Roger Emerson is a professional composer and arranger with over 900 choral titles in print and over 30 million copies in circulation. He is the wildest performer of choral music in the world today. His works include the choral arrangements of Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up‚ Seasons of Love from Rent‚ Joyful‚ Joyful from Sister Act‚ and Don’t Stop Believin’ from Glee. The best-selling choral arrangements‚ Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel‚ O Sifuni Mungu and Riversong. Mr. Emerson has been the recipient
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unique and well appreciated addition to any percussion ensemble‚ Dan T’rung Truc is a xylophone made‚ in the traditional Vietnamese way‚ from tuned bamboo resonator bars. They utilize a lightweight frame of bamboo‚ with note tubes tied together and hung horizontally from the rack. Played with small mallets‚ they have a bright‚ natural‚ distinct tone‚ sounding in a two octave pentatonic range in relative D major. Danmo An amazing traditional percussion Instrument from Vietnam that has been used
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I have an extreme love for Music. I first started my journey with music in elementary school‚ at that time I never knew music would come to be such a part of my daily life as I got into middle school and high school. I was first in choir all through middle school and my freshman year in high school. I became accustomed to learning how to sight read and memorizing new music within a week. Learning new music and being able to sing it along with my choir members was more than rewarding and I loved
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Contemporary Choral Compositions Most people that live in the modern generation view choral music as old‚ boring harmonies whose composers died with kings. However‚ choral music is not just for the elderly singing hymns apathetically in the church pews on Sunday morning. Though the perception of it remains unenthusiastic among common listeners‚ the life of choral music is not as dead or boring as most would assume. Choral music is made modern‚ enjoyable‚ and vibrant through the works of contemporary
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ENGLISH 1010- B. Stephenson ENGLISH 1010- B. Stephenson 08 Fall 08 Fall The Modern Drum Set: Driving the Rhythm of Change in America Jeffrey Ringle A synthesis and comparison of the socioeconomic‚ cultural‚ religious‚ and musical effects the invention of the drum kit has had on America since its invention circa 1900. The Modern Drum Set: Driving the Rhythm of Change in America Jeffrey Ringle A synthesis and comparison of the socioeconomic‚ cultural‚ religious‚ and musical effects the
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When people think ‘percussion‚’ the first things that comes to mind‚ if anything‚ is snare drum‚ bass drum‚ marimba‚ and other common concert band instruments. However people neglect to realize the hundreds of different‚ unique‚ instruments that belong to the percussion family‚ including the djembe. It is a drum that has a history full of rich and brilliant tapestry of oral tradition along with generations of musicians and story tellers. Its purpose is to not only for entertainment but to tell
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individual instrument. The ensemble was seated in a U-shaped‚ sound blending pattern with the - violas‚ violins‚ percussion‚ and trumpets‚ to the left of the stage to allow the sound of the percussionists to stick out from the rest of the band. While on the right side cellos‚ double basses‚ oboes‚ clarinet‚ flute‚ and French horns and more brass. The audience showed interest in the performance which depicted a variety of musicality. The cooperation between the ensemble and the conductor‚ along with
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school I loved chorus and has been my favorite class I have taken. Learning new music and how to read and write it made me feel like it was possible to write my own song. In my middle school‚ there was a honors chorus class called the “Small Ensemble” The Small Ensemble was a small and privileged class‚ they got the opportunity to go participate in school plays‚ Christmas parades‚ Christmas caroling‚ and competitions such as‚ All-County and All-State. To be considered into this honors class‚ students had
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it can give us. There are four performances which exemplify this: the “Arabian Waltz” by the Silkroad Ensemble; “Believe” by John Pascuzzi‚ Steve Sklar‚ and Dr. Richard Grossman; "Quarter Chicken Dark‚" "Attaboy‚" and "Here And Heaven" by Yo-Yo Ma‚ Edgar Meyer‚ Chris Thile‚ Stuart Duncan‚ and Aoife O’Donovan; and “One Love” by the JJI Exile Brothers. The “Arabian Waltz” by the Silkroad Ensemble is a suspenseful yet intriguing song. I was initially surprised at the sheer amount of people and different
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with new ideas and visions‚ took the reigns in the world of music. Instruments became the main tools of musicians and composers. There arose six broad categories of instruments that western musicians today classify as the string‚ woodwind‚ brass‚ percussion‚ keyboard and electronic. Each category incorporates a range of instruments that have created living history through music. Each instrument brings its own tone color to the music and has a variety of other characteristics that set it apart to bring
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