Key Word: Jazz
VCU is famous for its art department. It's such a great honor to attend these inspiring lectures and meet such passionate artists. Though I'm not a art student which means I have a vague idea about what art is in the real essence and can't appreciate art very well, but I can tell how professional and dedicated they are.
What impresses me most is the live jazz class. Actually, I've never been to a live Jazz concert. And this lecture seems to me as a mini concert. The professor and "his band" showed us how Jazz various and how it goes. They also displayed different styles of music like bossa nova, which is my favourite.
I assumed Jazz is in a soothy, elegant and happy tone. Jazz is anything but anger. But refering to the professor, he thinks Jazz blends these emotions together. And I asked Billy how he thinks of the tone of Jazz, he thinks it's bouncing and swinging. Incisive.