Music Project - Barbershop Quartets

Barbershop Quartets

(Barbershop Quartets Dapper Dans from Disneyland)

Barbershop quartets are a style of capella with four vocals.

a. What did they evolve from?
Barbershop quartets was evolved from hymns, psalms, and folk songs that immigrants to the U.S., and the traditional close-harmony quartets at the mid-1800s.

b. What was the musical texture?
The musical texture of Barbershop Quartets is homophonic.

c. Describe the music
There are four voice parts - tenor, lead, baritone, and bass. The melody is set in the second-lowest voice.

Bibliography -
New World
Wikipedia
British Association of Barbershop Singers

Art Field Trip Reflection

Image from deviantART

November 10th, we went to a glass factory in Hsinchu for our Art trip. We walked under sun for 10~15 min to get there. It's already very hot outside, but in the factory it's hotter.
The workers were working very hard. Non of them were chatting or spacing out. The boss said that they work 24 hours almost no resting.
The first melting process of recycle glasses it's 1500 degrees C. And second time it's about 1100 degrees C. Hsinchu is so famous for glasses making because there are many silicons and natural gasses, which is materials for making glasses. But the last 10 years, many of the glass factory move to China, and so now there are only few large factory in Hsinchu.
We saw them making glass bottles. Then they show us how to little animals like snail, penguin and sea lion. Ms. Sheilah and Mr. Marchione tried to blow the glass, but both of them fail.
Making glasses might seem easy but it is actually very hard.
I learned more knowledge about glass, I also learned more about Hsinchu's culture and history.

November 10th, 2009 - Citizenship

First, what is citizenship?
Person that is part of community, with a government.

Kinds of citizen:
Naturalized - move there, fill out paper work, change citizenship to a citizen of another country
Native - person who was born in a nation, will legally become citizen of that nation

I am citizen of family, school, Hsinchu, Taiwan, community, and the world.
Responsibilities for family: clean house, sleep early, etc.
Responsibilities for school: respect each other, cooperate, help each other when they need, listen to the person that is talking, etc.