Hello TPS! We are ecstatic to announce the fifth annual GP7 Music Competition! Years ago, GP7 was haunted by a singular repetitive tune that would play on loop before every class. The Senior Editors decided to introduce the first Music Competition as a solution. Since then, GP7 has enjoyed countless […]
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O Come, All Ye (Un)Faithful
The author highly encourages readers to listen to the two referenced songs prior to reading the rest of the article. “O Come, All Ye Faithful” is a classic Christmas hymn which was penned in 1743 by John Francis Wade, a Catholic who fled England due to persecution. Though originally written […]
Music and the Brain
Music possesses the power to play with one’s emotions. It relaxes, excites, grieves, delights, and even angers, but it can also benefit a person beyond facilitating changes in mood. In 1993, the scientific journal Nature published a study titled “Music and spatial task performance,” sparking a wave of enthusiasm directed […]
From the Depths of Obscurity: Traditional Instruments
From strings to winds to percussion, the amount of variety in the instrument world is astounding. Most people are familiar with those in the typical symphony orchestra, but what about the instruments hidden in the folds of history and ethnic tradition? Along with its forms and the ways one creates […]
Hymnody And Its Enduring Beauty
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! These opening lines are sure to bring John Newton’s familiar hymn to many people’s minds. Arguably, they are to the Christian music genre as the first eight notes of Beethoven’s 5th are to the classical music genre. Hymns […]