest bottled water, or even jugs of water. An Advanced water filter system is even more cost effective than a standard filter system, as well as lasting far longer and providing you with a much higher water quality. 2. Cleaner Water A water filter will make your water far cleaner than it…
music. Band Ensemble is a group I was motivated to join because of my brother and friends. After I joined the group and began playing the tuba, I always felt like I had a place. Being in band, I felt like I was a part of my community. First, I was drawn to band because I was interested in being a part of a team. Band was a lot of people coming together to create music, like a team. Not only had some of my friends joined, my brother, Pedro, had previously enjoyed playing in band ensemble. He…
Albuquerque I have been very active in my music community. I've been a violist in the UNM Symphony for two years, have participated in UNM's concert choir for one semester and intend on continuing that participation next semester. In addition to UNM ensembles, I have served as the alto section leader in the Albuquerque Institute of Religion Choir for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as well as the Chairman of the music committee for the Mountain View Ward of the same church. Last…
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I decided to interview my mom, Leslie Rooney, about her feelings towards music. My mom grew up in the 80’s in the United States. I was interested to learn about her musical preferences that she enjoyed while she was a high school student in her generation. My mother response was that she enjoyed much of the popular music at the time but leaned towards rock bands. Growing up in the Seattle area, she enjoyed listening to bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam because of their local connection. She…
There are many factors that contribute to an ensembles’ sound. Most of which we spend our musical lives practicing; things like tone, vowels, diction, ect. As we begin to make the transition from ensemble member to leader we are thrown yet another contributing factor to sound: conducting. The art of conducting is a continuously growing set of skills for an individual. Many of the greatest conductors have spent decades perfecting their craft and creating their style, while building their…
In an ever changing world, there are some things that will forever seem to be the same; the sky has been and shall be blue, people have and will constantly fall in and out of love, the fear of the unknown has been experienced by many, and many more will experience such a feeling, and an orchestra has always been seated that way it has - string instruments in the front with brass, woodwinds, and percussion in the back. Various things that function in a certain way, and continue to function in…
The Atlanta Homeward Choir is a men’s choir in Atlanta that battles the tough times of homelessness. These men from the Central Night Shelter join together and use music to lift their spirits. Dónal Noonan, the Music Minister at the Catholic Shrine of Immaculate Conception started this choir in November of 2013. In his line of work, he sees homeless people every day and had a passion for lifting others’ spirits. He stopped by the Central Night Shelter one day after work and asked for volunteers…
“What the hell was that?” Cartman demanded. I shrug my shoulders as I continue to find coffee grounds and a coffee filter. Opening one of the many cabinets, I automatically see junk food. A sigh escapes from me, and I filter through the contents, hoping that this cabinet might have one of the materials I need. “Coffee, coffee, where would coffee be?” I mumble to myself, hoping that just by mentioning it somehow it will magically show up. “If I help you get coffee, will you tell me what that…
I love going out to concerts and art shows to see what local artist are out there. It is always nice to relate to an artist that remind of us of home. For this critical analysis, I decided to go watch Wobbly World with Freddy Clarke, a Jazz, Funk, and World Music Band, on September 26, 2015 at the Sausalito Seahorse in Marin County, California. The band members consist of Freddy Clarke, Bouchaib Abdelhadi, Erick Barberia, Georges Lammam, Marc van Wageningen, and Colin Douglas. Wobbly World is a…