The next year, during the peak of the Swing Era, Benny Goodman’s band, with musicians from Count Basie and Duke Ellington’s bands, reached a big milestone to be the first ever jazz band to play at the esteemed Carnegie Hall in New York. After the concert, the Benny Goodman Band went through a few changes in cast. The swing era came to a close as World War II raged on, and that aided a change in styles. Benny continued to play swing style
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Marketing Research and Strategic Marketing Plan Produced by Business Administration 126 Advanced Marketing (“West Coast Marketing”) Saint Mary’s College of California Professor Eric Kolhede December 14.2011 Students of Business Administration 126 Advanced Marketing (“West Coast Marketing”) Saint Mary’s College of California Abdul Malik Khan | Maria Ahlqvist | Alexandra Smith | Maria Orozco | Alisa Mosman | Matt Cardoza | Ally Short | Matt King | Amanda Minguillon | Melissa Queen | Anthony
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Music Performance Experience Paper On April 27th 2012 I went to the Stagecoach festival and saw the band Alabama to which I am going to be comparing to what I have learned in class as well as the experience I had during the concert. Alabama is an older country band that is from Fort Payne, Alabama and was founded in 1969. Alabama is known for bringing the country music “band” to the mainstream music scene. In addition Alabama crossed old time traditional country music with southern rock and
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Musicians as a Discourse Community A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of basic goals and have their own ways of communicating about those goals. A large discourse community that I personally fall under is being a musician. Every instrument has its own jargon and those who play these instruments know the lingo and different brands and what makes certain techniques better than others. Musicians use music to express themselves and challenge themselves to accomplish more. Something
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M5RW 1. Identify the distinctive stylistic features of Romantic music. The romantic era (1800-1850) in music is made by large pieces of work that start to make bigger orchestras with bigger sounds. This music places a strong point on “stirring emotions” within the listener, and doesn’t have to do with the emotion of “love”. Romantic composer made this by writing more complicated music. They use key changes, dissonance, and chromatics a lot. This was done by improving instruments that was
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Many large concerts have occurred in the United States, but none have been as symbolic as the three-day music and art fest that touted the slogans of peace and love. This event was identified as such as a result of the peace movement and the emergence of the flower children. Woodstock Music Festival took place near Woodstock New York on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960s American counterculture. Woodstock began with the following four partners: Michael Lang, the manager
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accommodate filming, the entire family moved to Los Angeles, California. In 2007, Cyrus's double album, Hannah Montana 2 and Meet Miley Cyrus, launched a tour: "Best of Both Worlds." The concert series sold out in record time, and the show was extended by 14 dates to help placate disappointed fans. Her successful 3D concert film collected $31.3 million during its opening weekend in February 2008. She was so tired of having the role as Hannah Montana, so she showed who she really was. She cut her hair
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actively engaged in managing the resources; budgetary, human, etc. in concert with any other component involved in the complete scope of a project. This component may oversee several different projects within an organization, moving them forward based on the company’s needs. Project Managers are responsible for the scope of the entire project, including the portfolio and program management outcome; however these all must work in concert to have a successful completion to all projects. Portfolio management
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At summer band camp I had a great time. I learned a lot about music, my instrument, and more. This was my second year at band camp and I plan to return to learn more, and stay familiar with my instrument. The band camp was located at scarlet, about a half of an hour drive from my house. I had to wake up at 8:00, get ready, leave at 8:30, and arrive at 8:50-9:00. I usually had 10 minutes to warm up, and than we began. We started by a instructor explaining their instrument, how they warm up, and some
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appreciate just about anything thrown at me to listen to regardless of the genre. I appreciate where music has come from, all the way to where it is for today’s music. Because my daughter is more into the anthem rock music of this era, I took her to a concert at Freedom Hill Amphitheatre on Friday October 4th, 2013. The festival was called Chill on the Hill and it featured the following bands: The Wonder Years, All Time Low, Pierce the Veil, and A Day to Remember. The Wonder Years was the first band to
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