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If I were to choose one word that identifies me it would be Maestro. Okay let’s think about this for a moment what is a Maestro? A Maestro is the person who stands in front (usually with their back towards the audience) in an orchestra and is generally known as the conductor. They are the person who can make a bunch of different instruments, (all with their own unique sound) come together into one piece. Now how does this one word define me? I have always been the type of person who likes to…

Ecuadorian music generally is not well known in America. So knowing this is what really encouraged me to attend an event were Ecuadorian music was performed for the public. Even though Ecuador is a small country in South America, it homes several cultures. For example, Afro-Ecuadorian is an ethnic group, which is on the North part of Ecuador along the pacific coast. In this ethnic group, there are two types of traditional music. They are marimba music and Bomba music. The performance event that…

When considering the theoretical baselines of this module, I decided to look within myself, and consider what in my life embodies these ideas and concepts. Put mildly, I am a dance music fanatic. I perform regularly in Exeter as a DJ and when sifting through my record collection, I came across a record that really speaks to me personally, and in many ways, has a universal allure. The record was released on a German record label named Innervisions, and is called Acamar, written by a duo called…

Musical performance is a matter of entertainment. Music in Regency England was specifically the social responsibility of women. During that time, women existed only to show their attributes in thee look of a husband. At parties women were expected to play the pianoforte, sing or dance for the enjoyment of the people at the party, and to show their musical talent to earn a man’s attention. At the beginning of their lives, especially those who were in higher classes, were taught all the different…

Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin is a story about relationships between two brothers from African-American community in Harlem. They both, the narrator and Sonny, grew up among drugs and poverty. Two brothers thought this background will be following them till the rest of their lives. That is why they both wanted to escape from it, just had different ways of doing it. The older brother has made his way to the middle class by becoming an algebra teacher. On the other side, Sonny has picked a…

Vogler a priest who gets Salieri to tell him what he meant by he killed Mozart. Salieri first tells Father Vogler about his youth and how even then his idolized Mozart and compared himself to him. Salieri desperately wanted to dedicate his life to music, but his father had different plans for him. Despite his father 's objections,…

everything in my musical scales book, start learning in depth music theory, getting through my progressive repertoire book and leveling up, being more comfortable with jazz improvisation, and getting into Youth Musica Antigua, which is a high school historical music group. After this year I want to do CNM dual credit so I can get my undergraduate degree out of the way so I can get through school faster and take graduate courses at a music conservatory or…

chamber groups was Christine S. Lopez and Sung Ae Lee both performing on piano, the other was Paul Da Silva playing piano and Manon Robertshaw on cello, and lastly Sung Ae Lee doing a solo performance. This was performed at Cerritos College in the music building at BC-51. It began at eleven in the morning on February twenty sixth. First musical performance was the piece of Muzio Clementi’s sonata in B flat major for two pianos. It was experience to see a performance with two pianists performing…

to go", and "Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more." Her voice is very emotional and genuine. You can feel the sorrow that she is trying to express. I prefer the Kenny Wayne version for general listening as if I would add it to my music playlist besides the Bessie Smith version. I like the guitar and how lively the song sounds. However, the Bessie Smith version is a more accurate depiction of what blues is about and has more genuine…

the Radio City Music Hall in New York City is on its own a treat to see. Between the high energy music, along with original Beach Boys members the entire performance was brilliant from start to finish, earning a well-deserved standing ovation. Although all in all the show was excellent, Brian Wilsons vocals were lacking at points, and coupled with obvious difficulties served as an indicator that this may unfortunately be one of his last times up on stage. The venue of Radio City Music Hall is…