University Idol

Yesterday I attended UTD's University Idol. The contestants covered a wide arrange of talents including dance and singing. The stage was dressed up to look like Woodstock and even the host had costumes resembling Janis Joplin.
The third place winner, Sirus Badiee, did a dance that took up the majority of the stage. He was very energetic yet precise in every one of his movements. The audience was able to get involved in the song as well.
The second place winner, Andrew Previc, played and sung Blackbird by The Beatles. He was very focused on his playing the chordophone, or acoustic guitar. His voice leads the melody while he played the harmony on his guitar.
The first place winner, a man known as Ping, played Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles.He was very energetic and was even able to get the audience to clap and sing along with him. The audience seemed to enjoy this alot and it helped make the performance seem more "concert like."

Another notable performance was a student who sung Bridge Under Troubled Waters. He had no background music or instruments. He had a very wide range of notes that he sung and was able to sustain notes for a long period of time. He most often used disjunct motion but also used conjunct motion for different parts of the song.