Vocal music

casual and critical listener. During yesterday’s concert, I made some comments on different performers(vocals) from perspectives of emotion, skills, and stage presence. Importantly, I will analyze this concert with my perceptive listener’s characteristics and music appreciation knowledge in detail. The Listening Hour, located in music 176, is small-scale vocal solo concert including 11 vocal soloists’ performance of…

English singer. Jessie J is not only a singer, but a song writter. She began her career by writing songs for Miley Cyrus, but after, Jessie J had her debut for her album “Who You Are” where she gained fame. She is 27 years old and already has a strong music career in the genres of R&B and Pop. In her album “Who You Are” are found her greatest hits like “Who You Are”, “Price Tag”, “Nobody’s Perfect”, “Do it like a Dude”, and “Mama knows Best” all send out great messages. The way she sings, she…

recital choir concert was located at the Swope Music Building. The Swope Music Building is a venue around our campus where most of the music concert performances are performed. In my opinion, the building looks like a combination between a concert venue and traditional movie theaters known today. Surprisingly, the audience was filled with college students from West Chester University. I was a little shocked to see my fellow classmates from our music appreciation online class. It felt great to…

Question 1: Improvisation Improvisation in music is making up the music as one plays, or freely. Improvisation does not follow sheet music like typical jazz does. However, the term improvisation is not just linked to music. Movies and television shows also have a technique with the same concept which is improve but with acting. Both of these mean the same thing, which is the artist/actor has the determining factor of what they will play or say. One genre that uses improvisation as a major…

Music faced a major breakthrough during the Renaissance and the Baroque Period. It became an important part of the people’s lives. During the Renaissance most of the music were sacred music which basically means religious music. Along the sacred music secular music was beginning to flourish, and musicians started playing music in different places like courts and towns. Town musicians played music in feasts, weddings, and religious…

CORE 105 Aesthetics: The Artistic Impulse Study Guide Chapter Four: Music and Opera CLASSICAL FORMS • List and describe in complete detail the classical forms listed in Chapter Four for classical vocal music? List examples from the text (composers and works). 1. The first classical form of classical vocal music is mass. It is a sacred choral composition consisting of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. These form parts of the mass ordinary- the Roman Catholic church…

that is recognizable throughout most of the song. The gentle “ticking” sound is similar to that of a clock and is repeated and consistent. Then the piano and vocals begin, the sound of the piano and the singer are both very soft, a piano dynamic. The tempo at the beginning of the song is slow and consistent. As the song continues the music begins to gradually shift. There is an increase in both tempo and dynamics, from slow to fast, and from piano to about…

Music adds to the effect of visual and imagination. Different musical instruments and music creates different types of moods and emotional impact. “Mahal” is considered as a horror genre. The type of music used in horror movie is much more appealing to the audience than the other type of music used in different movies. There are two types of music used in Mahal a lot, loud music and slow music. Loud music could also be described as sudden music, this music is used to give a frightening touch to…

(drums), Flora Purim (vocals and percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute) Jazz is a music style with its origin stemming from the black communities living in the US in the twentieth century. Jazz has musical styles from European music, as well as the brass and stringed instruments. It is a mixture of US and Europe music culture. Like its origin, Jazz-Rock fusion is the epitome of the characteristic of Jazz that always combines with other kinds of music and finds its own…

at the Monterey Jazz Festival Middle School Honor Band from 7th to 8th grade and the High School Jazz Band from 9th-12th grade. I was in the Monterey Jazz Festival Honor Vocal Ensemble as a 9th grader as well and will be returning as a 12th grader. I have been on five tours as well, three of which are with the honor band and vocal ensemble and two with my school choir. I have been honored to play alongside many professional musicians such as Brian Bromberg, Charles Vernon,…