Folk music

When it comes to music, every musician knows it’s all about the instrument and the quality of it. People might need different music instruments at different stages of their learning or professional careers. Over the long history of music, instruments have evolved from the very historic variations of beat drums to the much more advanced electronic guitars. The modern patters of music and advancements in the way people take music lessons have enabled multi instrument talents in individuals who are…

Big Events for Conterm and Montreal’s Music Festivals Normally, you attend a music festival or concert at a coliseum complete with balcony seats and a full stage with humongous monitors so everyone can see the artists performing. But what about an outdoors concert where there isn’t a roof or balcony seating? Summer concerts are great for people who want to party outside, however, musicians still must have a stage set up for their equipment, background, backup singers, and dancers but how is…

Aneka Happer Music and Entertainment in the Middle Ages “The true beauty of music is that it connects people,” (Ron Ayers). Music is a very magical thing. It has been around for centuries bringing people together and forming friendships, memories or bonds between people who love each other. Dance and theatre do this as well, dancing with someone is another form of communication, and theatre spreads the word of stories. Although music and entertainment has not always been the same throughout…

How Music Affects People and Their Well-Being Music’s beneficial effects on mental health have been known for thousands of years. Music has been used in the military to build confidence and courage. Sporting events use music to get the athletes and fans pumped up and excited for the game. In elementary schools, teachers use songs to help teach kids how to learn their ABC’s or learn how to spell. These different examples of how music changes a person’s mood in these different situations can help…

The performance I attended was the graduate recital for a student from UTEP, Diana L. Esparza. Although not quite an orchestral performance, the music presented still incorporated many of the concepts that we have reviewed over the semester, and a handful of composers that we have reviewed as well: two of these composers being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Giuseppe Verdi. The overall nature of the pieces selected involved various genres that incorporate a singer in its scoring, as…

Streaming Music Rising Nobody wants to actually own their music anymore. They’re satisfied more and more with the convenience of just selecting any music from a digital list and playing it as they wish. There’s no more dealing with a case full of CDs anymore. There’s no more downloading, waiting, transferring, and waiting to play certain songs that you specifically purchased anymore. You just open up Spotify or Pandora or any other streaming service, search what you want and listen. That’s great…

Premiering in 1997, the musical Ragtime, written by the trio of Terrence McNally (Book/Script), Stephen Flaherty (Music), and Lynn Ahrens (Lyrics) was something along the lines of a smash hit. Featuring a star studded cast, with such luminaries as Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, and Audra McDonald, the musical won four Tony Awards and was nominated for 14, including Best Musical. The musical is based on E.L. Doctorow’s 1974 novel Ragtime, a work of historical fiction that has various…

The exoticization of Spain present in Debussy’s La soire ́e dans Grenade recognizes and incorporates the native sounds and rhythms of Spain with an emphasis of importing Andalusian classical music. With La soire ́e dans Grenade, Debussy tries to paint a picture of exotic Spain for Western audiences by drawing influence from increase cultural attention of Iberian Andalusi (Islamic) heritage present in Granada. Interest in Iberian Andalusi tradition began with the publication of Antigüedades árabes…

and historians, all providing prospective for studying music through a Marxist lens. In Music and Marx: Ideas, Practice, Politics, the chapters highlight the place of music in society by engaging Marxist theories on society. The book provides “music-directed approaches to Marx,” which express the issues of musical thinking and theorizing as it relates to commodification, the control of musical form by capitalism, the connection between music-making and economic processes, and the issues of…

On Thursday, April 19. 2016 at 7:00 Pm a Junior Music Recital was held at Barry University in the Cor Jesu Chapel. Performers were Leonell Figeredo, Yanessa Morillo-Delerme, Travis Hogue, Evan Post, Beverly Coulter, Daniel Daroca and two unknown females. Dr. Coulter and Mr. Daroca played the piano. The space was large. 45 people were seated in the chapel. The piano was placed at the front of the room to the left of the persons seated. People were also seated to the side of the room. There was a…