Dear Evan Hansen is this year’s breakthrough Broadway musical. Opening in December 2016, it has been widely acclaimed and continues to gain fans. The musical took home a well-deserved six Tony Awards a couple of weeks ago, including the ones for Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical. Reactions to this show are ones […]
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Did you know that music can affect plant growth? Whether it be positively or negatively, it’s true: music can affect how plants grow. Plants respond to the vibrations that surround them, including the vibrations that music makes. When sound is made, the pressure from sound waves makes vibrations that our brains “translate” into something, such as musical
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**story from Resonance Employee Beth Pirolli** Music is used frequently in medical situations to restore or maintain one’s health (either mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual). The use of music in cases such as these is called music therapy. My older sister, a speech pathologist, briefly worked with a group of patients, all of whom had
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If you read the last music and film post, you know that music can have an incredible effect on the way we, as audience members, perceive movies and the events that happen in them (although this may happen subliminally). Now think about the composers themselves and what their job is in the production of the
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Have you ever thought about what an important role background music plays in the storytelling of films? Take a moment and think about some of the most famous movies: Jaws, Star Wars, Rocky, Jurassic Park, Titanic, E.T. , The Godfather, Psycho, Forrest Gump, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Back to the Future, and so on. Chances
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When architects design buildings, one of the last things they consider is the way sound moves through the building itself. This is a commonly overlooked feature that can have many negative effects ranging from structural integrity to uncomfortable environments. Anyone who has been on a bridge when it starts shaking or has had trouble hearing
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This week, our music theme is German Lieder. What is German lieder? Lieder is the German word for song. Therefore, German lieder is German songs. However, when using the term, most people refer to German songs of the Romantic Period (19th Century) written for voice and piano. Lieder is unlike other classical vocal music in
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We talk about Classical music all the time at Resonance School, but what does that really mean? The term “Classical “actually refers to an era in music, roughly spanning the 18th century, that was distinct from the music styles both before and after. The 17th century was the Baroque period, characterized by heavy, ornamental and serious
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If you’re reading this (a blog article about Hamilton), chances are you have probably heard of and/or listened to Hamilton: An American Musical. If you haven’t, by the time you’re finished reading this you’ll probably want to. Hamilton is a (fairly) new entirely hip-hop and rap musical about the Founding Father and first Secretary of the
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March is “Music in Our Schools” Month (MIOSM). Music in Our Schools Month is a celebration of the importance of music education in schools! This celebration was implemented by the organization that is now known as NAfME (National Association for Music Education) in March 1973. The first Music in Our Schools observance was a one-day
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