Choir College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction and Situation Description

Organizations, by nature, go through constant change. As we evolve, new information becomes available that, if implemented, can allow us to operate more efficiently and productively. Educational institutions are no exception to this general statement. Schools develop over time to take into account new ideas and theories that hopefully benefit all stakeholders involved. Not all change, of course, is good. The danger of refusing to change, however, far outweighs the consequences of remaining in mediocrity simply because of a fear of failure or a general unwillingness to accept an opposing point of view. This author is currently employed at ...

The Musical Arts Concert Series, “Fantastic Beasts,” was very good. I enjoyed it a lot and I could tell others in the audience also thought it was good. Some of the performances I have been to have too many pieces, or the pieces are not placed in an order that is pleasing to the audience. This was not the case with, “Fantastic Beasts.” Though there were a few pieces that I did not like, the concert overall was enjoyable.
It began with, “The Lamb.” I thought the text translations were nice; when the choir sang parts that were in ...

In this essay I will respond to Rifkin and Marshal debate regarding “St. Mathews Passion” by J.S. Bach by explaining their positions about this piece and the way of how modern instruments influenced the sonority in the performance of Baroque Music. To sustained my arguments I will use two articles from “The Musical Times,” the first is called “Bach’s Chorus. A Preliminary Reply to Joshua Rifkin” by Marshall and the second one is named “Bach's Chorus: A Preliminary Report” by Rifkin.
Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most important composers from the Baroque period who wrote ...

I am one of the choir members in my church. I started singing at a very young age. My parents noted the talent in me and encouraged me. They are the ones that motivated to join the church choir. Singing became a hobby for me. I would spend most of my time listening to songs and attempting to compose my own. When more people heard me singing, in choir competitions or in school, my voice moved them. Slowly, many people took an interest in my voice. I began getting invitations to perform in events and concerts. The invitations increased ...

1. Considering the “Stabat Mater”, it is necessary to state that the sounds of male and female vocals are heard, creating a harmony and polyphony between each other. The choir consisting of traditional male and female voices represents a classical approach towards performing a classical piece of music composed and written specifically for choir performance.
As for the song “With arms wide open” performed by Creed, it is an example of traditional rock music performance with a baritone-voice vocalist leading the song accompanied by the musical band consisting of guitar, bass and drums. The overall sound appears to be ...

The aesthetics of the Baroque era and it's addiction to motion and scale was reflected not only in architecture, sculpture and painting, but it has mainly become obvious in the music. The world of contrasts, contradictions and passion was expressed by major and minor keys. The meaning of the major key is joy, the slightest nuances from tenderness to exultant. The minor key means sadness in melancholy and tragic desperation.

RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE

Musical culture in the XVII and the beginning of the XVIII century has been developed in the frame of Baroque style (Claude 3). It has created new art principles ...

3 Subject + Magic Flute
The love of music comes from the feeling afterwards felt after listening to musical pieces. However, this is not the primary intention for individuals who need to listen to music since the objective may involve the need to hear precision and perfection present in the music or for the purpose of strenuous, active and contemplation in which it is involved. A phenomenon referred to like music in it bears tonal variations and styles that arouse feelings and emotions in us depending on our musical perspective hence perceptive feelings and experience present themselves as the ...

The Autobiography of my Mother and Fresa y Chocolate are masterpiece works that comprehensively develops the idea of rebellion. Authors of the articles explore this subject from unique and diverse perspectives. Characters in these works present attitudes and undertaking that seem to be very rebellious. Examining this rebellion is of high significance as it attracts serious conflicts in the society in different ways. The Autobiography of My Mother focuses on a young woman who is brought up in a loveless household. The girl’s mother died while she was giving birth. Fresa y chocolate (which is a Spanish phrase ...

Albert

The purpose of this paper is to try to analyse two symphony concerts which are performed by the Danish conductor Thomas Sondergard. The both concerts consist of the pieces of music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his symphonies No. 5 (C mol) and No. 11 (D mol). These concerts do not have lyrical mood, but they draw bright musical picture which is rather dramatic. Abrupt change of rhythms, dissonance notes, dialogues of musical instruments immerse the listener in the world of misery and opposition to the evil. Both symphonies have life-asserting character though.1
The four part symphony No. ...

One thing that has real fascinated me in life is music in the sense that it has helped me in one way or another to form a collective story. When you think about different generational stories that you have heard created by great performers for instance buddy Holly and backstreet boys. You will recognise that there is tremendous leap that can be found. These were the acts that have generated buzz and in addition to that, they have been able to shape their music generation.
Since I was a small kid and at tender age, I had passion for music ...

Church Visit

I visited the Ashland First United Methodist on Sunday 4th of November 2012. The church schedule indicated that the service would begin at 9.30 am. I arrived at 9.00am because I wanted to meet the pastor Dr. Dan Bilkert and make him aware of my presence. I had spoken to him the previous day and he had granted me the permission I needed to visit the church and observe the proceedings during worship.

When I arrived at the church, there were about 10 young men and women in the church. Two ladies were standing next to the large oak ...

The novel “Lord of the flies” depicts humans in their most evil form and how humans are controlled by societal norms but can change at the slightest opportunity to brutal creatures. For the purposes of this paper, the character of Jack the choir leader will be analyzed. Jack is depicted as the most brutal character. He plots all of the evil schemes and destroys the law and order society that had been established by Ralph.
As established in Rousseau philosophy, man is free in a state of nature. He is also in oblivion and unaware of his surroundings and ...

Jehovah Knows by: Lionel Peterson

Art has been known to inspire several people in the manner in which it expresses feelings and the emotions that such art creates in people. Music in particular is known to empower people in several ways. Some religions such as Christianity have used music to preach the gospel to thousands of people in the world. One such kind of music is Jehovah Knows by Lionel Peterson.
In the video, Lionel performs the song to thousands of believers in a congregation. The song is set in such a manner that Lionel solos most part of the song a choir harmonizes along and ...

Explain the cultural/historical context for the performance.

The world of music is now quite diverse, with jazz takes not the last place in it. If we immerse yourself in the history of the origins of jazz, we note that the music of this style has a large number of types and areas, which to some extent may be quite different from each other. It would seem that jazz means some one particular trend in music, but it is so much more. For example, among particularities we have the blues, swing, bebop, fusion, postbol, ​​cool, mainstream, hard -bop, stride But this list does not end there.
Throughout ...

My experience visiting different churches was a tough task because I never been in any church other than my religion. Being Muslims, we are not encouraged to do it, but I asked permission to our Imam (priest in Islam) about the assignment in school. However, in my heart, I am willing to perform the task in order for me to learn more about other religions. Even though I felt uncomfortable, I managed to visit four churches in the city; Soka Gakkai International (Buddism), Cape Bible Chapel, Seventh-day Adventist Church, and First Baptist Church, respectively.

Soka Gakkai International

First, I visited the Soka ...

On Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 7.30 in the evening, I attended the Eighty Fourth Concert of the University Chorale and the USA Concert Choir at the University of South Alabama’s Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. The Concert was dubbed “Star Light, Star Bright” and was organized by the University’s Department of Music. The event featured Laura M. Moore as the main conductor, Elizabeth Bemis and Tracy Mank as the student conductors, Jasmin Arakawa and Robert Holm as the main pianists, and Jennifer Bemis as the accompanist.
The major pieces of the night included “A Rose ...

As It Is in Heaven is a story about love which is channeled through music and is capable of reaching everyone’s heart. The main topic is the infinite love which is the product of the group project and of a noble work which is related to singing and performing music. Other topics which are involved are love, self-accomplishment, jealousy and the strength to stand up for oneself. All of these themes are present in the film and make it remarkable and universal because of its protagonists.
The film As It Is in Heaven deals with infinite love which ...

“The Earth Wants You” by Reverend Billy Talen is about mankind’s ignoring attitude towards clear messages from earth about its perils. The book tries to inspire earth activism or an eco-revolution that Talen feels is the need of the hour. Natural disasters (earth’s cries) kindle humanity, and when climate change impacts are personally experienced by many people they don’t remain just news (15). Personal confrontation with climate chaos initiates a desire to revolt against its cause, resource overexploitation (16). Just like other social revolutionist movements, earth saving movements also cannot be quiet and there is a ...

Introduction

It is customary for the non-native speakers to substitute the correct pronunciation of the words with their versions of vowels and consonants. There are patterns of pronunciation of words in every language and it is believed that the non-native speakers utilize their habitual pronunciation of the new language. These patterns in language may persist at different levels. Some of the non-native speakers tend to learn new language faster, the others retain the traces of native language in their patterns of pronunciation through the years. This may root in different factors, such as the duration of practice in new language, ...

The “Ave Merris Stella” is a pure, sacred hymn was produced by the “Guillame Dufay”. This beautiful hymn is about 600 years old. The form of this hymn is Strophic in nature and display the medieval mode. It is such an incredible piece of music as one can feel that how it would sound in the Cathedrals of the Middle Ages, because of its unique acoustics.
This hymn is an excellent display of the Early Renaissance “Style” and “Sound”. The start of Dufay’s setting of “Ave Maris Stella” displays the use of fauxbourdon. The initial and the last ...

The university of South Alabama provides students with an opportunity to visit Symphony Orchestra and enjoy well-performed classical music concert. This month, on April 7, the University of South Alabama Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Robert Seebacher, presented its Spring concert. The series of concerts included works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Weber and Hindemith. This concert featured the University Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Laura Moore, Dr. Jasmin Arakawa on piano, and six vocal soloists as well: Dr. Thomas Rowell, tenor, Dr. Patrick Jacobs, baritone, and four student soloists: Elizabeth Bemis, soprano, Kate Frazier, soprano, Brianna Smith, alto, ...

I recently attended a symphony band concert for a graduating class event at a local school’s auditorium. The song that fascinated me was On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, a Philip Bliss composition as arranged by David Holsinger. The following is a description of the orchestra and performance. The stage had 30 performers including the conductor. The orchestra consisted three primary sections, namely woodwind, brass, and percussion. The woodwind section comprised of a bassoon, five saxophones, flutes, clarinets, and an oboe. Second, the brass section consisted of a series of trumpets, baritones, a tuba, two French horns, and ...

Nothing strikes the human chord of emotional impact as poetic expressions based on historical events. Straightaway, the reader realizes the innocence of a child is coupled with a parental attempt to veil the horror of murderous and hateful events occurring in their community. The writer of the poem, Ballad of Birmingham, by Dudley Randall uses a theme of irony as a core device in the piece. The most provocative words integrate into gaining the significance of the content. To summarize, the poem is a conversation between a mother – presumably and obviously black Americans – and her child, whereby the child wants to go to the protest ...

I may well have one of the most diverse musical backgrounds of anyone – or perhaps that is merely my impression.
I was born in the Middle East, in a country just emerging as its own political entity, steeped in conflict, but also a place where for an influx of European immigrants. The country of my childhood was poor by current standards, yet I had everything I needed. As the pioneering population worked the land and the farms, they sang in the fields, the children sang in the schools, and everywhere were the sounds of the local folk songs of the ...

Communication

Abstract
Music has evolved with the times, and has a new meaning and role in the development of society. Before the 16th century, music was confined to religious sermons and other church practices. However, in the 16th century, there was a distinct change in the role of music. The emergence of Protestants saw music change from the practices of the Roman Catholics. The Renaissance witnessed the emergence of a new style of music; the birth of music that was a more vocal accompanied by a mixture of secular music. The Roman Catholics used music for their Mass and the motet, and while the ...

Introduction

In 1724, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a widely acclaimed cantata for Christmas day celebrations. It contained a narrative of words that praised Jesus Christ, and was supported by instrumentals and vocal codes. The cantata is a follow up on the famous hymn by Martin Luther, ‘Praise is to you, Jesus Christ ‘, and that was composed in 1524. The composition was inspired from readings that are located in the bible such as the Gospel of Luke, the book of Isaiah and Titus, which contained readings about the birth and salvation of Jesus Christ.

The composition

The narration uses aspects of repetition in its structure. The ...

Music in Sixteenth Century

During the 16th century or the period of renaissance, there was a distinct change in how sacred music was played in comparison to the preceding years. The change was quite noticeable when the church was shaken by the emergence of the Protestants, and they would obviously change their style of music to those of the Roman Catholics. Ancient practices had died and the renaissance saw the emergence of the new world. The Protestants, under Martin Luther were more vocal and borrowed certain characters of the secular music.
For the Roman Catholics, the principal genres of sacred music were the ...

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment for creativity as expatriates in Europe, Williams lived a remarkably conventional life. A doctor for more than forty years serving the New Jersey town of Rutherford, he relied on his patients, the America around him, and his own ebullient imagination to create a distinctively American verse. Often domestic in focus and "remarkable for its empathy, sympathy, its muscular and emotional identification with its subjects," Williams's poetry is also characteristically honest: "There ...

In “Ode to Autumn,” what is the State of Mind of the Poet?

The theme of the Romantic Period is nature; John Keats is one of the famous poets of this era. In his poem “Ode to Autumn” that has appeared in more anthology than any of his other poems; he uses imagery, word choice, and structure to express the speaker’s state of mind.

“Ode to Autumn” is Keats’ last ode. He wrote it after an autumn’s Sunday evening walk while he was staying in Winchester. “He was alone at Winchester, rejoicing in perfect September weather and in a mood more serene and contented than he had known for long or ...

Sally and Mike Smith agreed to this interview. They came in to the office and sat on the couch together. It was noted that while in the waiting room, they were also seated together. The interviewees are a 28 year old married Caucasian couple. They dated for one year before getting married. Currently, do not have any children. The Counselor asked them on how they met and Mike responded to the question. Mike proceeded to describe that they had met at a picnic which was organized by a mutual friend. The counselor then asked both of them on what attracted them to ...

The influence of both The Blues Brothers Band and the 1980 film of the same name have been enormous in musical and cultural ways, and this paper will explore that influence in depth. In a sense the band and the film have different and independent existences, and, therefore, it is hard to separate them and distinguish between the different incarnations of the Band: it is easier to think of The Blues Brothers as a musical and cultural phenomenon: The Blues Brothers continue to be a legend in the history of blues music, as well as the history of Hollywood. There are countless ...

Effects of technology on interaction

Adolescence is a stage in life that marks a transition from childhood to adulthood. It is generally referred to as the life’s second decade. The age bracket for this stage ranges from 10-23 years. Early adolescent begins from 10-13 years, mid-adolescence starts from 14 to 18 years and finally, late adolescence starts from 19 to around 23 years. One can fall in any of the three phases of adolescence and undergo all the experiences before growing to an adult.
With the advancement in the use of technology, adolescents are seen to be the largest numbers of users. Use of ...

I am very happy to be here at my cousin Roshini chechy’s graduation party. It is so nice for Roshini chechy to show us what we can do and the way all family members and young people in this church can meet their goals. Clearly, everyone can see that she is a fine example of beauty, talent, style, strength, cheerfulness and class.
She graduated high school with great grades that will take her in studying pharmacology. Soon she will be leaving for Pennsylvania to do her doctoral degree in Pharmacy. She will have to live there in a dorm. ...