Musical Theater An Appreciation

Musical Theater: An Appreciation Second Edition offers a history of musical theater from its operating origins to the Broadway shows of today combined with an in-depth study of the musical styles that paralleled changes on stage. Alyson McLamore teaches readers how to listen to both the words and the music of the stage musical enabling them to understand how all the components of a show interact to create a compelling experience for audiences. This second edition has been updated with new chapters covering recent developments in the twenty-first century while insights from recent scholarship on musical theater have been incorporated throughout the text. The musical examples discussed in the text now include detailed listening guides while a new companion website includes plot summaries and links to audio of the musical examples. From Don Giovanni to Hamilton Musical Theater: An Appreciation both explores the history of musical theater and develops a deep appreciation of the musical elements at the heart of this unique art form. | Musical Theater An Appreciation

Small Musical Worlds in the Mediterranean Ethnicity Globalization and Greek Cypriot Children's Musical Identities

Small Musical Worlds in the Mediterranean is a pioneering book-length study of the complex topics of identity ethnicity and global processes in children’s musical lives in the Republic of Cyprus - a Mediterranean country during its post-colonial era. What is it about this country’s musical enculturation that made musical identity such a potent element in Greek Cypriot children’s worlds? How is history tradition modernity ethnic fluidity syncretism and diversification in the Mediterranean negotiated in the construction of musical ’self’ and ’other’ in children’s daily lives? This book through a journey of ’fieldwork at home’ discusses how children select reject reproduce and transform meanings and create new ones at the micro-level of their lives through which individuals and groups define themselves and others. Towards this exploration musical identity in childhood is discussed in terms of cultural production and reproduction human expression inter-relating and learning. Ethnographic vignettes of children’s musical practices and direct words add depth and humour to the flow of the book. This study is a synthesis of ethnomusicology musical anthropology education and folklore in which the author effectively weaves together theories of musical enculturation and identity sociocultural learning and human agency. The book will be invaluable to scholars interested in musical enculturation musical identities children’s contextual musical practices ethnicity globalization studies music education and Mediterranean studies. | Small Musical Worlds in the Mediterranean Ethnicity Globalization and Greek Cypriot Children's Musical Identities

Contemporary Musical Virtuosities

Contemporary notions of musical virtuosity redevelop historic concepts and demonstrate that our present understanding of virtuosity in western art music has shifted from what seemed for a time to be a relatively clear and stable definition. In the field and the academy lively debates around the definition and/or value of virtuosity have always elicited strong and varied ideas. In the twenty-first century frictions have emerged between traditional definitions of virtuosity and contemporary practices that emphasise collaboration and blur roles between performers composers and improvisers. Contemporary Musical Virtuosities embraces the evolving processes practitioners and presentation models within twenty-first century art music. This edited collection explores recent insights into the experience and role of virtuosity in different contexts via contributions from an intergenerational group of artists academics and artist-academics. Their writing highlights current themes in contemporary western art music and intersecting musical and performing arts genres such as dance sound art improvisation jazz trans-traditional collaborations and Australian Indigenous music. It offers models for supporting and recognising a plurality of musical virtuosities typically excluded from traditional definitions and examines implications for musical practice today. Chapters take the form of academic essays artist reflections interviews personal letters and a manifesto reflecting the range of approaches and contexts covered. The collection includes first writings on practices that have been present in the industry for some time not yet documented or examined in detail until now and thus offers a vision for the future that prioritises inclusive and overlapping practices and processes in music.

InnovaGoods Musical Bubble Machine

With this Crab Bubble Blower from InnovaGoods, your child can have a fun trip in the bathtub. The crab is easily attached via suction cups on a smooth surface, after which you simply fill the crab with your favorite shower gel. When you turn it on, it will then sing fun songs while blowing bubbles that your child will love. The soap bubble crab has 12 songs that it can sing, and uses two 1.5 V AA batteries.Information Brand: InnovaGoods Type: Soap bubble machine Model: Crabbly Age: 3+ years Batteries: 2 x 1.5 AA Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 8 cmContents Crabbly soap bubble crab User manual

Nomination Musical Note Charm

Musical Note Charm Wear this charm if you're feeling tuneful. Made of stainless steel and finished with 18ct gold, it depicts an image of a musical note. This charming piece of luxury is the perfect accompaniment to personalise your unique Nom ....

Communities of Musical Practice

Every day people come together to make music. Whether amateur or professional young or old jazz enthusiasts or rock stars what is common to all of these musical groups is the potential to create communities of musical practice (CoMP). Such communities are created through practices: ways of engaging rules membership roles identities and learning that is both shared through collective musical endeavour and situated within certain sociocultural contexts. Ailbhe Kenny investigates CoMP as a rich model for community engagement musical participation and transformation in music education. This book is the first to produce a valid and reliable in-depth study of music communities using a community of practice (CoP) framework - in this case focusing on the social process of musical learning. Employing case study research within Ireland three illustrations from particular sociocultural genre-specific economic and geographical contexts are examined: an adult amateur jazz ensemble a youth choir and an online Irish traditional music web platform. Each case is analysed as a distinct community and phenomenon offering sharpened understandings of each sub-culture with specific findings presented for each community.

Auditioning for Musical Theatre

Auditioning for Musical Theatre demystifies the process of giving the best possible professional audition for a role in a musical. It is the result of Denny Berry’s own experience sitting behind the audition desk for 30 years of professional Broadway auditions as well as teaching newcomers and coaching established actors. The book coaches performers on how to be their best selves—and avoid the pitfalls of nerves and poor preparation. To do so it offers: An in-depth practical approach to a professional audition that gives readers detailed suggestions about how to identify their vocal strengths choose the material most suited to it and present the entirety of their product with confidence. Rules to guide the actor through the audition process along with sample homework assignments. A comprehensive list of musical material genres and commonly-referred-to categories of songs designed to help auditioners select the right material for any given audition. The book is intended for the talented newcomer as well as the experienced actor who wants to deliver a more effective audition. Ultimately Auditioning for Musical Theatre takes the reader through the parts of auditioning that they can control and helps them tailor every situation to show their individual best.

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Disney High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance Steam CD Key

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE lets fans experience the power, festivity, and music of all three "High School Musical" movies. Players can dance to the beat of favorite "High School Musical" songs in familiar movie locations alongside their cherished characters. Featuring new music from the first theatrical release in the franchise, High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE will keep the Wildcat fun moving. Players can unlock new songs, characters, clothing and accessories.

Gabby's Dollhouse Groove with Gabby & Friends Music Set (3+ Yrs) - Available at M&S

Children can create their own musical world with the Groove with Gabby & Friends Playset from Gabby's Dollhouse. Fans of the show will be thrilled with this 14-piece set. It includes five kittie figurines with a musical instrument each, plus musical-themed backdrops, stickers and a surprise accessory. Suitable for children over 3 years.

Musical Stimulacra Literary Narrative and the Urge to Listen

The title coinage of this book stimulacra refers to the fundamental capacity of literary narrative to stimulate our minds and senses by simulating things through words. Musical stimulacra are passages of fiction that readers are empowered to transpose into mental simulations of music. The book theorizes how fiction can generate musical experience explains what constitutes that experience and explores the musical dimensions of three American novels: William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central (2005) William H. Gass’s Middle C (2013) and Richard Powers’s Orfeo (2014). Musical Stimulacra approaches fiction’s music from a readerly perspective. Instead of looking at how novels forever fail to compensate for music’s physical structural and affective properties the book concentrates on what literary narrative can do musically. Negotiating common grounds for cognitive audionarratology and intermediality studies Musical Stimulacra builds its case on the assumption that among other things fiction urges us to listen—to musical words and worlds. | Musical Stimulacra Literary Narrative and the Urge to Listen

The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre

Global in scope and featuring thirty-five chapters from more than fifty dance music and theatre scholars and practitioners The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre introduces the fundamentals of musical theatre studies and highlights developing global trends in practice and scholarship. Investigating the who what when where why and how of transnational musical theatre The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre is a comprehensive guide for those studying the components of musical theatre its history practitioners audiences and agendas. The Companion expands the study of musical theatre to include the ways we practice and experience musicals their engagement with technology and their navigation of international commercial marketplaces. The Companion is the first collection to include global musical theatre in each chapter reflecting the musical’s status as the world’s most popular theatrical form. This book brings together practice and scholarship featuring essays by leading and emerging scholars alongside luminaries such as Chinese musical theatre composer San Bao Tony Award-winning star André De Shields and Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus. This is an essential resource for students on theatre and performance courses and an invaluable text for researchers and practitioners in these areas of study.

PDT RockJam Padded Acoustic Bag

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PDT STRMD USB Microphone Superkit

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Music and Singing in the Early Years A Guide to Singing with Young Children

Music and singing are an inherent part of children’s lives and offer a wonderful opportunity to promote young children’s learning and development. This how-to guide is full of useful information to support musical understanding and assist practitioners in developing their knowledge skills and confidence in planning and leading successful and enjoyable musical activities in a range of early years settings. Focusing on the role of singing and children’s musical learning at various stages of development Music and Singing in the Early Years aims to demystify music by providing practical tips ideas and information on the integration of musical activities in the early years curriculum and environment and provides clear explanations of musical concepts. Chapters consider topics such as: vocal strategies and development using song rhyme and movement integrating instrumental accompaniments observation and assessment planning and delivery resources for music making. This book is essential reading for all early years practitioners looking to improve their musical understanding and plan successful musical activities with young children. | Music and Singing in the Early Years A Guide to Singing with Young Children

Musical Animated Scene Asst 21cm

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Christmas Snowman with Musical Snowball

Global Gizmos Christmas Snowman With Musical Snowball Product Dimensions: 28cm x 21cm x 25cm Christmas Music Plays When Button Pressed Due to geographical locations we are unable to deliver to: Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and Ireland.

Christmas Santa with Musical Snowball

Global Gizmos Christmas Santa With Musical Snowball Product Dimensions: 31cm x 23cm x 21cm Christmas Music Plays When Button Pressed Due to geographical locations we are unable to deliver to: Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and Ireland.

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More Musical Reflections Of Ireland

More Musical Reflections of Ireland 25 of the very best Irish Songs & Dance Tunes, arranged for Guitar, Easy Piano, Keyboards, Harp, Accordion and Melody Instruments. Includes: A Bunch Of Thyme A Kerry Polka Blind Mary Colonel John Irwin Come Back Paddy Reilly Connemara Cradle Song Eireoidh Me Amaireach Fanny Power In Dublin's Fair City Mary From Dungloe Nora Oíche Nollag She Moved Through The Fair Spancil Hill Spinningwheel Song Suí Síos Fa Mo Dhídean The King Of The Fairies The Meeting Of The Waters The Mountains Of The Mourne The Rose Of Mooncoin The Salamanca The Wexford Carol The Wild Colonial Boy Tis Pretty To Be In Ballinderry Wellington's Advance

Children Childhood and Musical Theater

Bringing together scholars from musicology literature childhood studies and theater this volume examines the ways in which children's musicals tap into adult nostalgia for childhood while appealing to the needs and consumer potential of the child. The contributors take up a wide range of musicals including works inspired by the books of children's authors such as Roald Dahl P. L. Travers and Francis Hodgson Burnett; created by Rodgers and Hammerstein Lionel Bart and other leading lights of musical theater; or conceived for a cast made up entirely of children. The collection examines musicals that propagate or complicate normative attitudes regarding what childhood is or should be. It also considers the child performer in movie musicals as well as in professional and amateur stage musicals. This far-ranging collection highlights the special place that musical theater occupies in the imaginations and lives of children as well as adults. The collection comes at a time of increased importance of musical theater in the lives of children and young adults. | Children Childhood and Musical Theater