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Classical music today

In the 1800s, musicians believed that the music that they created represented a universal truth that they did not know. By composing and playing music, they believed that they expressed this universal truth. In our society, this belief no longer has

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Appearance of an artist

My friend once told me that judges for auditions for classical singers take the appearances of the singers into great account. It is obvious that many would rather see a svelte young woman singing the role of Carmen than a woman who is overweight and

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Trapped in the Closet

I was just wondering if any of you finished watching "Trapped in the Closet" !

Haha I watched the whole thing on youtube on saturday night :)

 

The storyline was crazy but I really really liked how he sang everyone's parts.

 

What did you guys think

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Banksy

Banksy, a British graffiti street artist who is widely-known around the globe, created one of his masterpieces behind the Urban Outfitters in Westwood.  There is a controversy because the Westwood community is considering painting over the Banksy art

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Cosplay

Once a year, there an expo called Anime Expo, where people dress up as characters from games, cartoon, etc, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This type of dressing up is called cosplay. It's pretty similar to Halloween except some people are

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Classical canon

Last time I talked about what I can call "the decline of classical music", and that we can no longer create wonderful, moving pieces of classical music to add to the canon.  I cannot disagree with this notion more. Classical music has NOT died.  It c

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Music taken out of context

Let's consider the concept of bricolage.

In what ways do certain cultures or people take music out of its original context or use it for different purposes than its composer's intent?

The first example that comes to mind (for me at least) is white p

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off-campus performances

Since we have an opportunity to receive extra credit by attending another performance, I was wondering where some of you went or are planning to go to for your off-campus performances? If you've already gone, how was it? Any suggestions?

 

I went to

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A Universal Language?

There are many ways to communicate-- sign language, visual art, music, spoken word (in a countless number of languages). However, there are limitations: sign language requires that you have learned the language before (same as spoken language). Do yo

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Dancing!

For those of you who went up on stage today to dance, what was it like?!

 

And which dance/ dance move was your favorite?

 

I thought Ragtime was the most fun haha (Grizzly Bear rawr!)

 

Amy

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Value of music

As I was listening to  pop songs I stumbled upon a thought and I asked myself, can computers compose like Bach? These days with technology and the system of auto tune, some people might argue that these "modern" music is just as worthy as older maste

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AA10 and you

After taking this class, the idea of going back to taking four engineering classes in a quarter makes me want to shoot something.  I need a more comprehensive college experience, so  I have decided to minor in English so that I can pursue creative wr

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