Music festival

self-efficacy perceptions of high school musicians (N = 157) who volunteered during a 3-day competitive honor orchestra festival, finding most notably that students became more self-efficacious as the festival continued. The goal of this survey was to examine the effects of a high-stakes musical performance environment on perceptions of self-efficacy. When students arrived to the festival, they participated in an on-site audition and then were placed in two difference orchestras of differing…

On October, 27, 2016, I watched the Folk-Rock band, Hurray for the Riff Raff perform music through an online broadcast at, www.npr.org/music. Hurray for the Riff Raff is an American folk-Rock and Americana band from New Orleans, Louisiana. The lead singer is Alynda Segarra. She grew up in the New York, Bronx where she developed an appreciation for doo-wop and Motown. She would attend hardcore punk shows at ABC No Rio regularly when she was younger. She left the Bronx when she was 17 years old…

are all commonly seen sights at the annual Hungry Ghost Festival . In Malaysia and Singapore the Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as Zhong Yuan Jie, takes place during the seventh month of the lunar calendar. During this 'ghost' month, souls who suffer in the underworld are believed to walk freely among the living. The doors of purgatory open and entrance into the living world becomes possible (Singapore Infopedia, 2014). While this festival is specifically meant for the "ghosts of strangers…

Williams Pamp Jenkins was born in February 1944. He was born and raised in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales. He composes jazz, rock and classical music. Jenkins also plays the oboe, saxophone, and the keyboard. He studied music at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Then went on to postgraduate studies at Royal Academy of Music. He was first exposed to music by his father who was a school teacher, played the organ for their church and was also a choir master. For the majority of Jenkins…

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…

The musician I did for my paper was Sharon Kam. Sharon Kam is a 45 year old classical clarinetist. Her major career started when she was 16 and she joined the Israeli Philharmonics and director Zubin Mehta on stage while she performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Not long after, she performed the Clarinet Quintet with the Guarneri String Quartet in Carnegie Hall, New York. She loves playing and listening to Mozart. Sharon Kam is one of the most influential clarinet players because she has…

Tollbooth. There are experiences in life where we learn lessons for no reason at all. These things teach us lessons that we don't expect. These are lessons that are learned for no reason at all. For me, my best learning experiences have come from music, and the lessons I learned there were for no reason at all. Being in band has taught me so many unexpected life lessons; The first, the power of one, second, unity, and third, hard work pays off. My first experience of learning a valuable…

Everyone remembers the classic fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty, but few have experienced the fascinating twist that is presented by the Moscow Festival Ballet. Directed by Sergei Radchenko, the audience is left on the edge of their seat at every stage of the three act performance; from the curse set on The Sleeping Beauty to the moment she falls in love and gets married. The captivating story of the Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora) involves multiple elements that all add to the success of the…

wanted to major in accounting. However, it was not until I participated in the 2015 National Memorial Day Choral Festival that I knew how to use it to serve those who have already served. When my choir director revealed the 2015 trip destination, I was overjoyed in anticipation of experiencing the nation’s capital for the first time in my life. As my choir started learning the festival music, I was awestruck by the dark lyrics of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ cantata “Dona Nobis Pacem” and inspired…

Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer keeps its oldest and best-loved tradition with 12 performances of A Chanticleer Christmas in the Bay Area between December 10th and 23rd. A Chanticleer Christmas offers profound, peaceful and joyous music in beautifully decorated missions, churches and cathedrals around the Bay Area. Chanticleer’s Christmas season begins on November 28th in Fairfax, VA, with concerts in Manassas, VA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Purchase, NY, and Portland, OR,…