Descriptive Essay On Gospel Music

For me at my church I have my side and few aisles that I mainly stick to every Sunday, so when we went two rows from the stage I was a little out of my element. As we walked in the lights were dim and the first thing you see is this huge beautiful painting of Jesus. Then you see the monitors on each side of the stage and then the band starts to welcome us. One thing about seating that I thought was different was they had ushers and ropes closing sections off. All the rows in the front had to be filled before the next section was to be opened. Great way to make sure you have everyone close to the front.

Music is an everyday occurrence for most people. In some way, shape and form, people listen to music. For Christians, specially those at bible college, this can be in chapel day to day. For others it may be in a car or even in the workplace, which can be the case for Christians also. Music for me is an everyday occurrence, not only in chapel but also in other places such as my dorm room and when I get ready for sports.

The elements used in this concert were videos of a timeline of African-American dances. This was very helpful because it allowed the audience to know what time period they were looking at for a certain dance. There were different varies of costumes. There were costumes from the tribes danes, spiritual dances, 1902' dances as dancers, and etc. The dancers did an excellent job with combine the costumes to the era and it actually looked like pieces from that era. The lighting was very good and it allowed for the mood to be seen in the dances as well. When a dance needed to evoke a spiritual mood, the lighting would evoke that mood by only allowing light on the dancer and no one else. If it needed a joyful feeling, all the lights were on showing

The music took up a good amount of time of the service and it really kept me engaged, mainly because I really enjoy music. The lyrics were projected onto the screen. I really enjoyed the lyrics being projected, it was very convenient and nice that I was able to follow along even though I am not an active member of the church, being able to follow along with the lyrics made me feel more comfortable. I wasn’t expecting there to be a live band and lyrics projected as an easier way to follow along. I really enjoyed that experience though because it kept me engaged. I used to attend St Paul's Lutheran in Kankakee and I remembered a choir so ultimately that is what I was

First to enter the stage was Doug E. Fresh. The stage crew transformed the stage in a matter of minutes. They pulled the turntable that the DJ was performing on to the side of the stage, the instruments remained on stage as two DJs approached the two turntables that were directly placed center of the stage. Shortly afterwards Doug E. Fresh was right before me performing all of his original hits. I was so eager to see him hit the stage that I could barely keep my phone still as I recorded his performance.

The concert “Spring Winds” took place on Santa Fe College’s Gainesville campus. “The Santa Fe Handrummers” were all dressed in African clothing since they were performing traditional African songs. “The Santa Fe Winds” were dressed up in suits in dresses and they all looked nice. Some people in the audience dressed up while others wore more casual clothes. The venue was clean with comfortable seats. It looked like the venue was able to hold around a hundred people. The sound quality was great but it was a little loud due to how close the seats were to the stage. The concert was still enjoyable and I had a great experience.

On 29 January 2016. My friends and I went to a concert performed by Tiffany Austin. The concert was entitled Tiffany Austin’s Blues de Voyage hosted by Presidio Officer’s Club at San Francisco in partnership with the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music. As I attend the concert, I categorize myself as a casual listener to a well performed music. I didn’t have enough knowledge yet back then to analyze critically on the performance as it is my first time attending a house concert. It was an exciting experience and I enjoyed it a lot. The atmosphere was good as everybody in the room also enjoyed the singing and music played by the performers.

Next came the moment we had all been pondering for…the concert! Some of our favorite Christian singers were going to be performing. My favorite band by far was

Opening of the celebration was by Dr. Shane Anderson, chair, department of music, Nicholls state university. The celebration started with an opening prayer from Pastor Revered David Rhodes, Sr. followed by Nicholls choir “A celebration of the Negro Spirituals” concert series. It was dedicated to the life, Memory and legacy of the late Dr. Thomas DeVore Carey (1931-2002) the celebration was a sing on, the instrument that was being played in every participant singing was the piano. My favorite act of the whole celebration was by Dr. Wilfred Delphin it was just him playing the piano with no singing involved, I thought it was very peaceful just hearing his fine musical talent and observing around.

The music event took place at the Harvey Theater in the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). The venue looked like it has risen from the dead; the architecture shakes at its bare brick walls and ghosts of decades carved out of the walls, columns, and ceiling. To the right of the entrance, past the box office, is a spacious waiting area where

The concert ended with a very energetic song, which all the musicians in the stage played in. This arrangement was very rock/country like. A vocalist accompanied the orchestra. His vibrant personality and style of singing help the audience really engage in the

People seemed overcome with emotion. There were several songs sung during the concert and each song had the audience just as vocal and physical as the one before it. People would shout and raise their hands in the air, shaking them or waving them around. In a way, it reminded me of the Tarab music of the Middle East that seem to feel its audience with ecstasy and enchant them. The gospel music evoked strong emotions in the audience and people sang along with the artist as they clapped their hands in time with each other.

Yet I stood there, on the brightly lit stage with a shadow on the thousands of seats spread across in front of me. I could not help but inspect every detail of the place, trying not to be conspicuous. The music echoed off the walls as we played our warm up music and grins slowly radiated on everyone's faces. I played out as loud as I could and forgot all about my nervousness, partially due to not being able to hear myself, and had the greatest time of my life.

Concerts contain so many sensations. The white chairs being put away, the stage getting placed back on the big black trailer piece by piece, and the quiet shuffles of the last feet leave the stadium; the stadium transforms into the purple and white stadium it once was, leaving no

The thing that particularly impressed me about the gospel and blues singers was that many gospel singers were successful even though they dressed conservatively and were not sexual, since they were religious. It is interesting to me that it is common for people to listen to a female artist that dresses conservatively if she is singing something religious, however other female artists need to be highly sexualized to be popular. I also found it interesting that the blues singers sang about sexuality. I was not very familiar with their songs and even those that I had heard, I never paid attention to their lyrics.