Music

The performance I attended was at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. This concert was a preview of BCE’s performance this upcoming Thursday at the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conference. The works of Ratniece and Hearne will be performed at the conference. The program we started with was Horo Horo Hata Hata by Santa Ratniece, followed by a few other pieces. This was my first time at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, it was a very interesting…

World Music Series: Kenan Adnawi, Syrian Oud and Tareq Rantisi, percussion. • Each of Kenan and Tareq have are have their own unique contribution in music felid. They went to different schools and studies different area of music. Similarly, these two musician are utilizing the music as job by offering teaching classes and workshops. Because these two individuals are living in the US, they constantly touring different states such as California, Massachusetts and New York. • The music…

Lydia Goehr breaks down the question of how music is tied to politics, and specifically addresses arguments of whether it should be or not. The author starts her discussion with a historical example with the inquest of composer Hanns Eisler by the Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). The author’s intention in presenting this case appears when she focuses on the defense Eisler. He made statements to the Committee that suggested his music was “music, and nothing else,” having nothing to do…

Music education is something that was stressed throughout history starting in the Renaissance Era in the European countries, but now music education for all is in danger of becoming a thing of the past in America. Recent laws passed by the American Congress combined with public disinterest have put music education under fire in recent years. Music education is a vital part of any student’s education. This is because without proper education of the arts, the future could very well be one without…

Music what actually is it? Music is a simple pattern that can influence you in different ways, and possibly give you different perspectives on such topics. Must is something a simple aspect that is always there for those and is something that can defy how a person is feeling. Music is a topic that can be considered complex due to all the aspects that are associated with it. Furthermore the details that make up a song can give it a new meaning and how it comes off to an audience. Better yet, when…

from the Classical Period, or the Romantic Era, music has been a massive part of everyday life for citizens around the world, and ever since the twenty first century, over ninety-seven million songs of all different cultures and languages have been recorded. Such a large amount of various sounds, instruments, and lyrics, makes one wonder why producers have decided to invest so much of their effort into what may seem to be only noise. However, music has taken the world by swarm ever since…

For this assignment, I opted to go without music for 48 hours to visually perceive how much it would affect my daily routine. Music is essential to my everyday life because I highly enjoy singing, playing the piano, and listening to the radio. I am involved with my school’s top accolade choir and am very devoted to enhancing my skill level. I additionally take piano courses at my high school and practice a lot at home. I find that music plays a very powerful role in society far beyond any…

grew up, music was there for me at ever juncture of my life’s journey. When I was an anxious kid moving to a new area in elementary school, it offered me a release from stress and a way to bond with other students. Even without any shared tangible experiences with the other kids, I could relate to them through singing tunes of the popular music of the time. I listened to about 60 songs on my first-generation iPod Nano when I was alone in my room after school, and the consonant, uptempo music…

asked to define music in my own words. I continued to write in my notebook on the fresh, clean page what I had thought was a creative way of explaining the topic. I had written, “Music is defined as a combination of sounds, voices and beats to make a new stream of varying qualities that are pleasing to the ear based on opinion.” After sitting through several classes I began to realize I had in fact over-complicated the word “music”. Professor O explained to everyone that the music was in fact…

activities with background music in supermarket, and attending popular star’s live concert. Through listing different music activities examples, Small stated that music is meaningful and it exists in almost everywhere in our daily activities. Since music has been play an important part in human life, Small brought out the question what is music and why it is so important. Different from astronomy or other subjects that people can give a satisfied explanation, Small believed that music is…