The concert that I reviewed is the Guitar Studio Recital featuring The Oakland University Saxo-Ensemble. I love listening to guitars so I figured that this was the perfect concert for me. It was very creative because the Saxophone players were dressed up as zombies and the composer was dressed up as death and he used his scythe to compose the ensemble. Halloween‚ being one of my favorite holidays‚ this was a nice surprise. I am glad that I attended this concert because it the pieces were not too
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There is no such a thing like race. From years ago‚ race is just man made due to the physical look‚ but biologically we all are the same. In fact‚ All human being shares 99.9 percent of the same DNA. Also‚ our body systems function similarly. Race is just a skin color and nothing else. Many years ago‚ people had negative views of other race folks. There were many racial discrimination and hatred between one race to another‚ but the majority of those ideas changed. A person should not be judged by
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The Music of Thailand The music of Thailand reflects its geographic position at the intersection of China‚ India‚ Indonesia and Cambodia‚ and reflects trade routes that have historically included Persia‚ Africa‚ Greece and Rome. Thai musical instruments are varied and reflect ancient influence from far a field - including the klong thap and khim (Persian origin)‚ the jakhe (Indian origin)‚ the klong jin (Chinese origin)‚ and the klong kaek (Indonesian origin). Classical music Thai classical
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MUS 354 We’ll emphasize the music of each of the ex-Beatles as a solo artist and with various bands. The events and people involved in each of their lives. How they did on the charts. A retrospective of events leading up to the end: 1967 – Original cracks/McCartney‚ Lennon rarely wrote together anymore 1968 – Independence of each member from one another. The White Album (aka Beatles) showcased them as individuals. 1969 – the film Let It Be is filmed though it will not be released until 70’s
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Arkansas where she was a High School English teacher for nearly thirty years. Still’s step father‚ Charles Shepperson‚ nurtured his interest in music and musical talent by taking him to operas and buying him recordings. Still was self-taught in saxophone‚ clarinet‚ and cello along with an assortment of other instruments while also taking violin lessons. A man with humble beginnings‚ William Grant Still became the first person of African descent to conduct a major American Symphony ("William Still")
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Doesn’t it always seem as though rich and famous people are larger- than-life and virtually impossible to touch‚ almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby‚ set in two wealthy communities‚ East Egg and West Egg‚ Fitzgerald describes Gatsby as a Romantic‚ larger- than-life‚ figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets Gatsby in a fantasy world that‚ based on illusion‚ is of his own making. Gatsby’s possessions start to this illusion
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Blues is the root of modern pop music. Blues is after the civil war‚ by American black Africans in poor underlying life creates music. In the process of development‚ as the change of black life circumstances and the thought emotion‚ it has experienced the change of different style. Its on the development of contemporary pop music in the world is produced an indelible effect. In this paper‚ the development course of Blues‚ to explore the impact of its pop music to the world. Blues music is
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While walking through an art museum‚ one might stop and read the artwork labels for more insight or details on a piece. Too often‚ these descriptions will point to the political and social climate as heavy influences of the specific artist or movement. It is natural to generalize a time period and attribute historical events to new elements of art. Like the visual arts‚ music is no such stranger to academics drawing weak links between historical events and new music styles. In our case‚ the origins
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SYLLABUS UPDATES (2010 reprint) This syllabus is valid worldwide from January 2005 and will remain in force until further notice. At the reprint of this document in late 2010‚ the following minor changes have been incorporated into the text: G updates to the publisher information in the repertoire lists (and Appendix 4) G updated information regarding UK accreditation (p. 122) In all other respects the syllabus requirements remain unchanged. Cover design: Økvik Design Text design: Tamasin
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Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock ’n’ roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s‚[1][2] primarily from a combination of African American blues‚ country‚ jazz‚[3] and gospel music.[4] Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s‚[3] and in blues records from the 1920s‚[5] rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s.[6][7] The term "rock and roll" now has at least
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