Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Embed a YouTube Video

1) Find a video of your song on YouTube
2) copy the link
3) at the toolbar of your new post, click the movie icon
4) paste the URL into the YouTube search bar
5) after it is found your song select it
6) your video is posted in your blog post!


Thursday, September 5, 2013

Rock & Roll

"Stick it to the MAN... called Rock & Roll. Don't waste time creating anything cool, or pure.... give up and just GIVE UP!"Who is the Man? Why does the genre of Rock & Roll confront those in our society/culture who have power and wield that power in a unjust or unfair way?
Do you agree/disagree?

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Water Walk by John Cage - Is this Music?

Listen to the Introduction with John Cage. He gives his rationale for composing this type of music before the performance.
Do you agree? Disagree?
Why?


Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Scott Joplin Biography

This is a great example of the Composer Biography assignment this semester in Music Appreciation A.
 

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Composer Biography

This is an awesome example of the Composer Biography videos that replaced the term paper and presentation projects of the past.

Brianna Hillman, Connor O'Driscoll, Gavin Octaviano, Frankie Izzo
 

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Monday, March 4, 2013

Debussy - Afternoon of a Faun

What do you hear in the Debussy's Prelude to an afternoon of a Faun? Is there a story associated with this piece (Program Music)?