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“Music is a universal language” is such a cliché phrase. But there’s some truth to it. You listen to an opera, most of the time is sung in a foreign language, you could not care much how little you understand the song because the music carries you through the piece. There has been studies that music can calm a person, makes them agitated, or even motivated. Other studies states that the music we listen to can tell what type of personality one person has. My musical preference, though all over the

The portrayal and the representation of the Chicano Art Movements are entrenched by the Mexican-American artist who institute artistic personalities and identities in the United States. The plenteous amount of the artist is massively influenced by the immense Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which, was established in the 1960’s. The influence of Chicano Art was due to the Mexican- Revolution philosophy, art of Pre-Columbia and indubitably European techniques of painting, cultural, social, political

However, in terms of the sound recording, there are some big differences between film soundtrack and live concert. This essay will choose a piece of music from Joe Hisaishi as a study to analyze the sound recording in the two different situations (film soundtrack and live concert). This subject includes four parts, the first will introduce the music and the production background. Secondly, this essay will explain the sound recording in studio for film soundtrack. Thirdly, this essay will introduce

According to the Oxford Dictionary, sport means an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. (Strand, Brad, and Christa Sommer. "Should Marching Band Be Allowed to Replace Physical Education Credits: An Analysis." The Physical Educator 62.3 (2005): 164. Academic OneFile. Web. 5 Dec. 2016.)By society the definition of a sport certain activities like golfing, football, or chess is categorized into these pastimes

The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between place and music and analyze the song “Inglan is a Bitch” by Linton Kwesi Johnson in terms of place. “Inglan is a Bitch” exemplifies the link between music and place through its lyrics and sound. First I am going to define cultural geography and discuss how culture is linked to place. Then I will explain local music spaces and why music has a strong sense of place. Next I will analyze how “Inglan is a Bitch” relates to place. After

page, bearing this statement: “Good luck doing it without us!” This is a simple example of what happened to Orchestre National de Lille, a French orchestra, when the musicians began taking advantage of those who were running it. Having majored in music at the collegiate level and also having been a student council member for the Penn State Center for the Performing Arts, I can fully understand the critical role of the sponsors and the inner mechanisms that run these organizations. My motivation to

to see the current state of the Cambodian traditional music revival and the large impact of cultural music education, it fails to see the external benefits of this music that promotes “a culture of peace, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and its contribution to sustainable development”.29 This cultural benefit is one of the biggest answers to the question of why this music education and the survival of traditional music is important. Despite the lack of coverage this element

Chapter Two: Literature Review Music Education and Developing Musicality Many researchers have studied the subject of teaching music and methods to increase musical understanding in the elementary and secondary school settings. Many pedagogical developers have presented methods in which they feel are most effective. “Critical pedagogy is not a traditional music-teaching method, as it combines philosophy and pedagogy, theory and practice. Unlike Orff, Kodály, or Dalcroze, there are no specific teaching

Individual experience and reflexivity ought to be utilized inside humanities as an instrument to ponder the society that is consistently mulled over and not a refocusing of consideration on the self. Works, for example, Dorinne Kondo 's "Disintegration and Reconstitution of Self," utilize the thought of reflexivity as a mirror in which to view the society being considered in an alternate way. This utilization of reflexivity considers the center to stay on the society being concentrated on. A move

Describe a time in your life when you used music to communicate with an audience outside the traditional setting of the concert hall. What did you learn form the experience? How did this experience influence your approach to music and performance? In order to support my musical studies and make a living, I wait tables at the Beat Hotel in Harvard Square. Beat is not a traditional hotel in the sense of providing temporary living quarters for a period of time. It is a beautiful restaurant space that