Concert Report: University of Arkansas Children’s Choir Fall Collaborative Concert When I first decided to attend a children’s choir performance I didn’t know what to expect. I walked into the Fine Arts Center along with the mass crowd of eager parents to see their children. The lights were dimmed and the theatre was packed. I among many had to sit in the aisle for the duration of the performance. The University of Arkansas Children’s Choir and Prairie Grove High School Choirs were both a surprising
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Laremie Lemmon 03/30/2015 Concert Report I attended The Works of Thomas Root on Tuesday‚ March 24th. It featured the Weber State University wind ensemble and symphonic band as well as the WSU Band Alumni. There were many pieces conducted and created by Thomas Root. Most pieces were still unpublished but they were wonderful nonetheless. He also had pieces that were dedicated to people that he had come to meet throughout his life‚ and a piece was dedicated to his own mother. The first piece that
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Ruben Arrieta Professor McGinnis Sociology 101 11 November 2010 Gattaca Gattaca is a movie that contains a very interesting society. As in all societies‚ discrimination exists and it is primarily between two groups. The valids‚ as they are called here‚ are the dominant group who oppress the group known as the invalids‚ which is the group consisting of the less privileged individuals. However‚ in this society‚ privileged and less privileged does not refer to the individuals in terms of wealth
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roots that have changed over the years. Before the 1950’s jazz dances originated off of old African American vernacular dances. In the 1950’s a new version of jazz dance came about which was considered Modern Jazz Dance. Jazz dance style originated from Caribbean traditional dances. The movements to any jazz dance that the performer makes usually showcases that dancers originality and individual style. A jazz dancer interprets and performs moves and steps their own way. The music a jazz dance performs
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WU Recital The Washburn University Recital was held in the White Concert Hall. It featured 6 different ensembles‚ each having their own compositions. The program began with the euphonium horn with piano accompaniment. The second performance included the flute with piano accompaniment. The third performance included the tuba with piano accompaniment. The fourth performance was a male singer with accompaniment from the piano. The fifth performance was the euphonium horn with piano accompaniment.
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Gattaca: A Society Where the Open Future Does Not Exist The open future concept is a notion that has been argued by many ethical philosophers‚ ethicist and professors throughout the last thirty years. There have been endless research and works written and produced reflecting the different arguments for or against the complex topic. A child’s right to an open future was first presented in the 1980’s by legal and political philosopher Joel Feinberg‚ which later allowed Dena Davis‚ a well-recognized
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the fear of a futuristic dystopic society into the minds of readers and viewers. These authors and composers also bring forth the concepts of conformity‚ mind-control and censorship. The novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ and the film Gattaca‚ composed by Andrew Niccol‚ were not only stimulated to act as cautionary tales but were also influenced by events occurring at the time such as McCarthyism‚ the post WW2 duration‚ and the start of eugenics. Fahrenheit 451‚ is a sci-fi novel that
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------------------------------------------------- Significant Quotes Act IV Shakespearean English | Modern English | Double‚ double‚ toil and trouble; Fire burn‚ and cauldron bubble. Act IV‚ Scene i‚ Line 10 | “Double all the troubles and hardships of men. Let the misery of Scotland increase as the fire burns and the cauldron bubbles.” | Significance: The purpose of this well known quote is to communicate to the audience the witches’ intentions. The witches chant this line all together
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The song choice for this band seems very appropriate for the level of players in the ensemble. I also enjoyed the Christmas medley that they played with the concert being close to Christmas. The band had very good balance. They had a good foundation with the low brass and woodwinds. The upper woodwinds were not shrill sounding and blend very nicely into the foundation the lower instruments set for them. The rhythms were together and precise. They were able to switch between staccato and legato seamlessly
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The movie GATTACA is a dystopian film based on genetics and social segregation. Throughout the movie‚ Vincent‚ the main character‚ tells his life story in fragments. Vincent is one of the two children his parents had and has organic genes‚ whereas his brother was made to be genetically advanced through selection. Society in GATTACA runs much differently than in the real world. Citizens are segregated by whether or not they were genetically advanced. Some upsides to this way of living are that people
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