I am studying my second degree and in effect I understand that there are things that can be improved, I no longer have the same enthusiasm as when I was younger. For example, in the study program of the Musical Interpretation in Singing career, there are too many subjects that are not so much related to the instrument, but rather for the general training of a musician. I think it would be good to increase the study hours of your main instrument in order to focus on that. On the other hand, the workload is arduous, the training branches where psychology or learning development is seen, from my point of view I feel that they do not contribute as much to the study program, rather they generate stress. Another important point is the quality of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Chile, which unfortunately is very precarious. I feel that being one of the best universities in the country, it cannot be possible for the faculty that houses the musicians of tomorrow to be in these co...
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Traveling to the future is an interesting idea, it's like thinking that your life will end hahahaha or that uncertainty of what may or may not happen. I think that this trip to the future would take me to Europe, a place where I would like to study and grow for a while. I would like to live in Strasbourg, France, because I’m very interested in learning about this culture, language, and spend my days in that beautiful city. This is how I see myself in the future. I see myself sitting having a coffee at noon and feeling the autumnal rain. How beautiful isn't it? After coffee, dedicating myself in the afternoons to directing the Strasbourg orchestras would be the ideal and sharing ideas with the musicians on how to improve society with culture and fight with music the problems they present in society. I hope to stay there for a while, learn from people who lives there, and enjoy, of course I do, but to tell the truth I would like to return to my country to be able to c...
The job I would like to have is as a conductor in a professional orchestra, either in Chile or around the world. I imagine myself getting there, greeting all musicians and starting the rehearsal. It's so rewarding as a profession, since the cultural contribution to society is huge, you know, and being part of it is simply amazing. To be able to conduct, you have to be skilled with your hands, you need empathy with the musicians as well, and of course, you need to study, and to study a lot. Fortunately, the salary is quite good, obviously, depending on the orchestra in which you are conducting. You'll be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle being a conductor. I'm currently studying lirical singing and conducting, however, conducting is not a career that you can find at universities in Chile. The only way to learn it is with a private teacher or conductor, in courses, seminars or simply in another country. There's more and more conductors in Chile, which means that th...
I was in my second year of college, still enchanted by Rock, and I went to see the fathers of Heavy Metal, Black Sabbath. It was the long-awaited return of the original line-up with Ozzy Osbourne and for the better, the band that played to receive them was none other than Megadeth. A very good concert from start to finish, full of emotions for the importance of both groups. That year 2013 definitely marked my life by remembering this concert, which was also held at the Monumental stadium, the most beautiful sports venue in the country, because Colo Colo plays there, the best team in the history of Chile. Being on the court of that concert was the best, I enjoyed every moment, they are also bands that I like a lot. I hope to see them again one day, today I am away from rock, because classical music and folklore occupy a main place in my life.
I want to visit Strasburgo, France. Once i was there and i fell in love with the city, the architecture, and the culture. I would love to go back, because it was like traveling in time and i just met part of the city. Above the city is the Cathedral of Notredame the Strasburgo, it´s such a beautiful place, also the rivers that pass through the city as if it were Venice. I like French, i´ve always liked the language and the way they speak, it´s not as dry language like German I would like to travel to be able to stady and live for a while in the place, i think that art is very good in that city, that would help me to enhance my area of study
POST 6: EXPERT OR WEBSITE Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/c/bach Writing about this content is interesting, this is because I will have to talk about one of the pages that I like to visit the most and this is the Netherlands Bach Society on YouTube. Through this channel, you can find content related to a musical group dedicated to the compositional work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The compositions that can be found are practically all, or at least the most important, and the most impressive thing is when you can appreciate the works with choirs and orchestra, because fantastic lyrical singers are performed in them, from whom you can learn how to approach vocal work and what kind of techniques they use to deal with this type of repertoire. A clear example of this is the Mass in B minor BWV 232 conducted by Van Veldhoven and the solo singers Hana Blažíková (soprano 1), Anna Reinhold (soprano 2), David Erler (alto) Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass). I like this site because...
POST 5 Music is a universal language, this implies that anyone who lives in China, in Europe, or speaks a language other than yours, can understand this universal language, which is the musical language, either through musical notes or by listen to it, as is the example that music can transmit emotions without necessarily having a text in between. This implies that it can be a powerful way of reaching people, because as the great philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche would say, “life without music would be a mistake”. Everything is music and we depend on it, like when we walk or go to some activity, if we are not listening to music, we are singing or thinking about rhythms that catch our attention. In that sense, we depend on music for our daily lives. My career in music contributes in this sense, because singing is the cry of the soul and with that I can transmit a message to the world, be it love, politics, or another. Being a transmitter at the service of music is one of the most bea...
POST 4: Today, my dear public reader, I want to comment on food dishes, specifically, my favorite food. There are many varieties of tastes within what food is, but in particular, I love Chilean food too much, some empanadas, some sopaipillas, some good beans with mother's reins when it's cold are dishes that I I like to taste, I'm a fan of food, but why not everyone? But especially, I really like the casserole, it's something very versatile, and I peculiarly like to cook a lot. Cazuela is a very popular Chilean dish among the population of this country, it contains chicken or beef, rice, cooked potatoes, pumpkin, corn and water. I like it a lot because it is a dish that can be shared with the family and its ingredients are very varied, you can enjoy a good conversation and an excellent accompaniment for rainy season. In my opinion, it is a dish rich in many nutrients, because it has chicken (or meat), rice and also has different vegetables, but it should not be eaten ev...
POST 3: When I met some close friends (Aníbal, Flavio, Diego), who are also colleagues in music, I realized that they used an IPad both to play games and to read scores, and they always invited me to play Star Wars through this technological tool. At that time, around the year 2016, I thought that only Tablets existed, however, when I wanted to buy this technological tool, my friends quickly made it clear to me that there were IPads, which belonged to the Apple brand. I use the IPad as much as to take photos and videos, however, I have also used it to read, search for things on the internet and mainly download PDF scores. This has allowed me to use it in rehearsals singing or conducting the orchestra, it is a very versatile tool, also sometimes I use it to watch series or movies and it weighs much less than a laptop. In that sense, I completely change my life, because I no longer depend on a piece of paper to be able to read scores, contributing to my profession and my studies. I would...
POST 2: As we will be talking about complicated decisions in life, today, I decide to tell you mine, this story is not easy to tell, because you have to understand the different processes of life to understand the path of the young, especially in this modern society , one goes from here to there, well, we must take charge of countries at a young age as some other monarchs have done, right? Since I was a child I have liked music, my father always instilled it in me, but certainly that was not very clear to me in my youth, many times one lets oneself be influenced by certain characters that appear in life. In my childhood I had dreams like many children, I wanted to be an aviator, or as I watched soccer with my family on television, I also wanted to be a soccer player, but since things happen differently when you are little, I did not end up fulfilling my goals. That's how in elementary school I had the intention of studying Industrial Civil Engineering, but over time, I realized th...
POST 1: Hello, my name is Israel Felipe Olivares Vargas, I am 29 years old. I have a degree in music and Director of Musical Groups at the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences (UMCE). I was born in Santiago de Chile in 1992 and since then I have lived in La Florida, in the southern part of the Metropolitan Region. Since I was little I started in music, mainly due to the influence of my father, also a musician. At the age of 11, I began to sing in the choir of the Liceo Andrés Bello in the San Miguel district, where I studied until I was 18 before starting university. This high school has an interesting cultural history, because that is where Los Prisioneros, an important musical group for the history of our country, was born. When I left high school, I prepared for a year to take the university selection test, that's how I started studying music in 2012 at UMCE. That is where my path as an orchestral conductor begins, because within the mention I contemplated working wi...
Video essay
Video essay - What do you think of the video? Do you meditate Why? Do you feel it works? Why? -How do you feel these days? Why? -How do I feel when the English class starts? I think the video explains well the effects of meditation on our body. I meditate, with Tibetan bowls, do it to relax and disassociate myself from the stress that academic burdens or work can cause. Yes it works, my body and mind relax once my meditation session is over, I feel lighter and in harmony with my body, it is released from the burden that brings stress, anxiety and nerves, I do not feel warm and I feel cheerful. I chose meditation with Tibetan bowls because they help concentration and serve as music therapy, as it regulates blood pressure and relaxes brain waves. These days I have felt good, I’m happy, because I have been with my family and my pets, I have practiced gardening fixing the yard of my house, I have been with my girlfriend at home watching movies and series. I meet with my friends through Zoo...
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From Larry Shiner's point of view on the separation of arts and crafts in the 18th century and how Europeans supported by the ideas of the Enlightenment began to expand their cultures through colonization in the world, we can say that art as fine art is a western invention. Faced with this, with regard to Latin America, the arrival of the Spanish colonizers was so aggressive, imposing their European culture that, "while other colonial or former colonial, in the midst of metropolitans, began to speak to each other in their languages, we We Latin Americans and Caribbean people continue with our languages as colonizers ”(Fernández Retamal 2005, p. 22). Fortunately today and together with the important inclusion of the female gender, in Latin America you can see a search for an identity of one's own about the creation of art, developed from cultural syncretism between Europeans and native peoples, as well as Busos Valderrama (2013) recounts about the great Gabriela mistral w...
School Memories
Questions 1. In what year did you start school? 1999 2. Who was your first teacher? Professor Soledad Carrasco 3. When did you learn to read? When I was in first grade 4. Who was your first friend at school? my first friend is called Cavin Díaz 5. What was your favorite subject at school? When I was older, I really liked history 6. Who was your favorite school teacher? The music teacher, I learned a lot from him and he inspired me to be what I like today. 7. What was your least favorite subject? Chemistry, I didn't like it 8. When did you start high school? in 2007 9. What is the best memory of your school days? my classmates and the teachers' motivation 10. When did you leave school? in 2010
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ISRAEL FELIPE OLIVARES VARGAS PERSONAL BACKGROUND israel.olivares@umce.cl ACADEMIC BACKGROUND · Bachelor's degree in Music and D erection of · Bachelor of Arts with mention in Musical Performance in Canto. Othermusical ...
What are the things a city needs?
1 - What are the things a city needs? Number these things 1 - 9 in order of importance. Good housing __1__ Cheap transport __5__ Exciting nightlife _8___ Big parks ___6__ Secure streets __4__ Interesting culture _3___ Good shops __9__ Cheap Education __2__ Attractive buildings _7_ 2- Complete these opinions: In my opinion, the three most important things the city of Santiago needs are Free and quality education, greater culture, and a decent life. We also need a better public health system and better working conditions in our city. I think that politicians should be in the service of the people, that is their job not other and their own political intentions can wait.
The TOP 5 tourist attractions from Santiago.
1) The Museum of Memory and Human Rights is a space designed to give visibility to the human rights violations committed by the Chilean State between 1973 and 1990. It was inaugurated in 2010. The heritage of its archives includes oral and written testimonies. , legal documents, letters, stories, literary production, written press material, audiovisual and radio, feature films, historical material, documentary photographs. With its creation, it seeks to promote educational initiatives that invite knowledge and reflection 2) The Centre Gabriela Mistral, GAM, is a cultural centre devoted to disseminate and promote performing arts and music. Among many other activities, it offers contemporary drama and dance, as well as classic and popular music a space to continuous development and experimentation. Furthermore, with an emphasis on contemporary photography and popular arts, the GAM houses a ...
MY FAVORITE NUMBER
My favorite number is 15. It represents a very entertaining day in my life, and it is generally the midpoint in the months of the year. When the 15th arrives I feel that the month will end soon. It is a number that identifies me and accompanies me.