night of October 14, 2007, I attended my first concert. It was held at 6 o’clock p.m. on the Bluff at Henry George Park in Fairhope, AL. The concert was sponsored by the City of Fairhope and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The concert featured music from the late Classical Era, the Romantic Era and the 20th Century Era. The Pops Band performed under conductors Randy Davis and Dr. Roger Jones. The first two selections, The Star Spangled Banner and Strike Up the Band were both played in quadruple
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Introduction to World Music Professor Glenn McMillan 1003 M Room gmac@mec.cuny.edu Office Hours Appointments Only 718 270 4929 Music 100 Please leave email Introduction to World Music Syllabus-Spring 2013 This course is an introduction to music and to the musical mechanics from a global perspective. There will be three aims: • to increase the students understanding of music, including its elements, structures
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Sketches by FESF Deaf Performers which was highly applauded by the audience. As a token of appreciation, team SWAT presented certificates to the participants. The evening proceeded further with Improvised Comedy by LOL WAALAY and came to its end with the outstanding musical by Usman Riaz . There were also performances by the very own members of SWAT that included Moaz Afridi and Zair Zaki skills at music and vocals. Along with the events SWAT also organized an exhibition going for apparel and
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this was another really good detail, because it gave me the opportunity to better appreciate the concert. There was not too much echo in the place because the front door was open. Although, the door remained opened during the concert the sound of the music could really be appreciated it. There were parts that were pretty loud and other soft, soothing parts.
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the natural sciences. The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also sometimes regarded as social sciences include history, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, law and linguistics. Art Appreciation is having the knowledge, background, and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that comprise. It is an emotional enjoyment of the
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started out with the choir singing Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Darrell explained that it was actually a chant. It was interesting to hear and I loved that the soloists were able to be heard even with everyone else singing. It seemed to add more depth to the music. There were more songs that they played, some in different languages. One was in Latin and I thought that it was something that was a once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to because I had never been to a concert that anyone sang anything in Latin
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80's Music vs. New aged Music Chelsey Stafford COM/170 January 10, 2013 Tameka Winston In today's society our music comes from a different era than it was in the 80's. The genre and style of the generation will follow. Music comes from the Ancient Greek muses, who were the nine goddesses of art and science. Music actually began around 500 B.C. when Pythagoras experimented with acoustics and how math related to tones formed from plucking strings. The main form of music during the middle
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Ever since I was young, music has been a prominent part of my life. Attending musical performances and other fine art events has been something that throughout the years, I have thoroughly enjoyed doing. This Saturday was no exception to my music appreciation as I attended a percussion, flute and piano recital at the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall. Although the flute has not always been one my favorite instruments I was quite surprised to see an unorthodox type of performance by the flutist that I
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the symphony W.A Mozart was the first great composer who writes the music for the piano, and he wrote many different kind of music like symphonies, operas, solo concertos, and chamber music. Mozart composed forty-one symphonies from which "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183" and "Symphony No.40 in G Minor K.550" are most popular one and written in G minor. Mozart was from the mid classical period and wrote pieces which included multiple themes in a single movement. Mozart
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to use any of these products, you’re out of touch. The music business has grown so widely with the emergence of the internet and its accessibility. Music appreciation and awareness has crossed the common boundaries of race and country and genre or religion. The evolution that has taken place in the music industry over the last 15 years is quite staggering. The entrance of the internet onto the world stage has revolutionized the way music is bought, marketed and shared. It is not only the depth
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