Shelby Rosen MUS 265 Spring 2012 Concert Report Two concerts I attended this semester were Steve Aoki and Datsik and “The Brown Bag Series.” Although two completely different music styles‚ they were both fun to attend and interesting to think about when considering their musical elements. Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician‚ record producer and founder of Dim Mak Record. Datsik is a Dubstep DJ and music producer from British Columbia‚ Canada. “The Brown Bag Series” was an instrumental
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There is way too much money spent on the Olympics Games. The large amount of money that was used for the Olympics could go to better causes‚ the facilities may not be used after the Olympics and the large amount of money spent on the Olympics Games has ruined the original purpose of the Games. Instead of wasting a large amount of money on the Olympics‚ we could be saving lives around the world. The money spent on the Olympics Games could be used for better causes such as “GlobalGiving” to provide
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qualities of classical music. Esperanza Spalding is widely known as an African American jazz bassist. She was born October 18‚ 1984. Spalding has excelled as a composer‚ concertmaster‚ bandleader‚ vocalist‚ bassist‚ double bassist‚ violinist‚ cellist‚
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war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the Serbian minority. Though this assassination has been linked as the direct
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World War I was the result of chain-reacting events; originated from the Crises in the Balkans which led to the Collapse of Bismarckian Alliances. The creation of The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of the war. Increase in international tension‚ caused by the division of Europe into two armed camps‚ provoked fear of war and prompted military alliances and an arms race. The system maintained the balance of power in Europe after the
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vision later transcended into the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The rock opera played at their Richmond concert was titled “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve”‚ produced and written by Paul O’Neill. One piece they performed was their piece “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” in which an electric guitar is accompanied by an electric violin along with wind instruments to the tune of “Carol of the Bells”. This piece was written by Paul O’Neill and Jon Oliva‚ and as the story
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about a boy named Evan Taylor (played by Freddy Highmore) who was evidently born to become a musical prodigy when he is quickly introduced to the world of music and the arts. The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York’s Washington Square‚ but are soon torn apart‚ leaving in their wake an infant‚ August Rush‚ orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious
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Darrell Hosford Robert Art Intro to International Relations 11/15/12 The U.N’s attempt at peace in Bosnia In this essay the question that I am going to answer is “Was the United Nations effective in its activities in the Bosnian War?” I am going to show that the U.N was not effective in the activities regarding Bosnia Herzegovina by first providing background on the cause of the war. I will then talk about the U.N’s beginning mandate
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Ethnic Religion Cleansing/Genocide (Bosnia) In 1991Political upheavals in the Balkans displaced 2.700.000 people by mid-1992 of which over 700.000 of them sought asylum in other European countries.Methods used during the Bosnian ethnic cleansing campaigns were including murder‚ torture‚ extra-judicial executions‚ rape and many other ways sometimes you cant even imagine that something like that can be done to a human being. Since the war stopped in July 1995 things started to get better. People
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worst‚ Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia‚ while Bosnian Serbs are quickly trying to organize their armed forces. All this turmoil at home causes Edin‚ the main character and a graduate student who was studying engineering in Sarajevo‚ to return to his homeland in order to protect his family. Days before the beginning of the war‚ the tension between Bosniaks and Serbs is clear as they segregate each other around several parts of the city. In 1992‚ the first attack is made on Gorazde
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