A Cry For Deities: How Popular Music Concerts Have Become Rituals For The Modern World
April 7, 2014 As the media continues its uprising and spectacle is outshining performance, it is coming quite apparent that the music...
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Mar 25, 20145 min read
Problems With Deciphering What's Good and What's Bad In Music Criticism
March 25, 2014 There is a theory that believes the initial “hook” that a band possesses disappears after they become rich and famous...
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Mar 21, 201412 min read
Wall-E: The Soundtrack - A Musical Analysis
March 21, 2014 The movie Wall-E was produced in 2008 by Walt Disney Pixar Animation Studios. The story essentially takes place in the...
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Jan 29, 20147 min read
The Buffet Of Life: An Essay on the Possible Sexuality of Franz Schubert
January 29, 2014 Maynard Soloman's article "Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini" discusses the possibility of Schubert...
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Jan 22, 20144 min read
The Baroque Era: A Historical Context Paper
January 22, 2014 The Baroque era is often referred to as “The Long 17th Century” as it musically spans from 1600-1750. The word Baroque...
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Dec 5, 201313 min read
The Ballet Of Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet - A Historical Context Paper
December 5, 2013 William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been the inspiration for works by a number of composers throughout the years....
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Nov 19, 20139 min read
Brahms At The Roy Thompson Hall: A Review
November 19, 2013 On October 23rd 2013 around 6:36pm, the walls of the Roy Thomson Hall were quivering under the ominous tones of one of...
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Mar 25, 20136 min read
Mozart At The Roy Thompson Hall: A Review
March 25, 2013 On January 16th 2013 around 8:36pm, the walls of the Roy Thompson Hall were bustling under the sweet vibrations of one of...
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Mar 5, 20135 min read
The Battle Of The Opera: A Comparative Essay on Verdi and Wagner's Operatic Styles
March 5, 2013 Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner are both excellent examples of Italian and German opera composers. Together, their operas...
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Jan 29, 20133 min read
Mozart's Jupiter Masterpiece: A Musical Analysis of the Sonata-Allegro Form
January 29, 2013 The finale to Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major (a.k.a. “Jupiter”) is an excellent representation of a sonata-allegro...
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Apr 1, 20128 min read
Musical Chameleons: My Take On Tribute Bands & A Concert Review
April 1, 2012 Recently I had the privilege of attending a classic rock tribute band known as Comfortably Numb: Canada’s Pink Floyd Show....
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Dec 1, 20116 min read
Cymatics: The World's Most Infamous Connection
December 1, 2011 Cymatics: Everybody feels the effects of it, but very few understand the source. One of the interesting things about...
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Mar 23, 20119 min read
Sensual Synaesthesia: When Colour And Music Collide
It has often been found that colour compliments music and vice versa. There is evidence of this ideology stemming from the 15th century...
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