Swing music

Today we woke up early to go sing at the Middle School in Neustiff. We performed in a gym but they had set it up nicely in order to accommodate us. We got a much better reaction from the kids. As I mentioned in my last note, we had noticed that this headmaster was much more welcoming then the last one, so that was reflected with the kids too. After we preformed our concert I was able to talk with a teacher who said that they were never expecting us to preform so well. This was very nice to hear.…

The idea of music playback came from Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a bookseller, and trader from Paris. In 1857, Scott obtained a fascination for the human ear which led him to invent the Phonautograph, an instrument primarily used to study acoustics in laboratory research. The construction of the phonograph was heavily inspired by the anatomy of the human ear. Consisting of three main components that replicated the build of the ear canal, eardrum, and ossicles. Sound waves would be…

Rehearsal had to be very extensive for this piece since there were shifting problems because I would be in the wrong position or the notes weren't perfectly in tune. Flowing notes were tricky because they quickly came one after the other for a quite long time and that there were accidentals trickled throughout many of these sections. As well as, the rhythm of the notes which are unnatural making the notes I am playing difficult to play. At the top of the first page of the song there is notation…

Over the summer I listened to the music used in two ballets shown during the Here/Now Festival, and which will also be performed during the 2017-18 season. As a non-musician, I perceive two thematic strands in the first of the four pieces from Dan Deacon’s America to be utilized in The Times Are Racing. Let’s call them A and B. The pattern in this section is ABA. However, the same music is used in the fourth and final section of the album (and ballet); but the pattern there is BA. This A strand…

Serashi Fragments composed by Lei Liang in 2005. The piece began abruptly out of the silence of the small audience. The four musicians each played one short, but jarring note that was subsequently followed again by the silence of the audience. The music progressed quickly from then. They began following…

Small farm town living has never been right for me. Growing up here has been hard for me environmentally, socially, and mentally. Although some people may enjoy living in such a small and tight knit community, it has never been enough to keep me satisfied. When i was younger, I absolutely loved being able to play in a wide open backyard, explore the nearby natural parks and ride my bike around my neighborhood. However, as i grew up physically and mentally, i became sick of not having anything…

For a lucky few, a stage is a beginning. It’s the path to a perfect pirouette or or a standing ovation, to Broadway or Hollywood or a distant land. If Shakespeare was indeed correct. If all the world is a stage, then there are a lucky few that have a corner on the market: Their home, their world has always been the stage. And for those pursuing a degree from The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance, their home, their stage does if fact span all the world—to performances of…

Many songs you listen to you may think are fun, playful and cheerful. Some songs that you listen to daily may have deeper meaning then you may think like the song “Firework” by: Katy Perry. This song seems like a fun, happy song but after a 1 week analyzation I realized it has a deeper meaning than that it says to unlock what’s truly inside of you because that part of you is special, unique and makes you, you because no one can be you. Dr. Seuss once said “Today you are you, and that is truer…

Picking a job is always difficult and can never be easy. In order to decide between two common jobs, a musician and an author, research has been conducted to compare and contrast the two jobs. Even though a musician and an author are very different, they can also be very similar, which cause a hard choice to pick from the two! Being a musician is a difficult and time-consuming job, but it can definitely be worth it! Some job duties as a musician include researching for upcoming performances,…

celebrate a life well lived. The proper music can support these purposes by tapping into emotions, providing structure, and communicating a heartfelt message to all in attendance. If you have been tasked with compiling the playlist, the following entry from Washington Memorial Funeral Home, serving North Haven and all of the greater New Haven area, will help you capture the appropriate mood. Who Are You Memorializing? The best way to select funeral music is to incorporate songs loved by the…