Musical ensemble

of music others listen to or even play and what makes it unique. In this paper we will explore the different aspects of each song given to us. This will allow us to break down the beauty within many musical pieces, giving us the chance to explore the deeper meaning of music. The Silk Road Ensemble, is what I would consider to be a unique piece of music. This song immediately caught my attention with its majestic toon and great balance of instruments slowly coming together in the song. I loved…

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 experience. The building was vast, and was located right in front of lake Michigan. The auditorium where I sat felt small but it was actually quite massive with two viewpoints; the balcony view and ground…

December. I was playing the part of a parent in the opening scene Toys and a “perfect” parent in Idilia. I also had the role of a young fox in the scene The Road. Overall this play was a great experience because it furthered my abilities as an actor in musical theatre, allowed me to build friendships and meet new people and it showed me how important teamwork is in putting together a show like this. The main characters in this play are Pinocchio, Geppetto, Stromboli, and…

that is reminiscent of the past. While new music is continuously produced, there is a desire to keep the musical pieces created by our ancestors alive. To honor the past, some artists have created new music that reflects the classical and baroque styles. In these pieces, the artists are free to use whichever instruments they please to create their musical effect. When a non-early music ensemble performs non-early music in the modern era, they tend to use the combination of both modern…

From Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to Mary Had a Little Lamb, everyone has been exposed to music from a young age. In fact, some people pursue a musical career from the early exposure and influence. They find a need to be musically inclined, but don’t know how to be. Therefore, the perfect option is being in a concert band or orchestra. Band and orchestra are similar in the ways that both contain instruments, both produce music, and both have conductors. However, they are different with the type…

my upbringing to have been fairly musical. Starting on my mother’s side with my mother; she tries very hard but lacks a sense of both rhythm and pitch however that never stopped her from singing me lullabies. Continuing on to the generation before my mom there is my grandmother who is very musical. I grew up playing guitar and singing/writing songs with my grandmother as well as with all her siblings who are very musically inclined. On my mother’s side the musical involvement stops there with my…

The Advantages of Playing an Instrument The aspects of music and brain development have always gone hand and hand, and a very interesting yet common topic among those who study or partake in music has arisen as a well know truth that learning a musical instrument can better develop certain areas of the brain. Now, already stating that the correlation between music and brain growth as a fact might seem like a risky move but there is more behind this topic than is visible if we step aside to view…

Priscilla Luu-Villa Professor Lance MU100 October 19, 2015 Spiced Up For this project, I chose to attend a piano concert because piano was an instrument that I have been playing since a young age. I enjoyed playing it but became bored of playing the piano so I quit. Later however, I did pick it up again and started to self teach myself a few songs and then started to play it again. I remembered a few things here and there that I had learned when I was younger and started to play decently well.…

The four most commonly used instruments in the string family are the violin, the viola, the cello and the double (string) bass. They are all made by gluing pieces of wood together to form a hollow “sound box.” The quality of sound of one of these instruments depends on its shape, the wood it is made from, the thickness of both the top and back, and the varnish that coats its outside surface. The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the string family. It is held under the chin…

clothing, according to “History of the Mariachi” photographs show that before the 1930’s the musicians wore peasant clothing; white cotton pants, a shirt, and leather sandals. As women started to speak up and demand equality, a female charro was ensemble and it included the equestrian jacket, white shirt, bow tie, and a full-length…