Week 3 Questions 1. What were the three genres for music ranked in Billboard Magazine in the 1950s? 2. Name several of the songs that had crossover success (popular in more than one of the 3 genre charts) in 1956. 3. Name three factors that Billboard used to measure a song’s commercial success in the […]

Watch the link below. Reflect on your thoughts and feelings while watching the opera. Review the opera and tell me what you liked or disliked about it. Talk about the performers and their effectiveness in portraying their characters Is Toby in love with Monica? Who is the composer? Where is he from, when did he […]

Watch the following movie clip from Ron Howard’s A Beautiful Mind Links to an external site.(2001). Discuss how the music works in this clip: When is diegetic and non-diegetic music used, and why? Use appropriate musical terminology from the last few weeks. Reference the following prompts: Instrumentation (What is the instrumentation? Does it change? Why?); […]

Vivaldi himself was a fine musician on which instrument? Who were the students at the Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pietà in Baroque Venice? Which Baroque composer was known as “the red priest”? Vivaldi wrote roughly 230 solo concertos for which instrument? Which principle usually associated with vocal music did Vivaldi apply to instrumental music? In the […]

Video: Louis Armstrong Live in Copenhagen 1933 What do you think of his energy? What is unique about his singing? Could you understand what he was saying? What about the trumpet playing? Were the notes high or low? How does he compare to the other horn soloists when they take solos? What are some thoughts […]

Video Links: https://youtu.be/cZ2tG5TPANA- Martha Granham https://youtu.be/XmgaKGSxQVw-Martha Granham Performance Katherine Dunham Katherine Dunham performance links – https://youtu.be/iSTuO5E9_1g Katherine Dunham technique links- https://youtu.be/7qWXIzKTG9Y Compare and Contrast Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham. Use the following videos Ideally you should be able to select three things for each artist (notes from lecture) and discuss how the videos represent/support that […]

UNIT 2 CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS Critical Thinking Questions In 1986, Paul Simon released Graceland, his revolutionary album that included musical styles of LadySmith Black Mambazo from South Africa. What specific South African performance practice did LadySmith Black Mambazo use? Where have you heard examples of this performance practice in music today (it does not have […]

Topic 1: The order of solos in this piece is: Jackson, Lewis. Regarding the solos of Jackson and Lewis: Describe their solo styles. Provide detail of how they phrase or create musical lines over the chord changes. What is your impression of this piece? Does Jackson’s solo style on vibes sound similar to the solo […]

This exercise is designed to help you consider what is most important to you. Pretend you were coming into class with a bag full of your five most valued possessions. In the classroom setting, students will bring in items like car keys, religious symbols (e.g. Bible, Koran etc…) pictures of family, money etc… List the […]

Think about the music performed on this event. What were two compositions that totally contrasted with each other? How did they contrast? What one selection on the performance surprised you the most? Why did the selection elicit this reaction from you? summary may include thoughts on the type of music performed (not your opinion of […]