On Saturday November 5th I had the pleasure of attending an Adele concert at the Frank Erwin Center on campus. There was no opening act and the concert lasted two and a half hours. She sang 19 songs, which included 7 of her most famous: “Hello” (her opener), “Someone Like You”, “Set Fire to the Rain”, “Rolling in the Deep”, “Chasing Pavements”, “Rumor Has It”, and “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”. I have been a fan of Adele since I heard her song “Rumor Has It” on the radio in middle school, so when I saw that she had a concert in Austin, TX on my campus, I decided to jump at the opportunity. In this paper I will focus on the details and events that took place at the concert as well as diving into Adele as an artist.
Adele was very prompt, the concert was scheduled to start
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The stage was decorated with a close up of Adele’s eyes with her famous eye makeup of winged eye liner and mascara. The crowd consisted of mostly college students with a few middle aged couples. Between songs she asked the audience if we were having a good time and complained about her makeup being runny. She also told a story about how her son has fallen in love with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and that he dressed up as Michelangelo for Halloween and even wants the cartoon to be his theme for his next birthday party. She wore a long black lacy dress for the entire concert. There was not a discernment between the songs on her album and her singing in the performance. The only identifiable difference was the fact that she ran out of breath at one point while singing “Rolling in the Deep”. Her singing on the albums have very little if any mechanical manipulation which allows her live performances to have the same vocal sound as her recordings. When she sang each song, she made sure to turn around
Debra Rathwell is the Senior VP for AEG Live. Rathwell oversees the active New York office of AEG along with being a force in national touring. Rathwell has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and her dedication inspires me. I know she is well respected in the industry and I think it is impressive that she books on average 800 shows every year. Being a woman in the music industry is a big challenge, but Rathwell proves to me and the world that being hard working will help prove yourself. The first step that really started Rathwell’s career was during her last year at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Rathwell was Harvey Glatt’s assistant and went on to work as Bass Clef Entertainment, which partnered on shows with Canada’s concert leaders. This introduced Rathwell to the industry and the rest was like a snowball effect, one job led to another. Another step Rathwell took in her career was pivotal was joining Donald Tarlton for 12 years at DKD. With DKD, Rathwell managed a staff ...
I attended the Student Recital Concert on April 16th in the Theatre on the 2nd floor at SWIC. It was apparently the last recital of the year. The spotlight was focused on the stage and it was dark in the audience. The only people who were dressed nicely in the audience were performers who were not backstage yet. Everyone else wore normal, casual attire. The room was fairly large. The first act was Sonata 1 in F major. This came from the Baroque era. This was written by Benedetto Marcello. Originally a tuba solo, this piece was accompanied by the piano. Christopher Smith played the tuba, while Diana Umali played the piano. The woman was of Asian descent and wore a black shirt, black pants and black flats. The Caucasian gentleman wore a rust colored dress shirt, black pants and dress shoes. Largo 1 was slow and somewhat depressing. It sounded melancholy. Largo II seemed to progress louder and louder. Largo III picked up some speed. I actually liked it and it started off faster. The duo finally finished at around seven minutes and forty-eight seconds. They collected their chairs and music sheet stands and exited the stage. Then a young black girl, Kayla Jennings, walks on to the stage. An older man, Dennis Bergin, steps out onto the stage and sits on the bench in front of the piano. He was wearing a nice suit. The girl then runs backstage, as if she has forgotten something. She came back out and stood in the middle of the stage. She then gestures to the pianist. The girl then starts singing Homeward Bound by Jay Althouse. The girl was a soprano and I could tell that she was nervous. She seemed to laugh a lot during the song as if she was not taking it seriously. About three minutes into the song, Kayla laughs and proceeds to put her ...
The Sartell High School Band and Choir Fall Combined Concert took place at 7:30 October 17th in the high school gymnasium. The musical selections of the Wind Ensemble included a fun program piece as well as two world music pieces from around the globe. They performed “Imaginarium” and “Buenaventura”, and then combined with the Concert Band as well as all four Sartell choirs to perform “Baba Yetu.” I will be critiquing the Wind Ensemble’s dynamics and articulation.
Many say that music has evolved over the years. This essay shall explore the elements of two versions of one song. It shall discuss the correlations and disparities of these songs and confer how it has been revolutionised to entertain the audiences of today.
It has a very low vocal range. Not many feminine singers have a vocal range like Adele. Globally, an innumerable amount of people cherishes her music. Vocalists such as Etta James and Lauryn Hill influence Adele. Adele shows her passion when she sings. Her music is dissimilar to most of the music today. It includes many different genres. Some of those genres encompass soul, R&B, and pop. Adele composes and co-writes most of her music with the assistance of other composers. The integers on her albums portray how old she is when she composes the
A sufficient reason for attending many NYCB performances, even of the same program when possible, is that one can never tell beforehand when the constituent elements of the ballet-going experience will jell effectively for them. For a non-musician like myself, it is difficult to “see" the music, but on Sunday afternoon it felt as if I did. Mozart’s and Tschaikovsky’s composition never sounded so sublime. Alexander Glazounov’s music was imbued with an irresistible beauty of its own. And the company was firing on all cylinders for this matinee! Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle were deeply moving in Mozartiana; Teresa Reichlen and Russell Janzen, spectacular in Cortège Hongrois. All the subordinate parts, by Daniel Ulbricht in one work and Lauren King, Emilie Gerrity, Savannah Lowery and Ask la Cour in the other, were performed admirably. The work of the corps members shone throughout. This was easily the most satisfying of the five
Never in her life had she thought she would make it to the Billboard. Yet here she was, about to take the stage, and hopefully secure the title of ‘America’s next superstar’. Everything
Fashion trends, technology trends, and finally music trends define an a time. However these trends never focus on is how some of our top artist today are the most annoying, untalented singers of their generation. These so called talented famous people have taken abuse of today’s society by manipulating the ethos of the teens and children. These “role models” have just become plastic robots that no longer convey meaningful messages but thrive on the fame and fortune. In 2012 one of the most nationally hated songs was Rebecca Black’s Friday. This one-hit wonder, produce this single not based on her talent but on her family’s money, hoping to turn her into a pop star. However, it seems that all that money could have been put to use elsewhere like singing lessons, as a result, her single turned out to be an extremely autotuned song. Though it does not stop there. In her single she sung in such a nasal tone that it would haunt her for the rest of her career. Critics say even now that her voice is still heard by was in no way pleasant and many criticized her for having absolutely no talent in singing.
“I was extreme… From skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time (P!nk Quotes).” Alecia Beth Moore took music as most people knew it and made her own style. In order to appreciate P!nk’s original music, one must understand P!nk’s defective childhood, how she overcame the struggles in her life, and the foundation and inspiration she left for other upcoming musical artists.
I attended the Vocal Jazz Ensemble which is directed by Teri Roiger and Studley Theatre Ensemble directed by John Menegon on April 22, 2014 at Julien J. Studley Theatre at 8:00 pm. I was very happy and excited to see this event because of my interest on Jazz music. The first part of the concert was directed by Teri Roiger and the performers were Meghan Caldwell as vocalist, Rob Cosentino as drummer, Adam Cloc as the pianist, Casey Richards as the second vocalist, James Rubino as guitarist and Nick Telesca as the bass player. The second part of the concert was directed by John Menegon and the performers were Oscar Desiderio as guitarist, Russell Hartman as saxophonist, Connor Larkin as the bass player, Jeremiah Mohoney as viola and harmonica
The last words of the song resonate and echo through the auditorium. There are few beats of silence before the crowd starts to applaud. It sounds like thunder moving through the crowd as the girl on stage takes a bow and heads off, smiling as she goes.The spotlight shines on her as she walks away. I stay sitting in my seat, amazed by the song I just heard my sister sing. My older sister, Riley, is 16 years old. She lives with my and our parents in Marshall, MI, in the bedroom just across the hall from mine. She’s great at school, plays the french horn in her high school band, and loves hanging out with her friends. She inspires me because she works hard every day to become better at what she does, tries many things to reach her goals, and
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Music has come a long way and everybody dances, listens, and sings to what we call music. In the past few years mainstream music has been overtaken by hip-hop and rap music. Though they have been criticized for its sexual lyrics and violent themes. People feel that that hip-hop music has an unhealthy focus on sexually-based themes and others feel that rap promotes violence against police officers and innocent citizens. Many artists are still making music that promotes neither of these ideas, but more neutral and family –friendly themes. The last few years’ music has shown great contrast in styles, themes, and personal taste.
The concert I attended took place in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at Wilfrid Laurie University on Friday, November 20, 2015 performed by the WLU Percussion Ensemble. They performed eight piece of music from different time periods .This was a phenomenal experience as I normally would go and appreciate concert by a string orchestra, but this was something new.
Then audience members who were perfect strangers who were screaming loudest would turn to each other with knowing glances and smile because they were sharing the same excitement and connecting with one another over their love of this man’s music. There was no pushing or shoving to get closer to the stage – it wasn’t that kind of crowd. Instead, there was mutual respect for one another’s space within the confines of the too-small venue. Nobody wanted to be the person who ruined it for someone else. It was this respect that made the audience members’ connections with one another that much stronger – we were all here to listen to this wonderful man’s music and see his performance – and, of course, we were here to enjoy it.