Located on the outer edge of Asuncion in Paraguay, a community lives on a landfill of Catuera. A majority of people living there sell any recyclable materials they find as a source of income. This area is stricken with poverty and a general lack of education: inducing youth towards delinquency and drug consumption. More than 40% of … [Read more...] about The Recycled Orchestra: Transcending Trash into Music
Hypermasculine Homosexual Heterosexuals
Mark Lee is a senior graduating from the University of Southern California in May 2016 with a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Psychology. While at SC, Mark developed a keen passion for social impact as a board member of the Los Angeles Community Impact group, a pro-bono consulting student organization that helps nonprofits and small businesses. Mark volunteers … [Read more...] about Hypermasculine Homosexual Heterosexuals
North American Instruments Highlight
The history of traditional North American musical instruments is cosmopolitan based on their construction and development. For example, musical instruments used by Native Americans have resulted from pan-Indianism. Pan-Indianism is a movement that unified Native American culture with a common basis. As a result, the Native American was synthesized. While the Native American … [Read more...] about North American Instruments Highlight
Differentiating for Assimilating
19th Century Classical Virtuosos: The Rock Stars of Their Day
In contemporary society we have electrifying and animated rock stars such as Ozzy Osbourne. Celebrated rock stars appeal to audiences with highly exciting and vigorous styles that showcase them as powerful individuals. In the19th century, a variety of virtuosi captured audiences throughout the Western world in the same manner. The significance of the large presence of virtuosos … [Read more...] about 19th Century Classical Virtuosos: The Rock Stars of Their Day