by Admin | May 14, 2020 | Music
Mestizo music in Latin America combines Indigenous, European and African musical traits to create new regional genres and new instruments. How does a typical Mestizo ensemble reflect these different origins? What types of traditional instruments are common? What types...
by Admin | May 14, 2020 | Music
Your will make a listening guide of your own using a piece of music of your choosing. IF its easier maybe go with something that is from Early Jazz. When making your chart you should consider everything we have been discussing all semester: melody, rhythm, harmony,...
by Dan | Apr 27, 2020 | Music
There was a great deal of ‘hybridization’ going on in the music of the 1960s. Whether it was the influence of Muddy Waters’ Electric Blues on the Rolling Stones, or Woody Guthrie’s nasal, ‘champion of the people’ influence on Bob...
by Dan | Apr 23, 2020 | Music
You are required to hand in a 20-page research paper on Madonna. Madonna has been around so long and so much has been written about her (scholarly and non-scholarly) that there are many areas to discuss. She will be your frog, your fetal pig, a model of...
by Dan | Apr 21, 2020 | Music
Watch a full-length concert and write a paper about the experience. I usually choose a traditional classical concert, but this one does feature a full classical orchestra. Elton John is one of my favorite performers and songwriters. I justified it because after all it...
by Dan | Apr 16, 2020 | Music
(Revised in light of COVID-19)Planning / Goals:You will be writingashort paper based on your attendance at two musical performances.Because of COVID-19,you have theflexibility to “attend” these events in one of two forms. a)You can use two videos of live performances...
