1. For the below picture – The overriding texture shown here The time period that this piece comes from A possible composer OR genre 2. Listen to the audio- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DCnJzEnlTAbP06zU8kvdgw2LNHsgqZx/view Is this an aria or a recitative? Is this more likely from seventeenth-century opera or eighteenth-century opera? How do you know? What traits alert you […]

1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6XX-nu0bQ Listen to this the YouTube link above, Do you feel that the sounds and melodies produced in this performance can be connected somehow to the ideals of “ubuntu” life? Moreover, do you know about any other type of music, band, or musical project, beside the Bambuti, that features a similar dynamic activity between […]

[History of Jazz] You will be asked to answer the e s s a y questions using approximately 750 plus w o r d s (3-4 p a r a g r a p h s). Use detailed and factual information. My question is: 1. Choose either New Orleans jazz, Chicago/NY 1920’s style jazz, or […]

.1 Dates of postmodern choreographer Kenny Ortega you will be researching for this assignment 2. Link to a selection of their work (don’t forget to cite at the end). 3. Include a direct quote of their artist statement or an interview of them describing their work and cite it in the text. 4. Watch the […]

,Choose a song from an LA hip hop artist and share why you think it’s a great example of LA hip hop! Choose a song that is iconic of Southern California in some way, whether because of lyrical content or production style. be sure to incorporate some of the themes.. Don’t pick Dr dre , […]

*Please make listening outline for a movie of your choice for each track of your movie. The movie has to have an originally composed soundtrack. No soundtracks that borrow music from other bands or artists. No musicals. Any John Williams scores will work really. Superman, Star Wars, Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, […]

(RE)SOUNDING VISIONS: Iman Person Artist Bio Iman Person current body of research explores the depths of Black and Indigenous technologies as they exist through ritual, symbiotic relationships with the land, language, and cosmic time. Person engages with Africana cosmologies and personal experience to create speculative imaginings that form new concepts of Black futurity and sovereignty. […]

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction -Rolling Stones genre: British blues rock 1. what are the instruments used in the song? 2. what are some distinctive characteristics of the song? (form/scale, inflection, timbre, singing style, unusual instruments, introductions, riff, melody, lyrics, etc) 3. how do its sounds relate to the blues/Chicago urban blues/R&B genres that came […]

“Till the Clouds Roll By” from Oh, Boy! by Jerome Kern What is the song’s context and where is the character emotionally? Is the melody of the song conjunct or disjunct, and what are some unique characteristics of the performer’s voice? What style/mood is the music? What instrumentation or accompaniment is being used and what […]

“Renaissance” literally means “Rebirth”. Discuss how you think this is a good descriptor for the music, art & sciences in the Renaissance era. Your answer must include 5 -10 bullet points.