The name of the group that had performed was the Terrance twins. They were accompanied by the Zion Community Baptist Gospel Choir and directed by the senior pastor, Rev. Barbarba Headly. The Terrance twins consisted of the organ player, Terrance Smith, and the pianist, Terrance Johnson. The performance by the Terrance twins took place at the Zion Community Baptist Church in Springfield, Massachusetts. There was also a guest performance by the Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church choir during the service. These performances had taken place for the New Year’s watch night service. The sanctuary was set with pews facing the pulpit with and an isle down the middle to separate the two sections of pews. The space between the pews and pulpit was where the choir performed. There were about five sopranos, two altos, and two tenors who performed at the service. The genre of music that was performed was gospel. The director included traditional as well as contemporary gospel to show a variety of gospel music. …show more content…
Gospel is a religious branch under spiritual music because it relates to praising God. The lyrics usually contain a message of praise, gratefulness, or relief through the glory of God thanking him for everything down to the simplest things in life. The way that they performed showed how spiritual their performance was because they not only sang, but they gestured during the performance. Lifting their hands in prayer, rocking back and forth, and anticipating crowd participation by calling out to us. The pianist, organist, and choir accompanied each other so well, thus creating an atmosphere of spirituality and welcome! All my life I’ve grown up in the church. I’ve done everything from ushering, to singing in my church; I grew up listening and singing gospel, which made it more interesting for me to choose this
This aspect of culture was very significant as blacks learned that everyone was equal in God’s eyes. At these churches, the introduction of gospel music generated self expression and thus, these black churches were a representation of social cohesion among blacks. Gordy established this aspect of culture and incorporated gospel music from churches into the soul sound Motown was successful for. Moreover, the formation of African American neighbourhoods was a very important aspect of their culture due to its link to the history of segregation. Although many associated these black neighbourhoods or ‘ghettos’ with negative connotations, for blacks, it signified ‘home’, a place that represented black identity, also including the passion and emotion from overcoming the struggle and suffering of being black.
Out of the plays that we could have chosen to produce, I have decided to go with Molière’s, “Tartuffe.” This play is a comedy that comes from 17th century France and is heavily influenced by two large sources of experience for Molière. Those sources are the rules and structure for a play put in place by the French academy and the lessons of improvisation taught by the Commedia dell’Arte. This piece is written in fives acts that are in a unique alexandrine style of verse which have 12 syllables in a line and usually ends with rhyming words. The reason I chose this play is because, in my opinion, things like television, movies, plays, and other forms of media and entertainment are meant to transport you away from all the bad things happening in real life and focus you on something fun and/or interesting. I find this play to have a lot of fun moments that can be mined for even more comedy and I think it has the good chance to keep a large audience entertained for a long period of time. To accomplish my goal I will use elements of situational comedies, France in the 1660’s, and one of Molière’s plays, “A school for girls.”
were also musical as well as spiritual. The yelling and shouting in the church were
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is one the world’s well-known choir since its one of the prominent and oldest. The choir started out as an insignificant group, but rapidly began to be more popular as the years progressed. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a chorus of 360 men and women in total. They have entertained millions of spectators by performing in places such as at the “World’s Fairs and expositions at inaugurations of U.S. presidents, in acclaimed concert halls from Australia and Europe to Asia and the Middle East” (Mormon). “In 1929, the Choir began broadcasting Music & The Spoken Word on radio” (Mormon). Now they have various radio and television stations. The Mormon Tabernacle has been broadcasted live all over television and several social media sites. They are also known as “America’s Choir” because people all over the world enjoy their harmonious music. Each member has a distinctive voice and their belief in god, makes this effort to influence others through music. The choir is “an ambassador for ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” their music surpasses the traditional restrictions, which led to numerous people bonding universally through music. The Choir performs at least two sessions per year, and they also have a demanding calendar which they must follow. The Choir grew successful by the aptitude, commitment and dreams of its leaders. Every single person in the choir and others outside the Choir helped the Choir be cultivated and helped them develop into the enormous Choir that they are today. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir also has a school where students train known as The Temple Square Chorale. They aid students by assisting them with their vocal skills and music reading skills. When a...
When listening to the song “My Life Is In Your Hand” by Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, the first thing that jumps out at me, comes to mind, or makes me feel some kind of way is the homorhythmic texture of the song. This song really moves my spirit while also making me think about life. When BTC (Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir) performs this song, the presentation lets me know the choir sings as one. Furthermore, just listening to the tempo, you can hear power behind the song and in the music while the also the song calms and soothes you. When the choir starts to elevate the tempo you can feel the passion that the song commands from the audience and one’s essence.
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The first person to play was supposed to be Sweetwater but they were stuck in traffic so Richie Havens had to open up the festival. Richie did not want to open the show and kept making up excuses but Michael Lang was not giving up he knew he could do it. At 5:07 pm he sucked it up and went out there and sang his spiritual heartwarming music. He was only suppose to do forty five minutes worth of songs but the crowd wanted more so he went back on stage and sang every song he knew. His last song was called “Freedom” everybody loved it so much that other bands had to do fantastic to compare. (Hilstrom)
My experience at the baylor "Siren's Song" A Cappella Choir concert was definitely an interesting one. I had very mixed feeling about the concert. During this concert, I experienced had a range of emotions from boredom to real interest and respect. In total, the choir sang 9 songs and each one was different than the last. Only about four of the songs were in english, and the others were in german, spanish, and hebrew. Unfortunately, probably due to my untrained ear, I had to strain to really understand the songs that were in english, let alone German. Although every once in awhile I would hear words such as “Blumen”.
Also I feel like I don’t really relate to the lyrics themselves because I’m not a country girl and I’m not really a fan of trucks. Unfortunately I do not participate in any musical activates because I do not know how to play any instruments; except, for the recorder that I learned in 5th grade. When I say I know how to play the recorder I mean I only know how to play three cords of Mary had A Little Lamb. As you can see that’s not much of a musical talent. I have always thought the piano was such a beautiful instrument to play, but I was never able to fully understand the different keys and symbols. I also can’t sing or dance, the only hobby I was partially good at was playing soccer and refereeing soccer. Music to me can be anything that has a beat or tone, which is partially right and partially wrong. I have learned that calling an Islamic prayer a song is very disrespectful even if it has a beat or tone; it has a specific religious meaning to many people. Many people will and can preserve different things as music, this is what helps us find our identity. It show us what makes us unique and similar to others at the same
On Wednesday, May 23rd, I attended the College Choir concert in the Reamer Campus Center. The choir performed a variety of songs, ranging from pieces in Latin to traditional American folksongs. Two of the pieces featured solos, and one even featured percussion instruments. Mrs. Elinore Farnum provided piano accompaniment for each of the songs, and performed beautifully. I was extremely impressed by the talented choir members and their ability to sing such a varied range of songs.
Bibliography Ashton, Joseph N.. Music in Worship. Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1943. Johansson, Calvin M.. Discipling Music Ministry. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1992. Snydor, James Rawlings. Hymns and Their Uses. Carol Stream: Agape, 1982. www.infoplease.com for information on the church history background
Simone often used this long piece to end her live performances. She once said, "I feel my origins very deeply. My art is anchored in the culture of my people, and I am immensely proud. No matter what I sing, whether it's a ballad or a lament, it's all the same thing—I want people to know who I am" Gospel had a major impact on Nina, and this song definitely reveals that.
“You will find in our service a number of outside influences within the same service. You will find European influence where we will sing hymns. American influence where the choir will sing a Negro spiritual or a Black gospel song. And you will find the Bahamian flavor where we sing one of our old anthems (religious hymns) or one of our rhyming spirituals – all a part of the same worship experience.”
As the lights go down, the roaring crowd simmers to a whisper; The first strings of the guitar and bass are plucked, I can feel the drums in the ache of my bones and every inch of my body. The vocals start and the once quieted crowd is now going wild. There are people screaming, jumping, and even moshing; bodies are swaying back and forth freely, and people are singing off the top of their lungs. Screaming each lyric that is burnt into the back of my mind after countless nights of listening to the same songs over and over again. Music is the reason I was comfortable being around thousands of strangers, even though I am the most socially awkward person on the face of the earth. A thousand strangers but we all share something in common, the love and passion for music.
By the twelfth song which was the last I could still feel the atmosphere, the pride and the gratitude of the people. We were just happy to be in their presence. For the last song the whole crowd moved together in a bizarre, alternative. dance. I am a sassy girl.