Singing Research Paper

Good morning choir members, I pray all is well with each of you. As each of you know, Sister Kimberly Edwards decided it was best to step down as President of the Liberty Hill Choir. The church administrators set standards in which the next president must already achieve or have before he/she could become president of the choir. Some of those standards include:

This year, Harrisburg High School’s Marching Band put on a spectacular performance of “Rain.” They preformed at six different competitions and at

If you are not familiar with what Show Choir is, and the amount of time and work ethic you need, then you are in for a big surprise. Show Choir has evolved over the past years increasingly. Forget the young men and women in dark jackets and dresses standing on old risers and singing nice choral pieces. Show Choir has become a mini-musical sport. Many claim that Cheerleading and Marching Band is considered a sport, why should Show Choir be any different? Yes, show choir is mostly singing and dancing, but there is much more to it than one would think. I would know this because Show Choir has been a part of my life for almost 3 years now. I have experienced the hardship, fun, disappointment, pain, time, and joy, but it all paid off at competition when we would go to awards and see how we placed. Show choir is a sport, just as much as “cheerleading” or “marching band.”

I chose to join show choir because I thought it would be a good way for me to leave my comfort zone and try something new and fun. The first time I thought of auditioning for show choir was when I saw them perform during my sophomore year. They sang and danced to a song titled, "Till the Love Runs Out" and the sound and choreography they did just blew me away. I knew then that I wanted to be a part of that choir.

Cypress Lake High School presented a night full of performances by vocal majors and vocal minors. Being the Fall Cabaret one can look forward to a year filled with talented voices filling the school auditorium.

Rock and roll has many influences that evolved it into what it is today. Blues had a significant influence on the development of the music, as well as some classical ideas of the solo performer. Through these influences, rock and roll was born.

Show choir, a favorite activity among many high school students, requires preparation and practice to be a top-notch performer. Although some schools go for a more complicated look, there are also schools that go for a simpler way. Whether the preparation is over the top or simple, you must follow the steps of doing your makeup, fixing your hair, and getting dressed.

One of the greatest genres of music Rock and Roll evolved in the United States in the late 1940’s early 1950’s. This genre was known to be a mixture of gospel, blues, jazz, western swing, and country music. There are countless altered types of rock songs which means they can use different instruments but a few common instruments are drums, bass guitar, piano, and vocals which makes it a unique genre because although it is the same genre, each rock songs uses its own instruments and it’ll still make rock and roll music. Rock and Roll was a time of change in the dance field and inspired many people in the fashion industry and to mix different types of music to achieve a certain beat and with that, new trends will start occurring in society and

THE ORIGIN OF ROCK AND ROLL The history of American popular music involves all the kinds of music such as rock and roll, jazz, blues, and many other principal genres of African American music. The origin comes when said: “The blue had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll” (Morgan, 649). Rock and Roll is a genre of music which “was born sometime in the 1950s”, but it was influenced by eighteenth century music (Morgan, 650). These included jazz and swing and led to the beginning to Rock and Roll through traditional folk music.

I have been involved in music for as long as I can remember. I sing, play the clarinet in the band and I am learning to play the piano. I am a section leader in choir and band, and I have a lot of knowledge about music theory and choral music. Music is a big part of who I am, and that is why I chose this topic as my project. I also plan to pursue this as a career in the near future, and I feel that this project will help me to prepare for the many requirements this career holds.

This year has flown by quickly and sometimes I wonder where all the time went. When I first got my classes I was nervous because most of them were honors with two pre-AP classes. I learned that the classes were not hard if I studied and did my work. I wanted to drop out of my English class but my mother convinced me to stay in. My favorite class was science because we were always doing something interesting and I connected well with everyone. I got the opportunity to be in the school’s Show Choir which was amazing. I feel sad because in our Show Choir we are mostly composed of seniors so I got used to them and now I will miss them terribly. I feel like they were my second family.

Rock’-n’-roll is constantly changing and evolving into specific sub-genres. Sub-genres break down a general genre of music into a more specific and sophisticated type of that category. For example, rock has many different branches including soft rock, southern rock, and hard rock. Rock in general typically has a lead electric guitar with a vigorous 4/4 beat produced by the drums.

In the article “It’s Not Climate Change-It’s Everything Change,” the author Margaret Atwood, starts of by talking about three different pictures. The first one being “The future without oil,” the second, “The future without oil arrives very quickly,” and the third, “Some countries plan for the future of diminished oil, some don’t have any, or don’t need any.” The first picture says to imagine driving around in our in vehicles fueled by hydrogen. Our goods will be coming to us by solar and sail driven ship, and trains and bicycles will become popular again. People start eating locally and start growing vegetables in their yards. Water is having to be saved and low draw lightbulbs are being used because incandescent have been banned. Also the slogan “Heat yourself, not the room” is no longer a slogan, it’s the way we all live now. The air conditioning systems no longer exist so during summer, there will not be huge amounts of power being used. Still imagining, the author discusses what will be wearing and what we will eat. Cotton will be consider too expensive, so recycled tinfoil and plastic will be used for clothing. The idea of obesity will no longer be a problem, and diet plans will be mandatory. This “picture one” is liked by the author because it’s comforting and says it might come true. The second picture the author discuses is “suppose the future without oil arrives very quickly.” Very sudden, there would be no cars, no planes, a few trains, and some bicycles. Water

World War One was the first large war of the 20th century and took place primarily on two European fronts, involving more countries than any prior war. The war lasted through the years 1914 to 1918 and resulted in 37.4 million casualties total, 22 million Allied Powers soldiers alone (Funk & Wagnalls 2015). The impact of this significant conflict has been felt across the world since that time. The Great War was caused mainly by many years of militarism, alliance systems, and nationalism, along with other important historical events, but was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. These feelings and events tied together to make the war inevitable.

While under constant bombardment from Nazi planes, going hungry or without as U-boats prevent food from getting into people's’ bellies, separating families, loved ones dying in the war, the mental strain on the human mind was much more than it should ever have to bear. The “Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen is a short story revolving around a woman and her disastrous trip to gather her mementos from her home in London. Set in 1941 London, life at the time was hell. The events that unfold through the brief story leave many critics battling over if the story is an authentic ghost story or “a masterful dramatization of acute psychological delusion”. This woman experiences mental strain due to her environment, leading the masterful dramatization of acute psychological delusion to become evident throughout the author’s depiction of the woman’s insanity. This strain can be seen through the characterization of the setting, the woman herself, and frantic suspense of the story.