The Sopranos

performance by a large choir. However, I was pleasantly surprised when the first performer walked onto the stage by herself. When the pianist started playing, I looked into the program and noticed the first song was in Italian. Katerina Hadjipavlis, the soprano soloist, began to and it was amazing! I was not expecting her to be singing opera. Like the other soloist, you could really see the passion on her face. That was one of the things that I really enjoyed regarding the performances. I could…

Where does my identity lie? My identity lies shaped within the continuous chorus and dazzling beats of music, where time seems to fly by and the listener is in a trace of beauty, elegance, rage, fun, happiness, etc. Everything I click and every thumbs up or down I make shapes me. As if I were a block of stone and the song are each a chisel and a hammer chipping away at me till they get their final product. From the time I was born music has been in my life but I have been blind to the way it has…

Absalon fili mi is a Renaissance motet presumably composed by Josquin des Prez. It is a composition for four voices inspired on David’s lament over the death of his son Absalom. This motet contains religious subject because the poem is taken from the old testament of the Bible; however, it is not part of the liturgy. Departing from the tradition of the Medieval times, motets of the renaissance abandoned the use of the cantus firmus as a base of composition. Instead, all voices are…

clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, horns, trombones, tubas, the triangle, the xylophone, the double bass, and finally, the piano. The wind ensemble performance was conducted by Paul Herrera. Accompanying the band was Michael Martinez, a well-known soprano saxophone soloist. The venue itself took place in San Jose State University’s Music Concert Hall. The stage was set up with a piano, xylophone, the conductor’s stand, and chairs separated by rows where the majority of the performers will be…

This is the school’s sixth grade choir. Why don’t we test out your vocal part.”, she smiled. “Oh, I’m a soprano.” I uttered with a timorous voice. I already knew because I was in the choir at church and I sang soprano. She looked at me surprisingly and smirked. “Well let’s get you started.” We started the class out with vocal warm ups. I didn’t know them, but it didn’t take me long to catch on. We then would…

There were many different style characteristics that contributed to music in the Baroque era. In the Early Baroque period, rhythm became a more defined beat as compared to how subtle and “floaty” Renaissance music was. Composers emphasized meter and used bar lines for the first time. These strong rhythmic beats were clearly emphasized. The textures in Early Baroque music were both homophonic and polyphonic, but they were enriched by something called “basso continuo”. In “basso continuo”, the…

Tyehimba Jess’s poems in Olio (2016) give readers insights on the the traumatic history of slavery and racism. Jess often uses the fusion of many voices in his work in his work to give a unique retelling of history. How does this work in “Millie and Christine Mckoy” to both individualize the voices of each twin while showcasing their shared experience to offer a way of healing? By analyzing the form and word choice of the poem, we can better understand the approach each individual took in…

on the physics of the Alto Saxophone, in particular the creation of sound. Introduction: 1. History The Saxophone is an instrument with a single reed, finger keys, and is shaped as a conical metal tube. Four Saxophones are used commonly today; Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Alto Saxophone in Eb, Tenor Saxophone in Bb and the Baritone (Berry) Saxophone in Eb. The Saxophone was invented by…

I'm Coming Over Album Review I'm Coming Over is the sixth studio album by the country singer Chris Young. This album consists of eleven authentic country songs and includes duets with Cassadee Pope and Vince Gill. I'm Coming Over is an album which contains a collection of songs rather than a continuous stream of thought because the songs cover a wide variety of topics and emotions. Chris Young was twenty-eight at the time of the release of I'm Coming Over. Young grew up in Murfreesboro…

to take a closer look at one section, the Lacrimosa. As many people already know, Mozart only wrote eight bars of the Lacrimosa before his death on December 5, 1791. When Joseph Eybler tried his hand at completion, he only wrote two bars in the soprano line before giving up. Finally, the requiem fragment was handed over to Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who, ignoring Eybler’s two bars, composed the most famous version of the Lacrimosa. After the discovery…