Let The Earth Resound Analysis

The first play was performed by the combined choirs which called “You are the new Day” composed by John David. The shorter version of the same song was played at the end of the concert. The shorter version of the song was as the

The first piece that the GVSU’s University band performed was a piece called “Fusion” by Brian Balmages. The overture that was preformed (from the

The first song the Evening choir performed was Michael Carter’s, djembe. The song had many different levels of intensity. At the beginning the song was soft, but gradually became darker. The diction and expression from the artists was excellent as they sang, and you could understand and feel every word they performed. The discipline from the

The pieces performed by the Vocal Music Department were performed by the separate choirs: Lakeside Singers, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, and Combined Choirs. Lakeside sang four complex five part harmony songs. They also sang one song featuring just women and one song featuring just men. Men’s choir sang songs

There’s a bigger song emerging from the music wing this year, but even though the women’s choir has more than doubled from the 36 girls in the fall of 2012 to the 82 girls enrolled this fall, choir director Elliot Kranz said that teaching that many girls at one time isn’t any different than teaching any other ensemble. There are just more girls.

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

For this assignment, I decided to attend the NW Singers and Chamber Choir performance. The reason why I chose this option over the others is because I’ve always found organized vocal music to be very beautiful. Listening to music that uses only the human voice is striking and has a certain personal feel to it. I also feel that I can relate more to choir music, as I am in the choir at my church. This concert was directed by Ms. Susanne Spencer VanDyke, accompanied by Dr. Saundra Bishop on the piano.

This fall concert was a good learning experience for the Women's Choir and myself. I think that each piece had both positive and negative aspects of them and I also think seeing other better choirs perform helped us to know what we want to become and give us the motivation we need to improve.

I've heard many compliments on the forces you led… You did wonders with the "pickup chorus"! They did a competent job with ensemble, pitch, and timbre--a most enjoyable presentation, especially considering that some of them had not sung with you before.

Last Monday, October 17th, I had the privilege of seeing the performances of the University Repertoire Ensembles. They were live at the School of Music’s Malcolm Bird Recital Hall, and each ensemble played several jazz melodies that were very engaging and entertaining. The University Repertoire Ensembles included the Contemporary Ensemble (CE), the Hard Bop Ensemble (HBE), and the Brazilian Ensemble (BE). The CE performed the songs, “Have You Heard,” “Sail Away,” and “Got A Match,” while the HBE performed, “Nica’s Dream,” “The Sidewinder,” “Wisper Not,” and “The Jody Grind.” In addition to that, the BE performed, “Lamentos,” “Pra machucar meu coração,” and “A rã.”

The concert that I went to the “Vocal Jazz Ensemble” on the date of May 21. Performance from the Vocal Jazz Ensemble and special guest Final Note-Us, both group performed extremely well and sang great songs. The concert consisted of eight songs, two from Final Note-Us group and six from the main performers Vocal Jazz Ensemble. There were thirteen vocalist in the opening group and a pianist, while the main group had twelve vocalist, one pianist, one bass, and one drum. Before hand going to the concert I thought it would’ve been the same boring concert I been to, but this one opened my eyes, from the very beginning I got hooked into the concert. If I a chance to rewatch the performance I would do it and open me up to not

Which of course was a performance I had to go see. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one thinking that because the venue was well attended with people of all ages. Even though walking into the venue was quite embarrassing because I did not get the memo of dressing exclusively fancy, I’m sure the audience ended up forgetting I was even in the building because the selections were all breathtaking in my opinion. Each piece was harmonious to the ear that there was no room for dissonant sounds on stage. The selections were uplifting that they made me tap my hand away to the meter of each song. Out of the fourteen selections performed I had three that were my personal favorites which were James Horner: Hollywood Blockbusters, Bond, Explosive, and In His Eyes from Jekyll and Hyde which featured Megan Stapleton, guest soprano. The thing that they all had in common for sure is that they made me get goose bumps, but other than that what really captured my attention was the harmony and dynamics of each

This “family” was the ultimate goal for my school’s string quartet. For our first nursing home performance, we needed to combine our talents and produce an eccentric performance. But after several crash-and-burn rehearsals, we found that we were too self-absorbed. More specifically, we were too focused on how we sounded as individuals, making our songs disjointed and awkward. So we opened our ears, letting the layers of melodies sink in. The attention we gave to the quartet as a whole, from our time, energy, and patience, ironically helped us grow as individuals. We developed poise. Fortitude. Zeal. And in the end, our perseverance reflected through the senior’s sheer elation and vibrant applause at the nursing home.

The name of the performers was Heather Fetrow, which was a soprano and Mila Henry which was the pianist. There was no conductor present, however there was an Artistic

The earth is singing, is a historical novel written by Vanessa Curtis, in which Hanna Michelson experiences dreadful circumstances in an awful atmosphere. This novel is set in the streets of Riga, Latvia during world war 2. Hanna is training to be a professional ballerina which is hard when the Nazis have arrived. The Nazis' wants to take the freedom of Jews away, by abandoning them to use certain places and things. Hanna lives with her mother and grandmother in a small apartment, her dad has been taken by the Russians. The Germans have taken the Jews' freedom down the drain and have forced them to live somewhere not so pleasant. On the other hand, Hanna and her family are lacking food and water, and aren't allowed in most shops, movie theaters,