Christmastime Rhetorical Devices

Jokes aside the band did do a terrific job with this piece as Mitchell introduced it with something that teenagers could relate to; television. The song was commonly played in many TV shows that the target audience are known to have seen before. However, I never knew much about this composer or his music. The bizarre, but an expectation from a percussion based performance was that the xylophone took the lead. This was actually wonderful to hear because of how unusual it was to hear. The melodic line was also supported by the upper woodwinds which went together significantly well. The timpani player brings out the beat and the base line. It was almost as if there was a great presence as soon as the piece began because of the timpani because it establishes the quarter-note pulse. I’m not used to hearing a whole section of a string family play together with the brass family and the woodwind family, but they did quite the job together. The string family played the off-beat eighth-notes which totally coincide with the timpani’s pulsing quarter-notes. Then there was the famous glissando in the trumpets and trombones. This glissando reacted to the melody that came from the woodwinds and the xylophone, and according to my research this “reaction” to the melody is a compositional technique known as “call and response”. Hearing this piece live was absolutely magnificent, and I felt like I was in some sort of adventure

In this paper I will discuss Social Theories such as Structural Functionalism, Conflict theory; with emphasis on Karl Marx’s early work and how it relates to the conflict theory and Symbolic interaction. I intend to define and discuss relevant sociological terms of these theories and how these theories could apply to my favorite holiday which is Christmas.

The music played throughout all of the concerts adhered to be diverse. The instruments, the individuals performing, and the conductor all proved to be outstanding. The concerts proved to be interesting as I witnessed them, first hand.

As the piece ended, the performers smiled. Having put 7 years of work into this score, they stood proudly and bowed. The audience erupted in applause. The Rite of Spring was reborn as the performers were re-invited on stage three times. Considering the already high expectations of the performance and the applause they received, it is obvious this performance is by far the most memorable UWA Lunch Time Concert this

In Spring Ford Community Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol, the rhetoric utilized by the director and actors in the creation of this play helps strengthen the argument that the tale is still relevant and connects to the modern era, which is proposed in Stephanie Allen’s Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” Told Uncomfortable Truths About Victorian Society, But Does it Have Anything to Teach Us Today?. Through the use of emotional appeals and the chronological progression of the play, this production makes the tale believable and reconnects it to common themes found in modern literature. The purpose of this production is to reinforce how these themes affect life and to display a positive outlook to the holiday season, which is done by the connection of this production with the viewer.

This was evidently appreciated by the audience as it permitted them to understand the background of the piece better. Correspondingly, being that there wasn’t a conductor, the body language was interesting to watch, as the performers organized and timed themselves accordingly. I found that the passion in the duo was more prominent than in past concerts. You could see this reflect on the audience as after the end of every piece, the audience couldn’t help but burst into applause as the passion and exhilaration built up till the very end of the pieces. Moreover, the pieces that where performed felt more intriguing using a wider range of music styles, from jazz to classical waltz. Therefore, the pieces ranged in dynamics, tone and mood evoking many more moods and

For this assignment, I went to the Basically Beethoven Festival at the Dallas City Performance Hall. The recital was opened with a few pieces played by the rising stars Madera Wind Quintet. The main performance included Rachel McDonald on the viola, Joseph Kuipers on the cello, Grace Wollett on the violin, Scott Wollett on the oboe, and the great pianist Alex McDonald. They performed a compilation of famous composers’ masterpieces.

Boschnak’s “Expositions” tears into a puissant rhythm and groove after an intriguing intro featuring the deep tones of the bass clarinet, which, together with bowed bass reinforces the foundation’s density with swaggering stance. Rather intelligible than sprinting, the trumpet solo that follows, momentarily complemented with clarinet punctuations, disembogues in a bridge that leads to a vocalized ostinato interlude, obsessively iterate by the guest

Christmas Eve, oh Christmas Eve What a magical night Kids lying in their beds With sugar plums in their heads But me I’m in no hurry for sleep Listening for Santa’s sleigh bell jingling Looking at the snow outside glistening

In Truman Capote’s short story “A Christmas Memory” imagery and symbolism are used by the author to show that friendship has no age limit. Truman uses very vivid details and many different types of figurative language to show his theme ,which is that friendship has no age. An example of symbolism is, “As if I expected to see, rather like hearts, a lost pair of kites hurrying toward heaven” (6). After getting the news of his friend’s death, he goes outside and almost expects to see kites. In this example of symbolism, the author shows us how deep a bond Buddy and his friend have by showing us a glimpse of Buddy’s mind and how his heart is going to heaven with his friend. Furthermore, the author uses some imagery when he gives us a vivid description

This device changes the atmosphere in the audience. The audience realise that the play starts off with a jolly introduction, talking about a normal upper-class family who were just celebrating their daughter’s engagement, to a serious place. The audience’s body language changes from attracting to the play to retracting from the play.

Never could I have thought that my first concert experience was going to be in a college class, performed by various composers of classical music. During the concert, I got to listen to four performances. First, the Oxycotton was played by Tim Sanchez. Second, Samantha Post played Acht Stucke on flute, followed by Nicholas Gledhill, playing Blues and Variations for Monk on horn. Finally, the CSU Graduate Brass Quintet performed a piece named Misty. In this essay, I will share my personal experience of the concert and discuss the different elements of music seen in the different performances.

After the students sang to their fullest, the audience's applause were loud enough to be heard outside of the auditorium. The backstage crew began to prepare the stage for the actors while the singers were almost done singing songs such as “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.”. Once the play commenced, laughter arose one by one while the play was continuing. The Band Concert’s stage was filled with abundant amount of seats with a variety of instruments the band members performed with. Many were in awe once the band entertains the audience with songs such as “Gallant

During the holidays the thought of an entertaining twist on dominant strategies related to Christmas shopping came to mind. The scenario that comes around every year is related to my sister and me purchasing presents for each other. There is always two decision points for each of us and that is to purchase a present for the other or not. During a time where there is abundant outflow of cash, cost-savings always appears to the dominant strategy, however, the majority of times the decision is based a sequential decision because one of us already know what the other has chosen to due which changes the dominant choose (Book). Furthermore, there are usually threats that if I do not purchase her a gift, she will not purchase me. Therefore, this

There 's no doubt about it; the season to be jolly descends in December and now we 're in November, Christmas is traipsing outside, pulling comical faces at the window - there 's only so much you can take. I fancy going to the Supreme Court to attempt to reschedule Christmas for March 2019; y 'know change the face of consumerism and tradition as we know it - but Christmas means Christmas... this is deficient of fanfaronade, and straight to the point.