Voice and Performance

~~~ NYU, Spring 2012 ~~~
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40 000 Norwegians gather to sing song Breivik hates

This reminded me of The Singing Revolution… Today over 40 000 people gathered at Youngstorget in Oslo for a mass-singalong and protest against Anders Behring Breivik. The song they sang together was the Norweigan version of Pete Seeger’s “Children of the Rainbow”, a song Behring Breivik claims has been used to “brainwash Norwegian kids into supporting immigration”.  

I thought this was very powerful and it shows how powerful music and song can be, and how it unites people in hard times. Check it out the video and read the article here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/anders-breivik-children-of-the-rainbow_n_1455973.html

Hanna

Not I - Beckett

Presenting the Voca People on a history of music. Enjoy

-John

I didn’t get a chance to play this in class, but here’s a video of Mike Patton (probably most famous for being the lead singer of Faith No More) performing John Zorn’s Litany IV. For all of you screamers out there, enjoy.

And just to dispel the myth that women can’t tap into that deep bass, check this out. Also you can hear how she brings in the reinforced harmonic (overtone) singing as well!

I really want to know how he does those down beats.
-Melanie

This is a tribute to Henry’s presentation. It is just a tribute.

Alvin Lucier "I Am Sitting In A Room"

Here’s the link to Alvin Lucier’s “I Am Sitting In A Room” that we listened to in class this week if you want to listen to the whole thing all the way through.