Musical ensemble

There are many factors that contribute to an ensembles’ sound. Most of which we spend our musical lives practicing; things like tone, vowels, diction, ect. As we begin to make the transition from ensemble member to leader we are thrown yet another contributing factor to sound: conducting. The art of conducting is a continuously growing set of skills for an individual. Many of the greatest conductors have spent decades perfecting their craft and creating their style, while building their musicality. One element that sets apart the greatest of conductors is expressivity. Proper expressive gesture can influence not only audience perception of an ensemble, but also the ensemble sound. The notion that expression can influence ensemble sound…

know that I would learn much more than playing music. Band Ensemble is a group I was motivated to join because of my brother and friends. After I joined the group and began playing the tuba, I always felt like I had a place. Being in band, I felt like I was a part of my community. First, I was drawn to band because I was interested in being a part of a team. Band was a lot of people coming together to create music, like a team. Not only had some of my friends joined, my brother, Pedro, had…

During my last three years in Albuquerque I have been very active in my music community. I've been a violist in the UNM Symphony for two years, have participated in UNM's concert choir for one semester and intend on continuing that participation next semester. In addition to UNM ensembles, I have served as the alto section leader in the Albuquerque Institute of Religion Choir for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as well as the Chairman of the music committee for the Mountain View…

It’s an artistic medium in which the human body is used to express visually. There are many genres of dance, just like how there’s horror and romantic genres in music or film. Each dance genre can correspond to a period of time, gender, religion or musical tune. Within dance we have multiple occupations and purposes. Everything and everyone experiences different levels and variety of dances; even our eyes “dance” as we read words on the covers of magazines. There are many factors that determine…

I decided to interview my mom, Leslie Rooney, about her feelings towards music. My mom grew up in the 80’s in the United States. I was interested to learn about her musical preferences that she enjoyed while she was a high school student in her generation. My mother response was that she enjoyed much of the popular music at the time but leaned towards rock bands. Growing up in the Seattle area, she enjoyed listening to bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam because of their local connection. She…

The Atlanta Homeward Choir is a men’s choir in Atlanta that battles the tough times of homelessness. These men from the Central Night Shelter join together and use music to lift their spirits. Dónal Noonan, the Music Minister at the Catholic Shrine of Immaculate Conception started this choir in November of 2013. In his line of work, he sees homeless people every day and had a passion for lifting others’ spirits. He stopped by the Central Night Shelter one day after work and asked for volunteers…

Dave Pensado Dave is world class mic engineer who has worked on many hit records. He is a teacher to many of the new generation of mix engineers such as Jaycen Joshua, Dylan “3D” Dresdow, and Ariel Chobaz and many more. He is a successful R&b and hip-hop specialist. In a single month David dropped three number one hits, with Mary J Blige’s ‘Be without You’, Beyonce’s ‘Check On it’ and Keyshia Cole’s ‘Love’. David has also worked on hits with Christina Aguilera, Black Eyed Peas, Justin…

School Color Guard. In 1999, I moved to Dublin Middle School, Dublin, which is part of a small city school district, also in south Georgia. With the Dublin City Schools, I served as the head band director of a large middle school band program. At Dublin Middle School, I was the conductor of the Dublin Middle School Seventh Grade Concert and Eighth Grade Symphonic Bands. As head director, I administered all the aspects of the middle school band program. I had additional teaching duties that…

In December of that year, he sang seasonal classics with l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal at Notre-Dame Basilica: Concert de Noël. New Musical Roles In 2004, Pelletier returned to the stage in the title role and as music director and co-producer of the Québec musical Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort. The show premiered in Montréal (2006), and toured in France (2007). In 2007, Pelletier released a pop and jazz album with standards in English: Bruno Pelletier et le GrosZorchestre which won a…

In an ever changing world, there are some things that will forever seem to be the same; the sky has been and shall be blue, people have and will constantly fall in and out of love, the fear of the unknown has been experienced by many, and many more will experience such a feeling, and an orchestra has always been seated that way it has - string instruments in the front with brass, woodwinds, and percussion in the back. Various things that function in a certain way, and continue to function in…