Each generation of composers seems to have a single master who writes a piece that stands out above all the rest, and this piece often comes to summarize the totality of that musical era. A Bach fugue, for instance, illustrates the Baroque period; a Mozart symphony the entirety of the Classical; and a Chopin mazurka ...
When I first started teaching Music Appreciation, I struggled with engaging students in some of the earlier classes related to basic concepts and early music. However, by changing the tone of the very first class, I have been able to set a tone for the course that inspires students to allow themselves to be moved ...
There are cosmic blue 3D stars that explode, neon-bright planets that implode, and pulsating patterns that can hypnotize you, and that’s just in the first minute of the new VJ Sound Brew video for “Squealorama,” a track from my SONIC TONIC album. “Welcome to the world’s newest art form,” says John Brewington, who performs as ...
1. “The fruition of beauty is no chance of hit or miss… it is inevitable as life.” – Walt Whitman 2. “In suchugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” – Phil Ochs 3. “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it ...
Robert Rauschenberg, the “father of Pop,” creates works of art by arranging photographs and mixed-medias with methods of “chance and indeterminacy [Gardner, 1059].” The appearances of his paintings give the viewer a sense that the world and America, although chaotic, can maintain equilibrium. His painting, entitled “Estate,” shows equality and coexistence through a street scene ...
