Music of Guatemala

other programs will be detrimental. The arts – music, visual, and kinesthetic, all enhance intellectual development of the brain. Studies have shown the direct correlation instruction in the arts have on cognition, one of the intellectual enhancements from music (Smith). Cognition is the brain’s process of perceiving, understanding, and reasoning information (Cognition). Both music and visual arts have been proven to enhance cognition and music especially enhances the ability to process for…

recordings are rooted in the past,” being more similar to ragtime than The Creole Jazz Bands style of Jazz, which “points toward the future of jazz” makes a valid point (Starr & Waterman, 88). ODJBs were playing during the ragtime craze, so their music exemplifies some of that, but begins to carry some of the predominate features of jazz. Even “Dipper Mouth Blues” still has some of the ragtime influence in it and there is again a difference between this song and…

Jenry Martin PHI103: Informal Logic (ACL1606A) Instructor: Stephen Krogh February 22, 2016 Is it important to teach the arts and humanities to children? Main argument: Premise 1: Humanities class gives kids sense about where they come from. Premise 2: Humanities helps kid to develop skills they need to…

Exposure to WSU As a kid who grew up in the suburbs of Detroit I was never exposed to the city of Detroit very often. Now I've been to for multiple events Detroit. I have been to various sporting events, concerts, car shows, art fairs, museums, family dinners and so on... So I’m not oblivious to what is happening in Detroit, but, I have never been to the Wayne State Campus and its surroundings. My first true experience of the Wayne State campus wasn't an official tour conducted by the school,…

For my concert report I attended the Mile High Jazz Festival presented by Flesher Hinton Co. on February 16, 2017. The event took place in Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado Boulder at 7:30 pm. The concert consisted of a student ensemble and then after a short intermission a faculty ensemble. I decided for this report to select the most impactful song from each ensemble and write about their musical components. The student ensemble consisted of: a piano, a bass, drums, a guitar, 4…

Ever since Annie premiered in 1977, it has brought a smile to the entire audience’s face! Now, the Tony awarding-winning production of Annie is coming to the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles (LA) this year !Two movies of the show have already been made, so now it is time to see the musical! Taking place in the 1930’s, this musical follows the story of a young orphan named Annie, who lives in an awful orphanage run by a Miss Hannigan. Her life changes drastically when she is chosen by assistant…

In Copland’s “Piano Variations” the piece is quite simple but darkly colored with 20 variations and a coda, giving a sense of dramatization in continuous variation form, which were originally played on a piano and are now placed into the orchestra which gives it a more lively and colorful perspective on the piece. It opens up in heavy, ominous manner but then more into the piece the chords are struck heavily to give this sensation of engrossment. You’re captivated by everything that is thrown at…

It's Friday night, I've worked all week. What better way to unwind or should I say treat myself, than to head over to Angel's Rock Bar in Baltimore, MD to check out hometown legends Silvertung on the first night of their headlining North American Tour " Hit The Pavement". Oh wait, did I say unwind? Well I meant to say wound up. But not before supporting act VIA took to the stage with their gritty vocals and down & dirty lyrics. Who would have known they drove 26 hours straight from Minneapolis,…

products such as music. The ability for this expanding distribution model allows for new opportunities for those involved at any stage in the supply or demand side of the business model (Gopal, Bhattacharjee, and Sanders 2006). In the last decade CD sales have plummeted and are at less than half of what they were at their peak, they still remain one of the primary means of distribution in the music industry (Plembeck 2010). This shift towards online means of acquisition of music has lead to…

About us The music institution known as Confront Magazine debuted as an online magazine since 2006, focusing on the world of music. Confront Magazine is founded by the great music lover and artist who really want to give their passion through music magazine. The two newly met people become friends and found out that they have the same feeling for music. Because there's a lot of people around the world love music as they do, they decided to make a step to fulfill their love for music. Thus,…