Fall Vocal Concert Essay

The story of “Hallelujah” is one of beauty, irony, and melancholy allusions. Cohen 's song begins with a reference to the Bible 's King David, mentioning the heroic harpist 's "secret chord”. The story states, “And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him” (1 Samuel 16:23). It was his harp playing that first earned David a spot in the royal court, the first step toward his rise to power. However, this opening verse instantly undermines its own sincerity.

Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique, movement 5; Songe d’une Nuit du Sabbat(dream of a witches Sabbath) fits into the romantic themes, particularly the sublime and individual. Through an analysis of the score, I will investigate how Berlioz used musical techniques to convey greatness in his work and suggest the themes of romanticism. The idea of the romantic period(1825-1900) was a revolt against classicism, the goal of the period was to be individualistic. Romantic composers relied on their own feelings to compose, in order to encourage predetermined moods in the listener. Berlioz’ lived a troubled life and this was reflected in his compositions through emotion.

Sirens: How they are used as an allusion in modern poems The idea of Sirens are alluded to in the poems “Carolina” and “Sirens Song” as intoxicating and distasteful. Eric Church stated, “Sayin’ honey I miss ya like crazy,/ Like the sound of a siren song” in “Carolina” (Church). The idea of the siren song serves as a comparison between the yearning to get home to his significant other and the yearning to swim ashore to the Sirens in Homer’s Odyssey.

The five song playlist that I chose is Fireworks, Set fire to the rain, The way, Love the way you lie and Firestones. All of these songs relates to the novel in different ways. The song Fireworks by katy Perry relates to the novel Fahrenheit 451 because in this song it is saying if you ever feel Like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again. Guy Montag had committed mistakes that he might regretted.

The term Brothers in arms encompasses many connected themes and values including comradeship, honour, death, valour, patriotism, hate, love, peace, war etc., while primarily representing only a few of these themes "Remembering Emilie, and Finale" conveys this umbrella like state of "Brothers in arms" through its variety of instruments. Composer John Williams, includes strings, brass (trumpets, horns e.g.), percussion (piano solo) and woodwind instruments to create a full atmospheric piece. Featuring throughout the entirety of the piece, the strings lay the foundation for the ebbing contour of the melody through their constant flow. Introducing and concluding each soloing section and the song itself, the strings appear to rise and fall in volume and pitch constantly in a wave-like motion. This oceanic form can constitute as homage to the ANZAC day hymn 'Abide with me '; '...

I am in the middle of my fourth year playing clarinet. I would greatly enjoy going to your summer camp again; I went to the junior summer camp last year (2016) and had a wonderful time preparing music with musician I did not know and got to learn. I have truly grown as a musician these past years, have had memorable experiences during marching and concert season, one goal I have is taking my playing abilities into college. I started playing clarinet in the sixth grade and spent that year learning as much as I could in a public school with 43 beginning clarinets. That summer going into seventh grade I started lessons which got me playing more often and into my middle school’s second band, symphonic, keeping high chairs.

Michael Wigglesworth writes a religious poem, "Day of Doom", also known as "A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment. " The poem describes the day of judgement, in which God sentences men to either heaven or hell. Wigglesworth publishes the poem in 1662. The poem is a best-selling classic, especially in Puritan New England. The poem bases around how the weak Puritans are falling into sin and self-satisfaction.

The poem Christmas Carol by DJ Opperman was originally an Afrikaans poem. It was translated in to English by Anthony Delius. The fact that they went through all the trouble to translate it from Afrikaans to English, shows the significance of the poem for South African History. The poem takes the biblical story of the birth of Jesus and relocates it to District Six and the birth of a small brown child. In this essay I will discuss what function place has on the setting and the language used in this poem in order to help us understand what the relevance and significance of this poem has as a social commentary on the racial and cultural division that still continues in South African even two decades after Apartheid had ended.

During my years in orchestra, I participated in two solo/ensembles were I was judged. I received high scores for both my solo and ensemble. I looked forward to this class everyday, because I love music. When my brother was in middle school with me I would go to his football games, even when it was freezing outside. I also found slight joy in attending his games.

We can say that Doctor Faustus is also a Christian play, because it deals with themes of Christianity during the play. First there is idea of sin, which Christianity considers something that is against the will of God. According to Christianity, Doctor Faustus’s sin is the act of making pact with Lucifer, by disobeying God and making pact with the devil. In Christian religion even the worst sin can be forgiven through the power of Christ, who according to Christian belief he is God’s son. After Doctor Faustus’s sin where he makes pact with Lucifer, he still has opportunity for redemption, all that he needs to do is to ask God for forgiveness.

The performance was a silent reminder of my first and last year of middle school band. I attended the Middle School Band Festival performed by the 4 middle schools put into 2 groups. Newton and Powell Middle School performed first followed by a cooperation of Goddard and Euclid Middle school. The ensemble began to The performance was concert consisting of 4 songs per group with a total of 8 songs. The first 2 songs Semper Fidelis by John Philip Sousa, arranged by Paul Lavender and Mars by Gustav Holst arranged by Johnnie Vinson were conducted by Powell’s Music Director Mrs. Jenkins.