English al Conservatorio di Matera

Last lesson Music critique  -  ref textbook Gomez pp 86-88 Vocabulary bank  pp 6-10 Reading Comprehension Ed Sheeran Song of the day Percupine tree "Time flies" As the cheerless towns pass my window I can see a washed out moon through the fog And then a voice inside my head breaks the analog And says: "Follow me down to the valley below You know Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul" I survived against the will of my twisted folk But in the deafness of my world the silence broke And said: "Follow me down to the valley below You know Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul" "My David, don't you worry This cold world is not for you So rest your head upon me I have strength to carry you" Ghosts of the twenties rising Golden summers just holding you "Follow me down to the valley below You know Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul" Come to us,   Lazarus It's time for you to go"

Films about music and musicians  Film of the day : "8 mile"   The Movie:  The life and times of Eminem, as told through a down-on-his-luck factory worker who tries to balance his unstable personal life with his determination to prove himself in underground rap battles. The Music:  Of course there's Eminem's " Lose Yourself ," along with some '90s favorites from rappers like Method Man, OutKast, and Biggie.

Let's talk about the concert of  "The nineth symphony of Beethoven" Music critique - ref textbook Gomez pp 86-88 Grammar revision: English file Unit 1 to Unit 8 Revision English for music_test Looking at Carl Sagan's "Glorious Dawn"  If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe Space is filled with a network of wormholes You might emerge somewhere else in space Some when-else in time The sky calls to us If we do not destroy ourselves We will one day venture to the stars A still more glorious dawn awaits Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise A morning filled with 400 billion suns The rising of the milky way The Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths Of exquisite interrelationships Of the awesome machinery of nature I believe our future depends powerfully On how well we understand this cosmos In which we float like a mote of dust In the morning sky But the brain does much more than just recollect It inte...

Porcupine Tree - Time Flies  [Federico Apollaro] Trenchtown Rock - Bob Marle y [Paolo Bass] Losing my religion - Rem [Carla Volpe] F ather and son - Cat Stevens  [?]

Biography of a conductor: Valery Gergiev Since he burst onto the international scene just a few years ago, Valery Gergiev has become one of the most sought after conductors in the world. He is currently the Director of the Maryinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, home to the Kirov Opera and Ballet. Under his leadership, the Kirov Opera has become recognized as one of the great opera companies of the present day. He is also Principal Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. Born in Moscow in 1953, Valery Gergiev grew up in the Caucasus, the mountainous area at the Southern end of Russia, stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. He began his musical studies in Ordzhonikidze, the Caucasian capital of Ossetia , and showed early prodigious talent as a pianist before taking up conducting in his teens. He was accepted into the conducting class of Ilya Musin at the Leningrad (now St Petersburg) Conservatory, and whilst stil...

What are some of Stevie Wonder's famous compositions? (Check all that apply.)  Georgia On My Mind  Superstition  I Just Called to Say I Love You  The Entertainer Check At what age did Stevie Wonder make his recording debut?   ?     Age 10   ?     Age 15   ?     Age 12   ?     Age 20 What impact has Stevie Wonder had on the city of Birmingham, especially at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)?   ?     He helped UAB with funds to build their football stadium.   ?     He has given his time, talent and money to create scholarships for music technology students at UAB. Stevie Wonder was born in ______________ (state) in __________ (year).   ?     Michigan, 1950   ?     Alabama, 1958 ...

Vocabulary bank  pp 1-3 Revision pp 14-21 Unit 5 ref Ghorbanpour pp 72 -83

Topic: Music, Art and Literature Talk about bands and recordings Material: photocopies handed out during classes Grammar Gradable vs ungradable adjectives Practice  Ed vs ING adjectives Vocabulary bank  pp 1-3

Vocabulary Adjectives to describe/talk about music soft   a  soft   sound  is  quiet  and  pleasant  to  listen  to musical   pleasant  to  listen  to because of  sounding   like   music sweet   pleasant  in  smell ,  sound , or  appearance melodic   beautiful  to  listen  to tuneful   producing  a  pleasant   sound mellow   with a  soft ,  smooth , and  pleasant   sound rich   a  rich   colour ,  sound , or  smell  is  strong  in a  pleasant  way lilting   forming  a  pleasant   rising  and  falling   pattern  of  sounds melodious   formal  beautiful  to  listen  to mellifluous   very formal  pleasant  to  listen  to dulcet  ( main...

A fantastic website about musical instruments . They also include an audio file to listen to the instrument sound. The instrument families are made up of four main families:  woodwinds,  brass,  strings,  percussion. Musical instruments are grouped into families based on how they make sounds. In an orchestra, musicians sit together in these family groupings. But not every instrument fits neatly into a group. For example, the piano has strings that vibrate, and hammers that strike. Is it a string instrument or a percussion instrument? Some say it is both! Brass Brass instruments  are made of brass or some other metal and make sound when air is blown inside. The musician's lips must buzz, as though making a "raspberry" noise against the mouthpiece. Air then vibrates inside the instrument, which produces a sound. Brass instruments include  trumpet ,  trombone ,  tuba ,  French horn ,  cornet , and  bugle . Per...