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Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||
City | ||
City of Colorado Springs | ||
Colorado Springs with the Front Range in background | ||
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Nickname(s): The Springs | ||
Location in El Paso County and the state of Colorado | ||
Coordinates: 38°51′48″N 104°47′31″W / 38.86333°N 104.79194°WCoordinates: 38°51′48″N 104°47′31″W / 38.86333°N 104.79194°W | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Colorado | |
County[1] | El Paso | |
Incorporated | June 19, 1886[2] | |
Government | ||
• Type | Home Rule Municipality[1] | |
• Mayor | Steve Bach since June 7, 2011 (NP) | |
Area | ||
• City | 194.7 sq mi (482.1 km2) | |
• Land | 194.1 sq mi (481.1 km2) | |
• Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.0 km2) | |
Elevation | 6,035 ft (1,839 m) | |
Highest elevation | 7,200 ft (2,200 m) | |
Lowest elevation | 5,740 ft (1,750 m) | |
Population (2013)[3] | ||
• City | 439,886 (US: 41st) | |
• Density | 2,242.5/sq mi (865.57/km2) | |
• Metro | 678,319 | |
Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | |
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | |
ZIP codes[4] | 80901-80951, 80960, 80962, 80970, 80977, 80995, 80997 | |
Area code(s) | 719 | |
FIPS code | 08-16000 | |
GNIS feature ID | 0204797 | |
Highways | I-25, US 24, US 85, SH 21, SH 29, SH 83, SH 94, SH 115 | |
Website | www.springsgov.com |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||
City | ||
City of Colorado Springs | ||
Colorado Springs with the Front Range in background | ||
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Nickname(s): The Springs | ||
Location in El Paso County and the state of Colorado | ||
Coordinates: 38°51′48″N 104°47′31″W / 38.86333°N 104.79194°WCoordinates: 38°51′48″N 104°47′31″W / 38.86333°N 104.79194°W | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Colorado | |
County[1] | El Paso | |
Incorporated | June 19, 1886[2] | |
Government | ||
• Type | Home Rule Municipality[1] | |
• Mayor | Steve Bach since June 7, 2011 (NP) | |
Area | ||
• City | 194.7 sq mi (482.1 km2) | |
• Land | 194.1 sq mi (481.1 km2) | |
• Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.0 km2) | |
Elevation | 6,035 ft (1,839 m) | |
Highest elevation | 7,200 ft (2,200 m) | |
Lowest elevation | 5,740 ft (1,750 m) | |
Population (2013)[3] | ||
• City | 439,886 (US: 41st) | |
• Density | 2,242.5/sq mi (865.57/km2) | |
• Metro | 678,319 | |
Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | |
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | |
ZIP codes[4] | 80901-80951, 80960, 80962, 80970, 80977, 80995, 80997 | |
Area code(s) | 719 | |
FIPS code | 08-16000 | |
GNIS feature ID | 0204797 | |
Highways | I-25, US 24, US 85, SH 21, SH 29, SH 83, SH 94, SH 115 | |
Website | www.springsgov.com |
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in the east central portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located 60 miles (97 km) south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. At 6,035 feet (1,839 m) the city stands over one mile (1.6 km) above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly higher and lower. Colorado Springs is situated near the base of one of the most famous American mountains, Pikes Peak, rising over 8,000 feet above the city on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The United States Air Force Academy is located in Colorado Springs. The city is often referred to as "The Springs."
The city had an estimated population of 439,886 in 2013.,[5] making it the second most populous city in the state of Colorado, behind Denver, and the 41st most populous city in the United States,[6] while the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 678,319 in 2013.[3] The city covers 194.7 square miles (504 km2), making it Colorado's largest city in area. Colorado Springs was selected as the No. 1 Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by Money magazine in 2006,[7] and placed number one in Outside's 2009 list of America's Best Cities.[8]
Ute, Arapahoe and Cheyenne peoples were the first to use the area which would become Colorado Springs.[9] Part of the territory included in the United States' 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the current city area was designated part of the 1854 Kansas Territory. In 1859 after the first local settlement was established, it became part of the Jefferson Territory on October 24 and of El Paso County on November 28. Colorado City at the Front Range confluence of Fountain and Camp creeks was "formally organized on August 13, 1859"[10] during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. It served as the capital of the Colorado Territory from November 5, 1861, until August 14, 1862 when it was moved to the Denver City.
In 1871 the Colorado Springs Company laid out the towns of La Font (later called Manitou Springs) and Fountain Colony, upstream and downstream respectively, of Colorado City.[11] Within a year, Fountain Colony would be renamed Colorado Springs, and was officially incorporated.[12] The El Paso County seat shifted from Colorado City in 1873 to the Town of Colorado Springs.[13] On December 1, 1880, Colorado Springs expanded northward with 2 annexations.[14] [15]
The 2nd period of annexations was during 1889-90, and included Seavey's Addition, West Colorado Springs, East End, and another North End addition.[14] In 1891 the Broadmoor Land Company built the Broadmoor suburb, which included the Broadmoor Casino, and by December 12, 1895, the city had "four Mining Exchanges and 275 mining brokers."[16] By 1898, the city was designated into quadrants by the north-south Cascade Avenue and the east-west Washington/Pike's Peak avenues.[15]:10
From 1899 to 1901 Tesla Experimental Station operated on Knob Hill,[17] and aircraft flights to the Broadmoor's neighboring fields began in 1919.[18] The Alexander Airport north of the city opened in 1925 and in 1927, the Original Colorado Springs Municipal Airport land was purchased east of the city.[18]
In World War II the United States Army Air Forces leased land adjacent to the municipal airfield, naming it "Peterson Field" in December 1942. This was only one of several military presences in and around Colorado Springs during the war.[19][20]
In November 1950, the Headquarters Area, Colorado Springs, was selected as the Cold War headquarters for Air Defense Command (ADC)--later renamed Ent Air Force Base. The former WWII Army Air Base, Peterson Field, which had been inactivated at the end of the war, was re-opened in 1951 as a USAF base.[21] The 1950s through 1970s saw a continued expansion of the military presence in the area with the establishment of NORAD's headquarters in the city, as well as the ADCOM Headquarters.
Between 1965 and 1968 the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak Community College and the Colorado Technical University were established in or near the city[22][23] In 1977, most of the former Ent AFB became a US Olympic Training Center.
On October 1, 1981, "the Broadmoor Addition",[14] Cheyenne Canon, Ivywild, Skyway, and Stratton Meadows were annexed after the Colorado Supreme Court "overturned a district court decision that voided the annexation". Further annexations expanding the city include the "Nielson Addition" and "Vineyard Commerce Park Annexation" in September 2008.[14]
The city lies in a high desert with the Southern Rocky Mountains to the west, the Palmer Divide to the north, high plains further east, and high desert lands to the south when leaving Fountain and approaching Pueblo.[24]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.1 sq mi (482.1 km2), of which 185.8 sq mi (481.1 km2) is land and 0.39 sq mi (1.0 km2) (0.21%) is water.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs has many features of a modern urban area, such as parks, bike trails, and urban open-area spaces. However, it is not exempt from problems that typically plague cities that experience tremendous growth, such as overcrowded roads and highways, crime, sprawl, and government budget issues. Many of the problems are indirectly or directly caused by the city's difficulty in coping with the large population growth experienced in the last twenty years, and the annexation of the Banning Lewis Ranch area to accommodate further population growth of 175,000 future residents.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), and its location just east of the Rocky Mountains affords it the rapid warming influence from chinook winds during winter but also subjects it to drastic day-to-day variability in weather conditions.[25] The city has abundant sunshine year-round, averaging over 300 sunny days per year, and receives approximately 16.5 inches (419 mm) of annual precipitation. Due to unusually low precipitation for several years after flooding in 1999, Colorado Springs enacted lawn water restrictions in 2002. These were lifted in 2005.[24]
Colorado Springs is also one of the most active lightning strike areas in the United States. This natural phenomenon led Nikola Tesla to select Colorado Springs as the preferred location to build his lab and study electricity.[26]
Winters range from mild to moderately cold, with December, the coldest month, averaging 30.8 °F (−0.7 °C); historically January has been the coldest month, but, in recent years, December has had both lower daily maxima and minima.[27] Typically, there are 5.2 nights with sub-0 °F (−18 °C) lows and 23.6 days where the high does not rise above freezing,[28] and extended sub-zero (°F) cold snaps are possible but infrequent. Snowfall is usually moderate and remains on the ground briefly because of direct sun, with the city receiving 38 inches (97 cm) per season, although the mountains to the west often receive in excess of triple that amount; March is the snowiest month in the region, both by total accumulation and number of days with measurable snowfall. In addition, 8 of the top 10 heaviest 24-hour snowfalls have occurred from March to May.[28] Summers are warm, with July, the warmest month, averaging 70.9 °F (21.6 °C), and 18 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs annually. Due to the high elevation and aridity, nights are usually relatively cool and rarely does the low remain above 70 °F (21 °C).[28] Dry weather generally prevails, but brief afternoon thunderstorms are common, especially in July and August when the city receives the majority of its annual rainfall, due to the North American Monsoon.[citation needed]
The first autumn freeze and the last freeze in the spring on average occur on October 2 and May 6, respectively; the average window for measurable snowfall (≥0.1 in or 0.25 cm) is October 21 thru April 25. Extreme temperatures range from 101 °F (38 °C) on June 26, 2012 down to −27 °F (−33 °C) on February 1, 1951 and December 9, 1919.[citation needed]
Climate data for Colorado Springs, Colorado (Airport), 1981–2010 normals | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 73 (23) | 76 (24) | 81 (27) | 87 (31) | 94 (34) | 101 (38) | 100 (38) | 99 (37) | 95 (35) | 87 (31) | 78 (26) | 77 (25) | 101 (38) |
Average high °F (°C) | 43.2 (6.2) | 44.8 (7.1) | 52.1 (11.2) | 59.8 (15.4) | 69.1 (20.6) | 79.0 (26.1) | 84.8 (29.3) | 81.6 (27.6) | 74.5 (23.6) | 63.0 (17.2) | 51.0 (10.6) | 42.1 (5.6) | 62.1 (16.7) |
Average low °F (°C) | 17.7 (−7.9) | 19.5 (−6.9) | 26.0 (−3.3) | 33.3 (0.7) | 42.7 (5.9) | 51.3 (10.7) | 56.9 (13.8) | 55.7 (13.2) | 47.3 (8.5) | 35.8 (2.1) | 25.2 (−3.8) | 17.5 (−8.1) | 35.7 (2.1) |
Record low °F (°C) | −26 (−32) | −27 (−33) | −16 (−27) | −3 (−19) | 15 (−9) | 27 (−3) | 37 (3) | 34 (1) | 20 (−7) | −6 (−21) | −12 (−24) | −27 (−33) | −27 (−33) |
Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.31 (7.9) | 0.34 (8.6) | 1.00 (25.4) | 1.41 (35.8) | 2.02 (51.3) | 2.50 (63.5) | 2.83 (71.9) | 3.34 (84.8) | 1.19 (30.2) | 0.82 (20.8) | 0.40 (10.2) | 0.34 (8.6) | 16.51 (419.4) |
Snowfall inches (cm) | 5.5 (14) | 4.8 (12.2) | 7.9 (20.1) | 4.9 (12.4) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.3 (0.8) | 3.1 (7.9) | 4.6 (11.7) | 5.9 (15) | 37.8 (96) |
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.9 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 91.6 |
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 28.7 |
Source: NOAA (extremes 1894–present)[28] |
Historical population | |||
Census | Pop. | %± | |
1870 | 1,480 | ||
1880 | 4,226 | 185.5% | |
1890 | 11,140 | 163.6% | |
1900 | 21,085 | 89.3% | |
1910 | 29,078 | 37.9% | |
1920 | 30,105 | 3.5% | |
1930 | 33,237 | 10.4% | |
1940 | 36,789 | 10.7% | |
1950 | 45,472 | 23.6% | |
1960 | 70,194 | 54.4% | |
1970 | 135,060 | 92.4% | |
1980 | 214,914 | 59.1% | |
1990 | 281,140 | 30.8% | |
2000 | 360,890 | 28.4% | |
2010 | 416,427 | 15.4% | |
Est. 2013 | 439,886 | 5.6% | |
source:[29][30] |
As of the 2010 census, the population of Colorado Springs was 416,427[31] (41st most populous U.S. city),[32] and the population of the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area was 645,613 in 2010 (84th most populous MSA),[33] and the population of the Front Range Urban Corridor in Colorado was an estimated 4,166,855.
As of the April 2010 census:[34] 78.8% White, 16.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 6.3% Black or African American, 3.0% Asian, 1.0% Native American, 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 5.5% Some other race, 5.1% Two or more races. Mexican Americans made up 14.6% of the city's population. The median age in the city was 35 years.[35][nb 1] Non-Hispanic Whites were 70.7% of the population,[37] compared to 86.6% in 1970.[38]
Colorado Springs' economy is driven primarily by the military, the high-tech industry, and tourism, in that order. The city is currently experiencing some growth mainly in the service sectors. The current unemployment rate, as of November 2013, in Colorado Springs is 7.3%[39] compared to 6.5% for the State and 7.0% for the Nation.[40]
The defense industry plays a major role in the Colorado Springs economy, with some of the city's largest employers coming from the sector.[41] A large segment of this industry is dedicated to the development and operation of various projects for missile defense. With its close ties to defense, the aerospace industry has also influenced the Colorado Springs economy. Although some defense corporations have left or downsized city campuses, a slight growth trend is still recorded. Significant defense corporations in the city include Boeing, General Dynamics, Harris Corporation, SAIC, ITT, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.[citation needed] The Space Foundation is based in Colorado Springs.
A large percentage of Colorado Springs' economy is still based on manufacturing high tech and complex electronic equipment. The high tech sector in the Colorado Springs area has decreased its overall presence from 2000 to 2006 (from around 21,000 down to around 8,000), with notable reductions in information technology and complex electronic equipment.[42] Due to a slowing in tourism, the high tech sector still remains second to the military in terms of total revenue generated and employment.[43] Current trends project the high tech employment ratio will continue to decrease in the near future.[43][44][45][46]
High tech corporations with connections to the city include:
Verizon Business, a telecommunications firm, had nearly 1300 employees in 2008.[47] Hewlett-Packard has a large sales, support, and SAN storage engineering center for the computer industry.[48][49][50]
Storage Networking Industry Association is the home of the SNIA Technology Center.[citation needed] Agilent, spun off from HP in 1999 as an independent, publicly traded company.[citation needed] Intel had 250 employees in 2009.[51] The facility is now used for the centralized unemployment and social services complex.[citation needed]
LSI Corporation designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters and mobile networks.[citation needed] Atmel (formerly Honeywell), is a chip fabrication organization.[52] Cypress Semiconductor Colorado Design Center is a chip fabrication research and development site.[citation needed] The Apple Inc. facility was sold to Sanmina-SCI in 1996.[53]
According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[54] the top employers in the city are:
# | Employer | Percentage of County Employment |
1 | Fort Carson | 10.20% |
2 | Peterson Air Force Base | 4.11% |
3 | Schriever Air Force Base | 2.86% |
4 | United States Air Force Academy | 2.29% |
5 | Memorial Health Services | 1.65% |
6 | Colorado Springs School District 11 | 1.40% |
7 | Academy School District 20 | 0.97% |
8 | Penrose-St. Francis Health Services | 0.93% |
9 | City of Colorado Springs | 0.81% |
10 | El Paso County | 0.70% |
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Colorado Springs is home to both Army and Air Force bases. These military installations border the city, to the north, south and east, aside from Schriever Air Force Base, which is located farther east of the city, still in El Paso County.[citation needed]
Fort Carson is the city's largest military base, and until mid-2006 was home to the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, which relocated to Fort Hood, Texas. In 2009, Fort Carson became the home station of the 4th Infantry Division, which nearly doubled the base's population.[citation needed] Fort Carson is host to various training grounds for infantry, armor, and aviation units. Fort Carson is also the headquarters of the second and third battalions of the 10th Special Forces Group.[citation needed]
The Air Force has critical aspects of their service based at Colorado Springs which carry on missile defense operations and development. The Air Force bases a large section of the national missile defense operations here, with Peterson Air Force Base set to operate large sections of the program. Peterson AFB is currently the headquarters of the majority of Air Force Space Command and the operations half of Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT).[citation needed]
Peterson is also headquarters for the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), one of the Unified Combatant Commands. USNORTHCOM directs all branches of the U.S. military operations in their area of responsibility which includes the continental United States, Alaska, Canada, and Mexico. In the event of national emergencies the President or Secretary of Defense can call upon USNORTHCOM for any required military assistance. Service members from every branch of the US Military are stationed at the command.[citation needed]
Schriever Air Force Base is home to the 50th Space Wing, which controls warning, navigational, communications and spy satellites. It is also the home of the Space Warfare Center and the home for the 576th Flight Test Squadron.[55] It is the location of the Global Positioning System (GPS) master control station and GPS Operations Center[56] and the US Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock,[57] used to synchronize GPS satellite time. Schriever is also developing parts of national missile defense and runs parts of the annual wargames used by the nation's military.[citation needed]
Bordering the north-western side of the city lie the vast grounds of the United States Air Force Academy, where cadets train to become officers in the Air Force. The campus is famous for its unique chapel and draws visitors year round. Most of the Air Force Academy's sports programs belong to the Mountain West Conference.[citation needed]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a component of America's missile defense system, is located in Cheyenne Mountain Air Station. When it was built at the height of the Cold War, NORAD caused some anxiety for the residents in and around Colorado Springs, who believed the installation would be a primary target during a nuclear attack. Although NORAD still operates today, it is primarily tasked with the tracking of ICBMs, and the military has recently decided to place Cheyenne Mountain's NORAD/NORTHCOM operations on warm standby and move operations to nearby Peterson Air Force Base.[58]
The city's location at the base of Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains makes it a popular tourism destination. Tourism is the third largest employer in the Pikes Peak region, accounting for more than 13,000 jobs.[citation needed] Nearly 5 million visitors come to the area annually, contributing $1.35 billion in revenue.[59]
Colorado Springs has more than 55 attractions and activities in the area,[60] including Garden of the Gods, United States Air Force Academy, the ANA Money Museum, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Old Colorado City and the U.S. Olympic Training Center.[61]
The downtown Colorado Springs Visitor Information Center offers free area information to leisure and business travelers.[60] The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR), also located downtown, supports and advocates for the arts throughout the Pikes Peak Region. It operates the PeakRadar website to communicate city events.[62]
Although houses of worship of almost every major world religion can be found in the city, Colorado Springs has in particular attracted a large influx of Evangelical Christians and Christian organizations in recent years. At one time Colorado Springs was counted to be the national headquarters for 81 different religious organizations, earning the city the tongue-in-cheek nicknames "the Evangelical Vatican"[63] and "The Christian Mecca." Religious groups with regional or international headquarters in Colorado Springs include:
Colorado Springs has been the subject or setting for many books, movies and television shows, and is especially a frequent backdrop for political thrillers and military-themed stories because of its many military installations and vital importance to the United States' continental defense. Notable television series using the city as a setting include Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and the Stargate series Stargate SG-1, as well as the films WarGames and The Prestige.[citation needed]
In a North Korean propaganda video released in April 2013, Colorado Springs was inexplicably singled out as one of four targets for a missile strike. The video failed to pinpoint Colorado Springs on the map, instead showing a spot somewhere in Louisiana.[85]
Colorado Springs is home to the United States Olympic Training Center and the headquarters of the United States Olympic Committee. In addition, a number of United States national federations for individual Olympic sports have their headquarters in Colorado Springs, including: United States or USA bobsled, fencing, skating, basketball, boxing, cycling, judo, field hockey, hockey, swimming, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, and wrestling associations and organizations and the United States Anti-Doping Agency.[citation needed]
The city has a particularly long association with the sport of figure skating, having hosted the U.S. Figure Skating Championships 6 times and the World Figure Skating Championships 5 times. It is home to the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame and the Broadmoor Skating Club, a notable training center for the sport. In recent years, the World Arena has hosted skating events such as Skate America and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.[citation needed]
Name | Sport | Founded | League | Venue |
Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Baseball | 1988 | Minor league; Pacific Coast League | Security Service Field [86] |
Colorado Springs Switchbacks | Soccer | Begins play in 2015 | United Soccer Leagues; USL Pro | Sand Creek Stadium [87] near Security Service Field |
Colorado Springs Blizzard | Soccer | 2004-Folded in 2006 | United Soccer Leagues; USL Premier Development League | Security Service Field |
Colorado Rush Men's Premier | Soccer | 2007 | Premier Arena Soccer League; National Premier Soccer League (National Division III) | Security Service Field[citation needed] |
Colorado Springs Rugby Football Club | Rugby | 1969 | Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union; USA Rugby; (National Division II) | Bear Creek Regional Park[citation needed] |
Colorado Springs Cricket Club | Cricket | 1999 | Colorado Cricket League | Rose Bowl, Memorial Park[citation needed] |
The local colleges feature many sports teams. Notable among them are the following nationally competitive NCAA Division I teams: United States Air Force Academy (Fighting Falcons) Football, Basketball and Hockey, Colorado College (Tigers) Hockey, and Women's Soccer.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs and Denver hosted the 1962 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships.[nb 2]
The Mountain West Conference is based in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs is home to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and the headquarters of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Colorado Springs was the original headquarters of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) from its founding in 1992 until 2005, when the organization was moved to Pueblo; the PBR used to hold an annual Built Ford Tough Series event at the World Arena from 2001 until 2005 when the organization made the move to Pueblo.[citation needed]
There are 136 neighborhood, 8 community, 7 regional parks and 5 sports complexes totally 9,000 acres managed by the city's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. They also manage 500 acres of trails, which are 160 miles of park trails and 105 miles of urban trails. There are 5,000 acres of open spaces in 48 open space areas.[88]
One of the most popular areas in Colorado Springs is Garden of the Gods. It is a National Natural Landmark with 300 foot sandstone rock formations against a backdrop of the snow-capped mountains of Pikes Peak. The park offers a variety of annual events. One of the most popular events is the Starlight Spectacular. It is a recreational bike ride held every summer to benefit the Trails and Open Space Coalition of Colorado Springs.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs has several major parks, such as Palmer Park, America the Beautiful Park (Confluence Park), Memorial Park, and Monument Valley Park.[89] The Austin Bluffs Park also affords a place of recreation in eastern Colorado Springs.
Ackerman Overlook near United States Air Force Academy off Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs is named for Jasper D. Ackerman (1896–1988), a banker and rancher.[90]
Three trails, the New Santa Fe Regional Trail, Pikes Peak Greenway and Fountain Creek Regional Trail, form a continuous path from Palmer Lake, through Colorado Springs, to Fountain, Colorado. The Urban Trails system has more than 100 miles of multi-use trails for biking, jogging, roller blading and walking. The trails, except Monument Valley Park trails, may be used for equestrian traffic. Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the trails. Many of the trails are interconnected, having main "spine" trails, like the Pikes Peak Greenway, that lead to secondary trails.[91][92][93]
On November 2, 2010 Colorado Springs voters adopted a council-strong mayor form of government. The City of Colorado Springs transitioned to the new system of government in 2011. Under the council-strong mayor system of government, the mayor is the chief executive and the city council is the legislative branch. The mayor is a full-time elected position and not a member of the city council. The city council has nine members total, four of which represent one of four equally populated districts each. Districts 5 and 6 do not have a direct representative. The remaining five members are elected "at-large".[94] The mayor has veto authority, with the city council having the ability to override a mayoral veto by a two-thirds majority vote (6 out of 9).
Colorado Springs City Hall was built from 1902 to 1904 on land donated by W. S. Stratton.[95]
Bachelors and graduate degree programs are offered at these colleges and universities in the city:
The United States Air Force Academy is a military school for officer candidates.[98]
IntelliTec College is a technical training school. Pikes Peak Community College offers a two year degree program.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs is served by a bus system called Mountain Metro (short for Mountain Metropolitan Transit). Although the transit system serves much of the city and its nearest suburbs (Manitou Springs and Security/Widefield), it lacks service to many important areas (Powers Blvd, Northgate, the Airport) and has only limited hours of operation.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs is served by the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. In the state of Colorado, only Denver International has more passenger traffic. The airport has experienced a higher recovery rate in the post-9/11 era than the rest of the country[99] and is in the process of expanding its maintenance facilities, taxiways, and runways to accommodate future growth. In 2005 it served approximately two million passengers.[99]
Colorado Springs is part of a consortium of cities trying to build the Front Range Commuter Rail.[citation needed]
Colorado Springs is primarily served by two interstate highways. I-25 runs north and south through Colorado, and is in the city for nearly 18 miles, entering the city south of Circle Drive and exiting north of North Gate Blvd. In El Paso County it is known as Ronald Reagan Highway.[nb 3] US 24 runs across the central mountains, through the city, and onto the plains. From west to east in Colorado Springs, US 24 follows the western portion of Cimarron Street and the Midland Expressway, a 2-mile concurrent section with I-25/US 87 between exits 139 and 141, part of Fountain Blvd, an expressway called the Martin Luther King Bypass, part of South Powers Blvd (where it is concurrent with Colorado 21), and the easternmost portion of Platte Avenue out of the city.
A number of state highways serve the city. State Highway 21 is a major east side semi-expressway from Black Forest to Fountain. It is widely known as Powers Boulevard. State Highway 83 runs north-south from Denver to northern Colorado Springs. State Highway 94 runs east-west from western Cheyenne County to eastern Colorado Springs. State Highway 115 begins in Cañon City and runs up Nevada Avenue. US 85 and SH 115 are concurrent between Lake Avenue and I-25. US 85 enters the city at Fountain and was signed at Venetucci Blvd, Lake Avenue, and Nevada Avenue.[nb 4]
In 2004, the voters of Colorado Springs and El Paso County established the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority[104] and adopted a 1% sales tax dedicated to improving the region's transportation infrastructure. Together with state funding for the Colorado Springs Metro Interstate Expansion (COSMIX) (2007 completion) and the I-25 interchange with Highway 16 (2008 completion), significant progress has been made since 2003 in addressing the transportation needs of the area. Currently the City is trying to overcome a $23.3 million budget gap created by falling sales taxes and rising expenses.[105]
Several suggestions have been made to create a loop around the city though none have been implemented.[106][nb 5] To manage congestion, the city implemented two graded separated intersections at Powers and Woodmen and at Austin Bluffs and Union. A third interchange was completed in 2011 at the Woodmen Road/Academy Boulevard intersection.[citation needed]
In early 2010, the city of Colorado Springs approved an expansion of the northernmost part of Powers Boulevard in order to create an Interstate 25 bypass commonly referred to as the Copper Ridge Expansion.[109][nb 6]
A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Colorado Springs 34th most walkable of fifty largest U.S. cities.[111]
Sister cities of Colorado Springs include:
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To strengthen relations between the two cities, the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony regularly invites the Taiko drummers from the city to participate in a joint concert in the Pikes Peak Center. The orchestra played in Bankstown, Australia, in 2002 and again in June 2006 as part of their tours to Australia and New Zealand.[citation needed]
Also, in 2006 and 2010, the Bankstown TAP (Talent Advancement Program), performed with the Youth Symphony, and the Colorado Springs Children's Chorale, as a part of the annual "In Harmony" program.[citation needed]
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NO ONE denies that America's tax code is a mess. It is unintelligible, which is why 90% of taxpayers use an accountant or commercial software to file their returns. It is a labyrinth of loopholes, which is lovely for tax lawyers but bad for America. Public outrage tends to focus on specific abuses. How is it, people ask, that multinationals such as Apple can legally avoid billions of dollars of tax? Why is it, conservatives fume, that the Internal Revenue Service just so happened to select anti-tax groups for intrusive scrutiny? But the real problem is much broader. A tangled code is unfair and inefficient. Loopholes for some mean higher tax rates for everyone else. The 6.1 billion hours Americans waste each year complying with tax rules could have been spent inventing new products. Exemptions promote unproductive activities, such as buying big houses, while high rates penalise work and drive companies abroad.
America sorely needs tax reform. Two legislators are trying to deliver it. Max Baucus, the Democrat who heads the Senate's tax-writing committee, and Dave Camp, his Republican counterpart in the House of Representatives, have been taking testimony and floating ideas for almost three years. They have yet to release a full plan, but their principles look sound: lower tax rates for both corporations and individuals, paid for by limiting or scrapping tax breaks.
Ideally, no tax break should be spared, even the popular ones for charity, housing, health insurance and research and development. (All these things are desirable, but their privileged treatment imposes a cost, in the form of higher taxes, on other desirable things.) The political reality is that some of these tax breaks will survive, just as there is no hope for a carbon tax, one of the more sensible ways to raise money. Yet Mr Camp and Mr Baucus have found enough common ground to build a more efficient tax system. Where they differ is on the crucial question of whether tax reform should raise more revenue. Mr Camp, being a Republican, says no. Mr Baucus, like the rest of his party, including Barack Obama, says yes. On this, the Democrats should concede, for two reasons.
First, tax reform is so important that lawmakers should not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. A revenue-neutral tax simplification would raise the same sums to pay for Leviathan, while imposing a lighter burden on taxpayers. A simpler code would create fewer distortions and spur faster growth. Getting rid of all loopholes would allow individual income-tax rates to fall a whopping 44% and still raise the same revenues.
One thing at a time
Second, although the Democrats are right that higher taxes will eventually be needed to stabilise America's debts, this is a separate issue. By using tax reform as a bargaining chip for higher revenues, Democrats probably doom it to fail.
Better to pass it into law quickly. That would still allow Mr Obama to pursue a separate grand bargain, with the Republicans tolerating higher taxes in return for the president accepting curbs on the growth of entitlement programmes such as Social Security and Medicare (pensions and health care for the elderly), as suggested in his own budget. For the moment, the chances of the Republicans swallowing that are slim. That is a shame for a party that used to believe in balancing the books. But it is not a reason to let the Baucus-Camp reform die. A simpler tax system with lower rates and fewer loopholes is good for America. Push it, Mr Obama.


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A formula for success: How famous food and drink brands boast about 'secret recipes'… despite changing the way they do things
- Coca-Cola claims to use the same 127-year-old recipe in its current drink
- KFC says it uses the same seasoning recipe as created by Colonel Sanders
- While the recipe might remain the same, things are done differently today
Enjoyed by millions of consumers worldwide every day, many of our favourite food and drinks claim to be steeped in a tradition that saw generations before us savoring the same unmistakable tastes.
Coca Cola claims to use the same secret recipe as it did when the fizzy drink was first created some 127 years ago and fast food chain KFC says it sticks to Colonel Harland Sanders' original 1940 method for frying chicken.
But are the most famous brands in our cupboards really true to their roots?
The Real Thing? Coca-Cola's 127-year-old recipe, which manufacturers claim is still used today, sits in this overstated secure vault at the World of Coca-Cola museum, in Atlanta
Secret: A security guard stands outside the Coke vault - a popular tourist attraction
Photo opportunity: The vault is bathed in swathes of colourful lasers as tourists flock to have their picture taken outside it
Arguably the most famous soft drinks brand in the world, Coca Cola says that its flagship drink uses the same secret formula as creator Dr John S Pemberton in 1886.
It even goes as far as keeping the original formula in a high security vault at its Atlanta World of Coca-Cola museum - perhaps a sales gimmick argue some.
But a 1994 book called Secret Formula claimed that there have been a variety of changes to the Coke recipe over the generations and even claimed that it once contained cocaine in trace amounts, derived in the coca plants used to make the product - a claim that Coca-Cola has since dismissed as untrue.
Similarly, PepsiCo also celebrates the roots of its flagship drink Pepsi-Cola invented by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's drink in 1893.
But the drink was made sweeter in the 1930s when a new owner bought the firm and didn't like the taste and both Coca-Cola and Pepsi switched from sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s.
It was widely reported last year that both firms changed their U.S recipes to avoid having to put a cancer warning on the label.
Steeped in tradition: Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi herald their long history
History: Pepsi's first home office and bottling plant is shown in this 1906 file photo in New Bern, North Carolina
But a Coca-Cola spokesman told MailOnline at the time that rather than altering the recipe, the firm was merely changing the way it makes one of its ingredients to reduce the amount of 4-MEI in the caramel.
In fact when Coca-Cola tried to make the drink slightly sweeter in 1985 and relaunched it as 'New Coke' in the US there was a public outcry.
Less than three months later the company announced it was reverting back to the original recipe.
Its origins are also a big part of the way fast food chain KFC markets its fried chicken with inventor Colonel Sanders still featuring in cartoon form on the brand's signs.
According to Yahoo News, the Colonel even dyed his beard white to achieve a more grandfatherly look in the early days.
Origins: KFC still uses a picture of Colonel Sanders on its logo
Same taste: Even products which have been added to the KFC menu use the same seasoning recipe says the company
In a similar move to Coca-Cola, KFC also gave security surrounding the original formula an upgrade by installing a 770-pond safe to guard it.
Although the recipe might still be the same as Colonel Sanders', the production method is said to have changed.
The founder is said to have been unhappy with the way chicken was handled after new owners bought him out in 1964.
His friend Dave Thomas, founder of the Wendy's chain, said that he was angry that the new owners drained grease off chicken by putting it on wire racks rather than spooning it off by hand.
Old favourite: Twinkies has relaunched with a seemingly new recipe
But KFC say that the integral parts of the recipe - using fresh on the bone chicken, hand breading, frying under pressure and the recipe for the seasoning itself - remain exactly the same.
Even new introductions to the chain's popular menu which include filleted chicken use the same seasoning, say the chain.
When popular U.S snack Twinkies parent company ran into financial trouble in recent years the product was removed from the shelves.
But the snack is back - albeit with a different recipe to that which millions of Americans enjoyed since its 1930 launch.
Hostess, which makes the product, said that the primary three ingredients remain the same, but the product has a noticeably longer shelf life and more ingredients listed on the packaging.
It remains to be seen whether sticking to the original recipe really is a winning formula or whether a change will do Twinkies good.
Classic: Coca-Cola
The exact recipe of Coca-Cola has always been a mystery and today's official recipe is guarded 24-hours a day in a vault in Atlanta.
The list of ingredients below are meant to be those used by pharmacist John Pemberton, who created the drink in 1886.
- Fluid extract of Coca 3 drams USP
- Citric acid 3 oz
- Caffeine 1oz
- Sugar 30 (it is unclear from the markings what quantity is required)
- Water 2.5 gal
- Lime juice 2 pints 1 qrt
- Vanilla 1oz
- Caramel 1.5oz or more to colour
- 7X flavour (use 2oz of flavour to 5 gals syrup):
- Alcohol 8oz
- Orange oil 20 drops
- Lemon oil 30 drops
- Nutmeg oil 10 drops
- Coriander 5 drops
- Neroli 10 drops
- Cinnamon 10 drops
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Clarion Hotel Carrickfergus 75 Belfast Rd. Belfast, XB BT38 8PH Phone: (44) 289 3364556 Fax: (44) 289 3351620 |
Entertainment Venues
»Carrickfergus Omniplex
This Omniplex has 6 screens for your viewing pleasure. For a more enjoyable experience, sit back and relax with popcorn and a soda from the refreshment stand. For film times, ticket prices and further information please see their website or call +44 871 720 0400.
»Carrickfergus Harbour Car Park
The Carrickfergus Castle on one side and the great ocean view on the other make this parking lot a picture perfect location for festivals and open-air concerts.
»Theatre At The Mill
Located in Newtownabbey which is just a few miles from Belfast, Theatre At The Mill is a great theater which brings to life a number of classical plays and dramas with its interesting repertoire. Expect nothing short of the best each season as the talented troupes take center stage. The foyer and auditorium can be hired for business, social and private events, and catering is taken care of. Check website for a list of upcoming events. Free theater tours are possible on Tuesdays and Fridays.
»Seapark Recreation Grounds
Located just a few miles from Belfast are the Seapark Recreation Grounds in Hollywood which attract families, students, tourists and couples in plenty especially during summers when there is a higher probability of concerts and community events being held here. Football pitches, bowling greens, tennis courts, shower room facilities for men and women and spectacular firework displays during festivals make these grounds extremely popular and with good reason too.
»Movie House Glengormley
This Movie House has a couple screens for your viewing pleasure. For a more enjoyable experience, sit back and relax with popcorn and a soda from the refreshment stand. For film times, ticket prices and further information please see their website.
»Belfast Castle
Set on the wooded slopes of the dramatic Cave Hill is the 19th-century edifice of Belfast Castle. The castle was built in 1870 and was previously home to the Earl of Shaftesbury. Within the castle are two rather expensive restaurants and also a small heritage center offering an insight into the area's history. There is a playground for children. The castle and its spectacular grounds afford beautiful views of the whole city and across Belfast Lough. If you feel like venturing beyond the grounds, there are walks which lead you up to the foot of Napoleon's Nose and to the caves that gave the Cave Hill its name. Check website for varying open hours.
Home ground to the local heroes Crusaders F.C, the Seaview stadium is predominantly used to host football matches that are well-attended by fans who throng the area to cheer their boys on. The seating capacity of 5473 may not be too impressive but a witnessing a match on these grounds promises to be an eventful experience.
»Shorts Sports and Recreation Club
Shorts Sports and Recreation Club is a sprawling complex where one can enjoy some 'me' time while practicing various sports and recreational activities. Football, snooker, chess and bowling are actively indulged in here. There is a camera club too where avid photographers and amateurs who share their skills of photography and working with the lens. The onsite bar and restaurant is also a popular meeting place for members.
»Skegoneill Avenue
Skegoneill Avenue is a football stadium located in the city of Belfast in the northern part of Ireland. Currently not in use because of its poor condition, this stadium is situated opposite the Alexandra Park. The home ground of the Brantwood Football Club, this park sits on the road with the same name. Skegoneill Avenue was built in the year 1952 and has a capacity of 5000. The Brantwood Club was established in 1901 and is a well known and respected Club in the Irish League.
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Ballykillare Sports Complex is the place to go if you are looking to stay in shape in Bangor. A modern sports facility, its features include two full-size outdoor AstroTurf pitches, a full-size grass football pitch (all with floodlights), an athletic track and equipment. It has played host to training sessions by Chelsea F.C. and the German national team. It also hosts local sports training programs for hockey, football and the like. Tip: whatever else you do on the AstroTurf, stay on your feet, unless you enjoy tearing holes in your knees.
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AS Composition Commentary. I chose to write my piece for a woodwind quartet, consisting of a Flute, Clarinet, Oboe and Bassoon. This was because I am a clarinettist
4 star(s)I chose the tempo of 115 beats per minute because I wanted to create an upbeat and lively piece to utilise the agile characteristics of the bassoon. I created a chord structure of 'I V7 I V7 I II V7 I V VI III IV I V' and began to adapt the scalic patterns from 'Falling in Love with Love' to fit with this. The chromaticism from the melody of 'Falling in Love with Love' also influenced the bass line of my piece.
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The Musical Role of the Bass Guitar
4 star(s)The bass guitarist sometimes breaks out of the strict rhythm section role to perform bass breaks or bass solos. The types of bass-lines used for bass breaks of bass solos vary depending on the context, the sound, the intention, and the form of the song. In a rock band, a bass break often consist of the bassist playing a riff or lick during a place when everybody else is not playing or the dynamics are clearly really low in the song.
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The Beatles
4 star(s)Together with Paul, John began to evolve the band. As the years began to pass, the band was obviously beginning to grow musically. They had moved from simple lyrics like "Love me Do" to harshly aware reflections of life in their home country in "Eleanor Rigby"2. There were attempts, some more successful than others, to incorporate the other Beatles into the idea stage. George Harrison made this leap successfully with such tracks as "I want to tell you", "TAXMAN", and the psychedelic "Love you to".
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This essay describes how I have worked towards and performed four pieces of practical work using all three art forms. (Drama, dance, music, and a final piece that is a mixture of all three arts
4 star(s)Now we split ourselves in to groups and began to experiment using improvisation for the final performance.2 In dance we sat as a group and planned out linking moves that used all of our five rules, and then put them together by improvising links. In drama we used improvisation to create scenes and improvised the scenes endings, and the drama in them. We also improvised characters for these parts, and once we found something that we liked we would enhance it through rehearsal and write a script.
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Are musical influences important to a composer, or is it necessary to be original?
3 star(s)Whether or not it reflects in the pieces that they compose, all composers are influenced by the works of past composers. However, given that music has developed so greatly over the past few centuries, it would be impossible to say that there is no evidence of originality. Looking back, it is possible to see moments of originality that have allowed new musical techniques to be pioneered. The Mannheim school, comprised of composers who wrote for the orchestra at the court of Mannheim in the second half of the 18th Century gave rise to a great many of these new techniques.
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Uses of Technology in Music Education
3 star(s)In short, I hope to make it simple and easy for young children to enjoy the wonderful feeling of composing a piece of music. Notation software such as Finale, Sibelius and Garage Band enable students to compose or arrange for voices and/or instruments. They provide a way to listen to a composition as it is being composed and to print legible scores and parts. Using notation software can enhance compositions using a variety of instruments and ranges. Students can play back their compositions using a variety of timbres.
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Annotation of Composition
3 star(s)For this piece I wrote an 8 bar long introduction. I composed 4 bars of blues music and then adapted it to make a further 4 bars. The music is syncopated, and the position of the accents enforces this, thus adding a 'blues feel'. I have used to notes of the C blues scale, which flattens the 3rd, 5th and 7th notes. The introduction flows well into my first section (section A). My melody has a very strong catchy tune, which sounds improvisatory and compliments the homophonic bass part. At first I composed the A section with my 4 bar chordal bass part running all the way through.
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The Development of the Orchestra
3 star(s)During this time trumpets and timpani were inseparable, and these were added if the music was ceremonial. Trumpets and horns at this time had no valves and so could only play a limited series of notes. As music moved into the classical period the string section remained the centre of the orchestra but the woodwind section grew to become an important and permanent section. The harpsichord dropped out of use and a new instrument was born into the orchestra, the clarinet. As the harpsichord was no longer used the strings were require to fill out the harmony unaided.
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In the poem "Piano and Drums" by Gabriel Okara, Okara shows the contrasts between the past life and the modern world. Some aspects in his poem date back before the beginning of civilization
He uses technical words to show this complexity "coaxing diminuendo". Structure The poem consists of four stanzas. The first three stanzas are telling us the story and the last is a conclusion. It seems that the stanzas represent the evolution of music or life. The first stanza being of the primal age where there were only drums. "Primal youth and the beginning". Here the word primal youth has been used and this means primitive. This shows that the first stanza could be the early, primitive life. The second stanza shows us growth of the ages in comparison to a baby.
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Comment on the ways in which Mahler organises his thematic material in the first movement of his 4th symphony from beginning to figure 8 and from figure 18 to the end of the movement.
Sleigh bells accompany this, and in the second bar flute 3 and 4 enter with a melodic motif, and clarinets add a turning line of semi-quavers leading down to the tonic note G in bar 4. The first violins enter with the first theme in bar 3, and the music settles on the tonic chord on the first beat of bar 4, establishing G major as the key. The theme is an Austrian sounding melody, which rises to the tonic then quickly falls to the mediant.
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Compare the decades 1910-1920 and 1930-1940 in the development of Jazz music.
Ragtime was based on dances such as the mazurka, and it follows that form. There is a main tune of four bar phrases, which is played several times with episodes between. These episodes adopt the same style but have contrasting melodies and keys, creating an ABACDA pattern. The music has a striding left hand part and a syncopated right hand melody. Rags grew out of ballroom dances, marches and songs by composers such as Scott Joplin. His Maple leaf rag was extremely popular and the regular phrasing, leaping left hand and right hand syncopations characteristic of the style.
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How did jazz influence mainstream music in Europe in the 20s and 30s? Refer in detail to specific pieces of music by at least 2 composers.
The style began to fuse with the music of some European concert composers such as Ravel and Stravinsky, who wrote 'Ragtime for 11 Instruments'. In the early 20s, most of the jazz influenced music emerging from Europe sounded like ragtime, as this was the only form of jazz written down, therefore could spread most easily. However, European notation was rhythmically particularly poor, so interpretations of this printed music may have sounded unrecognisable as ragtime. The only jazz recordings available at the time were of Dixieland bands, meaning Europeans were not hearing jazz by black musicians in its purest form, but jazz that had been diluted for commercial purposes by white musicians.
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Consider the range of new sounds explored in the 20th Century music; refer to specific works by Boulez and developments in terms of writing for vocal, and music technology.
Boulez started his musical career studying music in Paris and composition under Messian, before this he was studying mathematics as this was his other love. Through a desire to combine mathematics and music he developed techniques of composition, based on the twelve tone system and mathematical techniques. In "structures la" Boulez uses a 12 by 12 (matrix or grid) based on an original series of notes and inversions of this series from his predecessor Messian's piece "Mode de Valeurs et d'intensités" He
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Discuss the extent to which Gabrieli's "In ecclesiis" can be understood as an example of the new Baroque style.
Another very Baroque feature in this work is the use of 14 parts and a basso continuo. The combination of solo voices alongside a choir and a group of instruments is a very obvious feature which is defined as Baroque. The grouping of solo voices with a continuo bass which is heard in the first few bars of the piece is a texture created in the early Baroque period called monody. Often the singers would be placed in different parts of the building, which would divide the choir called 'cori spezzati' which could create antiphony.
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Compare and contrast the use of melody and rhythm in Sweelink's Pavana Lachrimae, Mozart's Piano Sonata in Bb, and Berlioz's Harold in Italy.
per bar for most of the piece apart from cadences such as in bar 7 where there are two chords per bar. Rhythmic imitation is used in bars 39-41, where a motif consisting of two quavers and a crotchet are used between two parts. Mozart's Piano Sonata, like the Sweelink is mostly scalic and stepwise but also uses arpeggios. Periodic 8 bar phrases are used like the one starting at the upbeat to bar 15-bar 23 at the imperfect cadence.
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Critical commentary on the fourth movement of Mahlers 4th symphony
From this, we find very basic qualities amongst more profound texts. The movement begins in G major. The introduction brings forward a musical idea which the Clarinet holds using crisp acciaccaturas. This is only accompanied by muted inner strings, first horn and the harp creating a sparse texture and thus accentuating the clarinets acciaccaturas. This idea is then repeated as an interlude and also forms the accompaniment to the solo part as a countermelody. Mahler's use of instrumentation is very interesting in that he is constantly changing the combinations. A triangle is introduced followed by violins and woodwind, creating a more dense texture in bar 5.
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Notes on 3 Classical works. Structure, melody, rhythm, instrumentation etc.
Shall be revealed - first sung by tenors, uses melisma 3) and all flesh shall see it together - first sung by altos, descending figure 4) for the mouth of the lord hath spoken it first sung by tenors & bass, solem Rhythym Metre and Tempo Piece is in 3/4 it is dance like Maintains allegro until last 2 bars of adagio Lots of uses of hemiola's (music feels 2/4 instead of 3/4) Tonality and Harmony Piece is in A Major, modulates to E Major, then to B Major (tonic then supertonic)
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The ultimate question is where will music be in the future? As todays society is vastly growing with new advances in technology its hard to depict where music is headed in the future.
Therefore technology is creating new expressions for music that will continue to expand in the future by the exploration and strive for creating new genres of music, therefore as long as people are interested in the expansion of music it will continue to grow in the future. A positive feature of technology is that it has built a new foundation for a way to express music universally and making music available for everyone to use and share ideas globally. Compared to the 1980's where making a record consisted of going into a 24 track studio and spending around $20 000, and even then you weren't really guaranteed acknowledgement.
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Trumpeter and Composer Miles Davis (1926-91) was a hugely influential figure in the development of jazz. He established several new trends that became distinct styles in their own right, including modal jazz, jazz-rock fusion and cool jazz.
However, Davis was not naturally suited to the rigorous trumpet playing of the Bebop era as he preferred solos in the middle range of the trumpet with soft, legato articulation. This experience nevertheless gave Davis insight into the key harmonic and chordal innovations that would be the cornerstones of his new music and he advanced these various techniques with a more freewheeling, intricate and often arcane approach. Having come closer to the realisation of his new style he met an arranger called Gil Evans towards the end of the 1940's.
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Essay on the Development of the Piano in the Jazz Era
The development of the piano is very evident progressively through the jazz era. The use of chords such as major, minor, augmented etc are all found in the harmony of the piano part, these are all chords taken from western music. The development although is that now, they have been varied in ways to give different effects. Compound chords, added 7ths, 9ths, etc all give richer chords which leave the melody instruments with more scope for the theme above the accompaniment. Early jazz music, in the 1920's was made up of the frontline and the rhythm instruments.
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Bop/Bebop Jazz Music Essay. In comparison to previous styles of jazz, bebop music can be distinguished by the fast tempo, virtuosic nature of the solo parts and the greater use of improvisation.
Minimal arrangement, allowing for improvisation and solo sections was a key element to bebop music. Disjunct melodies, uneven phrasing and writing thematic material which is much more angular than tuneful were just some of the ways that the melody has changed and made bebop music such a distinctive type of jazz. Chord progressions for bebop tunes were often taken directly from popular swing-era songs and reused with a new and more complex melody, to write new pieces of music. This practice was already well-established in earlier jazz, but came to be central to the bebop style.
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What is musical genius?
This essay will not be defining musical genius, and instead will be exploring what it is that gives us the ability to create beautiful music, including the effects of history, genetics, intelligence, upbringing and faith. Claims of 'nature over nurture' or 'nurture over nature' have always been subjects of debate amongst both mothers and scholars. It has now, after many years of research, been scientifically proven (through studies of twins separated at birth) that neither party is right: nature accounts for roughly only 50 per cent of a child's ability2, be that musical or not.
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Vaughan Williams scoring and innovative use of orchestral texture are the hallmarks of his musical language. Discuss this view referring to the 3rd movement of the 5th Symphony.
Halfway through A, all the strings, excluding violins, play a chordal pattern. On top of this are dotted minims played by both the clarinets and horns. This mixture, which is not often used in orchestral pieces, creates a very relaxing sound which sit comfortably on top of the strings. Following this the rising 4ths returns in the 1st flute, which is imitated by the oboe with rhythmic diminution. At A1 the key changes to the dominant. This is shown through the use of a dominant repeat of the opening chords followed by the same cor anglais solo in the dominant, though this time played on the upper strings.
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Concert review. I saw the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra perform at the MacMillan Theatre.
The Concert as a Whole The concert was overall quite entertaining. At times, however, I was not as enthusiastic as I was before, as the songs dragged on, so at parts it wasn't as exciting as other parts. I feel that this concert was universal, as anyone who has a love for classical music could come and enjoy the pieces the orchestra played. Considering, however, that younger kids like more edgy and pop music, I think an older audience would gladly attend more than a younger audience.
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Describe the structure of the central fugal section of the Ouverture of Bachs Orchestral Suite No. 3
However, in the central fugal section where we find the subjects, expositions and the 3 countersubjects, the 1st oboe follows the 1st violin part and the 2nd oboe follows 2nd violin. However, this is not the case when the 1st violin has soloistic material such as in bars 42-57. In these instances, the two oboe parts have completely independent parts. The trumpets used in Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 are natural, valveless trumpets in D. Because of this, most entries are on the tonic triads although occasionally they may be on the subdominant (IV)
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