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 concert consisting
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Miller 1 Is Hip Hop and Gangsta Rap Negatively Affecting Today’s Youth? Rap music has been around since the 1970’s. People have questioned why it has only recently gotten such bad publicity. Denise Herd did a study on rap and hip hop music to determine if the lyrics in rap music have increasingly gotten worse in promoting sexism and violence. In her study she “examined 130 platinum (rap) albums with 430 songs released from 1992 to 2002 using Anderson’s conceptualization of ‘the street code’ and
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Minstrel Shows and Hip-Hop the Degradation of the African American Culture For the y2k generation‚ Hip-Hop Music has been the center of popularity and interest. In the late 1800’s Minstrel shows served the same purpose. Throughout the various generations music and theatre have had a large impact throughout the community. However this impact is not always positive. What was originated as positive became negative very quickly. The minstrel show‚ which was originally intended to be harmless
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The JMU Senior Dance Concert was produced and choreographed by the graduating seniors who majored in dance as part of their final thesis. The dance concert was held on February 11-13th at the Forbes Theater. The dance performances had mixtures of ballet‚ contemporary‚ modern‚ and hip-hop dance combined to create exciting and alluring dance pieces. The theme that the seniors chose for their final performances was “home”. The first dance began with the lights off and the stage dark. Then
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On Sunday‚ Novermber 20‚2016 at 2:00 pm‚ The New York Youth Symphony performed at the carnegie hall Stern Auditorium. The program includes VIET CUONG Neon‚ BRAHMS Symphony No. 3‚ BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1‚ and RAVEL La valse. The first piece of music was VIET CUONG Neon. I couldn’t get in the carnegie hall on time due to subway lateness‚ so I couldn’t listen the VIET CUONG Neon. When I entered the auditorium‚ everyone was clapping already. I was kinda disappointed because I didn’t have the chance
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on Mango Street. In her short story titled simply “Hips”‚ Sandra Cisneros tells the story of Esperanza and three other girls discussing theories of what hips are and what functions they have; but more importantly Cisneros is subtly exploring what kind of divide the ripening of this body feature brings. Sandra Cisneros revolves her story around Esperanza‚ her younger sister‚ Nenny‚ and her two best friends‚ sisters Lucy and Rachel‚ discussing hips while playing double-dutch. Throughout this short
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For my concert review I went to see the Buford high school jazz performance i asked some of my friends to join and they agreed. Everyone was relaxed and were enjoying their evening except me‚ as I was worrying about writing this paper. If I were to use one word to describe their performance that word would be astonishing. At first‚ hearing that I was required to attend a concert I was completely turned off. I am very closed minded and automatically thought to myself it would be dreadful. That is
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Music Concert Review Adam Kapasi Last month‚ on Friday‚ January‚ 30‚ 2015‚ at 7:30 in the evening my friends and I attended a concert‚ Wind Symphony‚ in downtown Toronto. It was at the Edward Johnson Building McMilan Theatre‚ 80 Queens Park. The concert was conducted by the University of Toronto band and the conductor was Tony Gomes. The two musicians that played my instrument were Brian Burell‚ and Caleb Michalski. The layout is that there were clarinets in the front to the left and
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world‚ I chose two concerts to attend that were completely different from each other‚ in terms of performance‚ genre‚ and audience appearance. The first concert I went to was held in the Ted Constant Center at Old Dominion University‚ hosting Hip-Hop and Trap artist and songwriter Lil Uzi Vert. He’s categorized as an charismatic‚ hyper‚ and a naturally entertaining artist who young teens to college adults gravitate to due to the non-traditional rap he portrays. The second concert I attend was right
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This concert consists a wide range of different dances. The concert starts at a slower pace with the Ian Eastwood performance which is performed to a slower song. The dances that are present in this concert are very strong and a common theme that is shared amongst all the dances is that they all tell a story. From the beginning of the show to the end‚ each dance tells its own story. This is why the title is a world of adventure‚ with each performance and each story the audience is taking on different
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