Judy Garland Song 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'

Rimes also performed the song that started it all, “Blue” in a way that shows the maturity of her vocal and music creativity and stylings. Full of emotion Rimes also performed “How Do I Live,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today, “Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way,” and closed with the semi-biographical “What I Cannot Change.” Performing the famed Elton John classic “Rocket Man” as her one and only encore, fans still could not get enough of

Not everyone is blessed with musical talent but when someone has an extraordinary ability, he or she should get the chance to please others with it. Sometimes a career can be made out of musical endowment, and that is what Billie Holiday did. Billie had a life that she may not have dreamed of since it started out rough with her mistreatment from adults and discouraging misfortunes, but she was ambitious and that showed through her singing career. Billie could usually adapt to her life’s problems except for her drug addiction and alcohol abuse, which unfortunately led to her demise. She was a talented woman who sang and helped create hit songs that aided her to rise to fame. Billie Holiday bravely stood up to racism, showed the world her talent, and inspired many of her beloved fans, all while continuing to be herself and not allowing the issues in her life hold her back.

I chose the song Tundra by Ola GJeilo because of its unique sound. The song sounds like no other song, and it is very original in my perspective. The song is performed beautifully by this choir, and it has a lot of potential. This song is a short, yet sweet piece that shows the beauty of Norway. This song exemplifies how poetry can be turned into music.

The song “Somewhere over the Rainbow” originally appeared in the movie the Wizard of Oz in 1939. It was created to be a part of the movie’s soundtrack. Its original title is “Over the Rainbow”, but it is now more popularly known as “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. Judy Garland was the actress in the movie who performed this song. Edgar Yipsel Harburg wrote the lyrics for “Somewhere over the Rainbow” and Harold Arlen was the composer for this song. This song reflected the general attitude of most Americans at the time. Although not released until 1939, this song clearly encapsulates the hardships of the 30’s in America. Americans felt a deep need to get over the hardships of the era. New politics, the Depression,

While watching the “Free to Dance” video the part that left me in awe was the “Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder (1959)” by Donald Mckayle, but performed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and others. I believe the performance was passionate, raw, and heated. I literally felt an emotional connection, and in a way it felt sardonic, but yet optimistic. I could fairly say the choreography spoke for itself. I could feel the pain that these prisoners were feeling. The feeling of wanting something, but not being able to attain it—in this case the prisoners wanted freedom. Overall, not only could I feel their anger through their performance, but I could also feel that they never lost hope for achieving their freedom. This performance/choreography was

Aaliyah was my best friend, we told eachother everything, I was there with her when she first recorded her first song, we sang together, we even wrote a song together, i thought of her like a little sister, little did I know of the short time I had with her. I remember when I first heard of her, she was performing in Las Vegas with the famous singer Gladys Knight. You should have seen my face full of shock and awe as I heard this eleven year old’s voice, the way she hit all the right notes, and how her voice blended perfectly with Gladys was amazing. From that point on I knew she was going to be a superstar, and that I wanted her, no needed to have her in one of my albums. Three years later, yet again she surprises me by her debut album with

She performed at top venues all over the world, and packed them to the hilt. Her audiences were as diverse as her vocal range. They were rich and

Music is such a beautiful creation, the way the melody, rhythm, tempo, all mix together to become a masterpiece. One specific genre of music, the blues, was heavily popular in the early 20th century. The blues is a tradition-oriented music style from the rural Southern African-American origin (“Jazz in America”, n.d. ). It usually had secular content, which is disparate from how it was when it first began. Blues music originated in plantations, where slaves sung, using it as a mental escape method from their oppression. Even though it started off in a simple way, it eventually turned into a serious entertainment. Bessie Smith and Billie Holliday, two well-known blues female singers, became hit sensations.

Nina Simone was and is something potent, fascinating for some people. Once people heard her, they could not avoid the fact that she was an incredible musician. She is considered as a jazz, rock, pop, folk, black musician. A repertoire broad as hers, ranging from melodic songs, blues, spiritual songs, and gospel to themes borrowed from African folklore, made her an artist difficult to classify, and in fact her biography appears in compilations of literature on Jazz, Rock, Pop and Soul. As one critic has said, she was all and nothing: an independent and temperamental spirit, unique and incomparable. She was Nina

Josephine Baker was the best of the best in Paris, but in America not so much. She went to America to make a name for herself there but racism would not let her. On her first performance in America the people did not like it. Josephine Baker could not bare the hate, so she went back to Paris. After being in America she saw how bad segregation was, so she stood up to racism. Her and many others marched alongside with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That day alone she made a name for herself in America, she now has her own holiday on May

The last act was Denee Weathers, she had a guitar player with her and sung her heart out. Her empathy and the strength in her voice was very beautiful and made her act extraordinary. Weathers songs were unique and personalized.

Billie Holiday is considered by many to be, if not the greatest jazz singer of all time. She lived a hard and difficult life with many complications along the way. Although, she didn't allow

Garland was only sixteen when she played the role, and to this day everyone knows who she is, mainly because of her astonishing vocals. The ballad that sets the tone of the film, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, played a significant part in the film. This song was almost cut from production because the producers thought that it conflicted with the upbeat tempo of the rest of the movie. It foreshadows the story that is about to take place. All the songs that are sung and the characters in The Wizard of Oz have a deeper meaning to them. People could relate to the characters.

I feel that the fourteen members of chamber orchestra and the two vocalists did an outstanding job. This piece was well put together. I loved the harmony that was brought forth between the orchestra and the vocalists. The two vocalists a tenor known as Paul Groves and a soprano known as Anna Larson, did a beautiful job staying in tune. The way that their voices went back and forth in harmony was just beautiful.

I think that the performer’s ability was appropriate for their location and for their audience because the tone quality of the musicians sounded very rich and clean. When I listened to the performance, I was able to hear all of the different parts of the piece clearly, which has made me much more conscious of the balance and dynamics of each phrase when I play. The texture of the pieces played was very rich and full because an orchestral piece is designed to have a good balance of instruments and good range of frequencies of sound that has lots of different things happening at the same time.