Recital

I have loved music and singing in front of people my whole life. I took voice lessons and sang in recitals since I was in grade school. I tried out for every solo opportunity in music class. In 8th grade I decided I wanted to try singing in front of a larger crowd of people so I signed up for the school talent show. The day of the talent show I was a complete mess of emotions. I was so excited and looking forward to performing. As the day progressed, nervousness overtook the excitement. I…

overestimation and underestimation may occur” (Levine, Safer, 2002). Therefore, continuous repetition of an antecedent event may increase or decrease the exaggeration of this memory. In the case of the Rite of Spring, over one-hundred years of collective recital led to an amplification in the mnemonic details. Additionally, the emotions were amplified when the animators characterized the riot as bloody and violent, and only parts of the event were selected in its…

these steps for my project to be able to construct my own dance in two years when I have my senior solo, as all seniors do at my studio. At the end of last year my dance teacher said if a fellow dancer and I wanted to choreograph our own dance for recital next year, she would definitely support us if we chose to. In order to make this happen I had to learn the effort and elements that go into choreography. To ensure that I achieved the goal for my project, learning how to choreograph a dance and…

The Phonograph and Gender Introduction The year was 1977. Thomas Edison created the phonograph, a device he thought would be used for business and preserving important figures’ last words. Instead, it became the first music playing device. The phonograph is the Walkman 's, the CD player’s, the boombox’s, and the mp3 player’s ancestor. It was the very first. Although it was a machine, something women of the time were not typically associated with, they influenced the phonograph much more than…

In 1964, artist Ellsworth Kelly painted two simple rectangles of blue and yellow. Tim Nobel collects trash from the streets of London and refers to the trash piles as contemporary art. The Museum of Modern Art displays a folding lawn chair chosen by well-known artist Joseph Kosuth. Each of these representations of art provokes the debate discussing what is technically considered to be a piece of art work. Even though Kelly, Nobel, and Kosuth claimed to create different pieces of art, what…

On April 8th Liza Gallen had her senior recital at Honors Hall. She performed 8 songs, accompanied by Kristin Ivers, Christopher Morgan, Evan Bennetch, and Robert Hoffman. These songs were in many languages, such as: French, Italian, German, Swedish, and English. The first song was “Let the Bright Seraphim” by G.F. Handel, which is accompanied by Christopher Morgan playing trumpet and Kristin Ivers with the piano. This song is about praising the highest type of angel that is in the heavenly…

The Baylor University Concert Choir performed a concert entitled “Child of Song- His Song”. It was performed by roughly 79 people, both male and female. The concert was their spring recital and all songs performed were praising God. Each selection had a unique feeling associated with it as well as a different connotation. The first section of the concert was slower and more somber than the final section. These songs were used more for worship and didn’t have the upbeat feeling as the later ones…

mother forced her to become a prodigy. She only wanted to honor her family, but her way. Soon her mother arranged piano classes. Jing Mei Woo really didn’t try because she felt it was her mothers last chance at making her a prodigy. She was put in a recital, which lead to Jing Mei…

I always have liked music, even though I may not be the best at it. I grew up in a normal family, my mom played flute in her high school band and my dad played saxophone for about a week. They always have encouraged me to get involved with music. When I was 4 I decided I wanted to start taking piano lessons. I loved piano from the minute I started playing. I picked it up quickly, I soon learned how to read music. I have very fond memories of learning piano as a small kid, especially of my first…

A Letter From Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker, despite descending from a family of former slaves, established a career as a farmer, intellectual, and author. Using his family history and his career achievement, Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1791 urging the current Secretary of State to recognize the injustice of slavery. Throughout his letter, Banneker utilized complementary tone, antithetical word choice, and juxtaposition to appeal to Thomas Jefferson’s personal beliefs.…