District 1 Choir Performance Analysis

There are different types of music. Pop, Contemporary, HipHop, Classical and Jazz, just to name a few. This comparative essay will focus on Jazz and its subtypes.

Performance appraisal is a method which is increasingly used to evaluate employees to determine the degree to which they are performing effectively and encourage them to direct their energies towards organizational performance. Although the appraisal is being practiced, there are criticisms made against the system which generally arise from within the Orthodox and radical management frame work.

“A Music Faculty Recital” at Prince George 's Community College was actually the very first concert I’ve been to that included Baroque style. The environment created a nostalgic yet modern and elegant mood; something that made you feel like you were in the late 1700’s yet still in modern times. The songs were mostly enjoyable and we 're all well played. This concert included an ensemble: the flute, the cello, the piano, and the harpsichord. Peggy Bair, who played the flute, was very enthusiastic. Irma Cripe, who played the cello, was quiet for the first part of the concert but gradually became more important throughout the concert. And lastly, the virtuous Gary Kirkeby, who played the piano and harpsichord, served as the backbone of all parts of the concert and made this concert very enjoyable.

The concert performed by the Allen High School Symphony Orchestra, which combines the Chamber and Sinfonia Orchestras, was an amazing concert but was not a flawless one. The pieces all sounded quite wonderful on the outside, but by diving deeper into the music and truly listening to and observing the performance with a sharper eye, there were some problems that appeared in a couple different areas, and those problems came mainly from three distinct areas: tone, technique, and musicianship.

Show Choir is an elective class that integrates choreography into the choral experience. A varied repertoire of 2 and 3 part music is memorized, choreographed and then performed in a concert setting. Vocal technique, developing the ensemble and dance are the main emphasis of this class. Various

would feel left out by the topics that they sung about or the style in

As the holidays approach, joy is in the air, and many celebratory events are occurring throughout Denver, offering joy and cheer to Denver citizens. For Denver Citywide Marching Band (DCMB), the holidays have also provided an opportunity for its members to display their talents, among which were TJ’s seniors Cassidy Cobb, Jabril Jeylani, Khem Shem Toure’, and freshman Julia Moir. TJ’s talented Spartans showed off their skills on December 4th and 5th in Downtown Denver, and greatly contributed to the merry atmosphere.

I have truly loved the two years, and counting, that I have spent participating in the Phoenix Girls Chorus, PGC. In PGC there are five different levels of choir. From least to most experienced the choir levels are: Melodia, Harmonia, Dolce, Bella, and Cantabile. Last year and the year before I was in the Dolce choir and this year I promoted to Bella. In order to promote to another choir you must complete all the theory book requirements and master a special skill, such as sight reading.

When I attended the Crane Youth Music Camp (CYM) in Potsdam, NY for the first time in 2012, I studied vocal performance only for the reason that I enjoyed singing as a hobby. I felt lost being in a camp filled with future music majors, because at the time I wanted to be an engineer. It was not until I returned to CYM in 2014, when playing guitar and singing with my new friends, that I had my first realization. If I wanted to be an engineer, I would be at a STEM camp, but I had chosen to return to music, a place where I would stay.

During our last adjudicated piece, Elijah Rock, overall did very okay. Our intonation, which means the correct notes played and sung in tune, was extremely off at some points. During the very first measure, the men struggeled with intonation and vowel issues. When the women came into the song, we had issues with balance- or all parts are heard in proper proportion to one another. The women would sing their part much too loud for the men's part to be heard until the women would decrescendo meaning they would gradually decrease in force or loudness and the men would be heard again.

My 8th grade boys were having a hard time singing do to voice changes. I tried to keep the boys up in their falsetto and while this worked for a few boys the others we not able to produce certain notes. When boys voices start to change it can result in them only being able to sing a very limited amount of notes. We worked on high trills, sliding, humming, yawning, held long tones, among many of other to help support their changing voices. After our first concert I talked with my boys and they had mentioned that they felt very discouraged about singing because some of them simply are not producing notes or can only sing in a low rumble. Rachel mentioned to me that her boys were just starting to transition and she was noticing large gaps in her group as well. Combining both groups would result in a higher confidence level, tone production, and create a full choir sound. This is one of the reasons why we combined the groups.

event that Morgantown residents can always look forward to is the biannual performance of Morgantown Dance and the Morgantown Ballet Company at the Metropolitan Theater in downtown Morgantown. The programs vary, but every other year theater-goers can expect a performance in November of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, a classic tale of Clara, her Nutcracker Prince, and a magical journey to the Land of Sweets. In past productions, guest dancers from the Pittsburgh Ballet have taken part, allowing audience members to see professional dancers from a national company. Other performances at the Metropolitan Theater have included The Snow Queen, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, and Romeo and Juliet. Each production has been a showcase of talent from

I have been given the opportunity to participate in the only coed acapella group at my college. I am very grateful for all of the opportunities I get in my life, and having this chance to further pursue the joy of music has been great for me. Additionally, I have learned much about leadership and working with college administration through this group. This group is entirely student lead, so we rely on personal effort and initiative of our members to function. Most of the fourteen members have a specific administrative function to carry out in addition to continuous effort musically. I am the beatboxer of the group, so my participation involves maintaining the group at a constant tempo and manipulating the feeling of the song through the choice

First and foremost, the exercises are presented in a hierarchal fashion from least difficult to difficult and all make use of the “oo” and “ee” vowel. All of the important technical exercises that Haasemann demonstrates in the video are covered in The Choral Warm-Up. These include legato singing, dynamics, register consistency, range extension, martellato, leaps, and vowel modifications. The exercises also follow her pedagogy, for example, the use of the “oo” and “ee” vowel for amateur choirs, and exercises that focus on leaps and range extension are arpeggio patterns sung in a quick tempo.

In my choral class no one would point out flaws Instead, they would help guide you to the correct path. Throughout high school, I never heard anyone in that class say “you're doing that wrong or that's not how you do it.” Instead, they would tell them “you're a little off, but you're getting there keep trying” and they would show them the correct tone or pitch so they wouldn't stand out during our performances when It came to my classmates I knew I could count on them to help anyone with their