Farmington Harrison High School Choir – And So It Goes
This is my friend Mark conducting the concert choir (“And so it goes” originally by Billy Joel) at Harrison at the pops concert in the spring of 2006.
Hide And Seek (valencia High School Choir: Valencia, Ca)
“Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap, arranged by Kerry Marsh, and performed by VHS “2 n 4″ advanced vocal jazz 06-07. Visit “Kerrymarsh.com” for information on how to purchase this chart.
USA_ _arguably costume, not just this competition
Miss Universe 2009 delegates visited the country second largest city of the ‘island of Grand Bahama on Sunday for the long-awaited presentation bathroom. It is important to note that this is not a competition, but even more, a fashion show of nature, with participants in a swimsuit. The ladies were at the international airport in Grand Bahama with a real first brass band serenaded by a choir of young people of Grand Bahama, where they went in the terminal. Accompanied by two drums of goatskin, the choir sang “Welcome to Grand Bahama … we are so happy that you are coming before the fall into a medley of the Caribbean and the Bahamas Ring play songs. The women danced, as they sip on board the coconut water from coconut, not, or if you want the terminal when it is said, it was time to go.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textUnable to perform Translation:invalid textThere was a delicious breakfast at the Yacht Club of Grand Bahama, before visiting the garden of the Groves – an area of 12 hectares of botanical garden, orchids, ferns, duck ponds and waterfalls – for a photo with PO Dayan Mendoza Miss Universe and the establishment, under the management and staff. Dayan has remained for the garden, while the participants at the head of Our Lucaya Beach Resort in preparation for the event bathroom. The place was incredible! A giant tent was the Great Lawn of the hotel with sea view. Piece of cloth decorated in light colors, while the ceiling of 100 seats in the audience was essentially objects with color. Although the event is not up to 5 hours, the arrival of people have begun as early as 3! Over time, that was ready to begin, the position of the capacity was filled with Pageant Fans in several countries like the Philippines (there are around 50 Filipinos in the audience), the Turks and Caicos Islands (ci Turks are many islanders who live in Grand Bahama), Guyana, China, the United States and, of course, the Bahamas.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textIn his welcome remarks, Paula Shugart said that the Bahamas, while it is still the smallest host Miss Universe, the reconstruction of the event held on this day has ever known in 10 years, is already on the organization Miss Universe. ‘It is better not only in the Bahamas, “he says,” but you know, like the Bahamas.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textThe participants were in groups of 12 and has a wide choice of costumes from Thailand BSC overalls, shoes Nina. I can tell you that it will be a hell of a competition on institutions, on the track! It ‘very difficult for the jury for a job most of the participants this year, because both of them are in better shape, both as regards the condition of the structures and their ability to bridge. The delegates, that my eyes were:
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textUnable to perform Translation:invalid textAngola – great body, strong bridge
Australia – fantastic body, beautiful face, a good bridge
Bahamas – the hometown boys a thunderous round of applause for their strong bridge
Brazil – beautiful face, great body
Canada – amazing body! Not an ounce of fat anywhere!
Cayman Islands – great body, strong bridge
Colombia – great body, sexy catwalk
Czech Republic – very good body and face, that oh!
Dominican Republic – great body, excellent gateway
France – good body, very sexy and track
United Kingdom – Burden of personality, a good place
Honduras – great body, big parades, beautiful face
Hungary – beautiful face, great body, but the work must be on the podium
Iceland – very good body, big parades Jamaica – beautiful face, beautiful body
Japan – great body, strong bridge
Mexico – good body, great personality, a good bridge
Netherlands – very good body!
Nicaragua – great body, fun to see on stage
Norway – amazing body!
Puerto Rico – fabulous body, great capacity for parades
Russia – great body, amazing face, very sexy catwalk
Slovak Republic – good body, a good bridge
South Africa – great body, legs for days!
Spain – a great place
Sweden – fantastic body, pretty face, port capacity could be more
The United States – great body, probably the best in the bathroom in this contest!
Venezuela – great body, classic beauty
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textUnable to perform Translation:invalid textThe presentation of the bath, the participants ate dinner before a return flight to Nassau. Here’s an interesting anecdote. The long day of competition does not seem to relate to the participants, because they have a secret weapon – Red Bull! The Ministry of Tourism has arranged for refreshments for the girls at every stop, and the Red Bull is often made in haste. It also seems that the girls to drink more water to stay hydrated in the heat of summer.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textUnable to perform Translation:invalid textMonday, competition begins on the first event given. The costume contest is in response to a float-parade through the streets of Nassau. There are no Miss Trinidad & Tobago. MUO director of talent relations and PR Esther Swann confirmed that only 84 participants this year on reconstruction and there is Miss Trinidad and Tobago. When asked about the reports, as a delegate from Trinidad, said he would check, but as we know, there has never been a Miss T & T. I apologize for this round of reporting.
Wenatchee High School Choir France 2008
Wenatchee High School Choir sings “We Are Not Alone” in France 2008.
More songs later
Musicdish Signs Four New Acts
Artist development and marketing firm MusicDish announced that four new acts have signed on to its roster over the last month, including 2008 GMA Dove Award winning Ryan Farish, gospel singer Desmond Pringle, jazz fusion artist Gary Paul Bryant, and NY rocker Tim Young.
Each artist will be supported by a customized mutli-pronged marketing campaign incorporating a mix of PR, syndication, online street and viral distribution. Marketing will be coordinated a variety of platforms, from its business music portals and syndicated network to MP3 blogs, webradio and groups/forums. For more information, visit http://www.musicdish.net/marketing/
Ryan Farish
Grammy nominated, 2008 GMA Dove Award winning songwriter/producer/composer Ryan Farish, first launched his music career on the first generation mp3.com, where his music quickly took to the masses obtaining a whopping 1,800,000+ downloads of his trademark, electronic-jazz-world music.
http://www.ryanfarish.com
Desmond Pringle
Tommy Boy Gospel artist Desmond Pringle is a passionate vocalist with a unique brand of balladry — and one of the most talented songwriter/producers in gospel music today. Whether delivering his signature-smooth ballads, thought provoking lyrics or energetic choir songs, Desmond has already taken his place among the ranks of great gospel artists of his generation.
http://www.desmondpringle.com
Gary Paul Bryant
Veteran jazz fusion artist Gary Paul Bryant has released his latest (10th) album “WildLife.” Applying the rock energy of artists like Joel, John and Keith Emerson with lighter touches of Jazz and New Age artists like David Arkenstone and David Lanz, Bryant creates a unique blend of rock, pop jazz and world music that’s very unique and appealing.
http://www.wildlifethecd.com
http://www.garypaulbryant.com
Tim Young
Rocker Tim Young, veteran to the New York music scene, has been performing in Manhattan for years. Tim Young’s third CD The Cost features twelve new songs and a brand new version of his own tune ?Renegade? from RED. On the album, Tim takes guitar, bass and drums and puts them together in a classy classic kind of way to create music that envelopes not only rock, but also country and folk influences woven into the fabric of rock ?n roll.
http://www.timrocksweb.com
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How to Improve your Sight-reading
As an organist, I have been working in club land in the North of England for the past 30 years or so and one of the crucial qualifications in this environment is the ability to sight read music on demand.
When I say music this can be anything from a beer mat to a ripped piece of paper repaired with sellotape and stained with beer.
To be fair most of the music is written by professionals and is nice to read but not always easy.
As a club organist, you do not get a band call. In fact, you are lucky to get five minutes to scan through between 10 and 15 pieces of music. Some written in different keys, and every organist will tell you they hate it when they get the dreaded 6 sharps or 6 flats or even 7 sharp keys in a piece of music that just happens to contain a solo especially written for you.
So how do you improve your sight-reading? Well I asked my music teacher this very question as I embarked on my club land career. His answer was to practice sight-reading. He went on to tell me that session musicians practice by picking up any music book start playing on page one and continue until they have finished the book.
Does it work? Yes it does. Try it for yourself, pick up any piece of music you can find, preferably one that you are not that familiar with, then start to play, but do not stop. If you make a mistake it does not matter, you are not practising how to play this piece of music you are practising sight-reading this piece of music.
If you really want to test yourself. Get yourself an audience. I practice my sight-reading every week in front of a 500 plus audience. Its surprising how your concentration improves.
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Passing the exams for admission to Cambridge University is a major accomplishment, as any of its students will tell you. Remaining there is the other half of the feat. A good place to pray for success is not a bad thing to have on campus.
Perhaps such was on Henry VI’s mind when he decided to have a chapel built on the university’s grounds. King’s College Chapel is the chapel to King’s College of the University of Cambridge, and is considered to be one of the finest examples of late English Gothic, also known as the Perpendicular Style.
Henry VI planned a university counterpart to Eton College, whose chapel is very similar, although unfinished. The chapel is the only part that was built. The Chapel’s dimensions were decided by the king, and the architect appointed was Reginald Ely, who was commissioned in 1444. On 25 July 1446, St. James’ Day, the first stone was laid, the Cambridge College having been begun in 1441. Despite the Wars of the Roses, and by the end of the reign of Richard III (1485), five chapel bays had been completed and a timber roof erected. In 1506, Henry VII (the notorious Henry VIII’s father) visited, paying for the work to resume and even leaving money to ensure that the work would continue after his death. Perhaps between marriages, Henry VIII had the Cambridge King’s College chapel completed in 1515, but the great windows were yet to be made.
Among the chapel’s outstanding features are fan vault, largest in the world, its stained glass windows, and the painting The Adoration of the Magi, by Pieter Paul Rubens, originally painted for the Convent of the White Nuns at Louvain in Belgium.
The Great Windows of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
The twelve large windows on each side of the Cambridge chapel, as well as the larger windows at the east and west ends, are some of the finest in the world from their era. With the exception of the west window, they are Flemish work dating from 1515 to 1531.
Barnard Flower, the first non-Englishman appointed as the King’s Glazier (window maker in modern parlance), finished four windows. Gaylon Hone with three partners (two English and one Flemish) are responsible for the chapel’s east window and 16 others between 1526 and 1531. Francis Williamson and Symon Symondes completed the remaining four. The Cambridge chapel’s one modern window is in the west wall, done by the Clayton and Bell company, dating from 1879.
In addition to its being actively used as a place of worship, the Chapel also serves as the place for some concerts and college events, in Cambridge. Noted for its splendid acoustics, the world-famous Chapel Choir comprises choral scholars (male students from the college) and choristers (boys educated at the nearby King’s College School), presently under the direction of Stephen Cleobury. The Chapel Choir sings services on most days in term-time, and also performs concerts and makes broadcasts and recordings. The beloved Nine Lessons and Carols is performed and broadcast every Christmas Eve by the BBC from the Cambridge Chapel as it has been for many decades. There is also a mixed-voice Chapel choir of male and female students, King’s Voices, which sings Evensong on Mondays during term-time, in Cambridge.
For more information on Cambridge, visit http://www.cambridgeblog.net and http://www.cambridgemicroblog.com.
The University of Michigan Offers Big-10 Sports, Culture, and Entertainment
An integral part of the city of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan shapes the composition of the city’s economy, population and cultural awareness. One of every three adults in the city are employed by the university; it’s worldwide reputation draws esteemed professors from all parts of the world; and the university hosts a wide range of cultural events promoting local and visiting artists, musicians, writers, and celebrities.
Hill Auditorium houses many cultural events throughout the year. The University Musical Society is considered to be one of the five top presenters of performing arts in the country. Annually, the society presents more than 50 performances featuring artists such as Yo Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, New York City Opera, Emerson String Quartet, and Sweet Honey in the Rock, to name a few. The School of Music, Theatre and Drama also offers many free concerts by orchestras, choirs, bands and chamber ensembles. Fully staged productions of opera, drama, musical theater, and dance are presented each fall and winter term.
Home to one of college football’s most recognized sporting facilities, Michigan Stadium, or The Big House, has come to symbolize the pride, tradition and excellence of the home of the Wolverines. When it comes to Big 10 rivalries, loyalties to U of M are fierce and passionate. There truly is no place like The Big House on a fall Saturday afternoon.
Since its inaugural season in 1927, the stadium has welcomed more than 35 million fans through its gates and more than 170 consecutive crowds of 100,000 plus. Many changes and renovations continuously improve the quality of the facility, while increasing its capacity to its present 107,501. In fact, its most recent project began at the end of the 2007 football season with plans for completion in August 2010. Improvements include elevated concourses with additional restrooms and concessions along both sidelines, a new press box, elevator and stairway access to bring patrons to the new concourses and premium seating areas, and much, much more. When completed, the project will increase seating to more than 108,000.
An oasis of nature, the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nicolas Arboretum are caretakers of the university’s natural heritage. The garden’s displays, natural areas, conservatory, trails and significant buildings invite visitors’ exploration – and provide students with some of the University’s best study spots.
One of the first outdoor gardens developed on the site, the Perennial Garden showcases color-coordinated waves of bloom from regional plants. A favorite site for weddings, the perennial gardens demonstrate an exuberant display, spring through fall. The Conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens features the sights and smells of plants from all over the world. An exceptionally rare structure, the Conservatory is believed to be the largest free-span conservatory of its structural style. It represents a technological limit of architectural materials and climatic controls in a pre-computer era.
The Nichols Arboretum has an extensive but dispersed collection of native and exotic trees and shrubs masterfully crafted into a naturalistic landscape begun in 1907. The Arb presents one of the richest landscapes in the region, as well as a complex glacial topography that presents vast panoramas, broad valleys, and intimate dales and glens.
The museums and galleries of the University of Michigan inform and entertain visitors on a variety of topics. The Detroit Observatory appears essentially as it was in 1854 and the original astronomical instruments remain intact and operational. The dome is turned manually by pulling a continuous rope. Completely restored in 1998, the observatory is a cultural treasure waiting to be explored and is open for tours on select dates.
The Exhibit Museum of Natural History showcases the natural sciences and anthropology. Permanent exhibits include the most extensive prehistoric life collection in the State of Michigan, rare specimens in the Michigan Wildlife Gallery, and more than 700 rock and mineral specimens in the Geology section. Planetarium shows are offered on weekly on seasonal star talks and astronomy-related topics.
In June 2006, restoration on the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s historic Alumni Memorial Hall began. The $41.9 million project will more than double the museum’s space and enable it to accommodate temporary exhibitions, concerts, classes, and more. Through 2008 the museum will operate a temporary exhibition space immediately adjacent to the university’s central campus. The museum’s collections cover the continents of Africa, America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more.
The University of Michigan also offers collections in anthropology, paleontology, zoology, and even a 2,500-piece showcase of historical and contemporary musical instruments from all over the world.