music
Bite-Sized Arts and Culture: Trying Something New
By Eleanor O’Hagan Columnist We’re trying something new, folks! This is my third semester working with the Troubadour, so I thought why not try something new! That is the inspiration for this column: to encourage others to try something new in the spectrum of arts and culture. I just spent a semester in Austria where […]
Going Viral: Modern music’s effect on our identity
By Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Culture Columnist It is a surprise to no one that the media we consume impacts our lives. Whether it influences our habits, mental health or subconscious tendencies, the music we listen to matters. This is why it should be no surprise that general family dysfunction runs rampant in the society of […]
Alumni, student – run band works on its debut album
By Estelle Mandeville Staff Writer Characterized by rich vocals, guitar-riffs and violin chords, Franciscan-based band Acaciawood is aimed for greater heights as its members, senior Aislin Hilgeman and alumni Brigid Ambuul and Luna Oppus, work on the band’s first album. It has been a long jouney to get to this point, however. “I met Luna […]
Students taken to Austria in cuisine experience
Jen Hantz Staff Writer Warm food, live music and Austrian raffles filled campus from 4:30-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4. Festivities were held outside of the upper J.C. Williams Center and Austrian food was served in the cafeteria. Folk music and classic hits blared from the local band outside of the J.C. “They were playing Glen […]
Catholics should listen to non-Christian music
Tabitha Silva Staff Writer Catholics should do many things. Catholics should attend Mass as much as possible, especially on Sundays and holy days of obligations. Catholics should pray and meditate on the rosary. Catholics should be charitable. Catholics should know the teachings of the Church and be a walking example of the life laid out […]
Stop choosing harmful entertainment
Alexander Spieldenner Staff Writer Music is one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment available to us today, and for many people it is consumed almost constantly. It is one of our most constant sources of data, and can have the power to both express and process very strong, intense emotions. But for […]
Coffeehouse creates culture with music, art, baking
VERONICA NOVOTNY ASSISTANT EDITOR Over a dozen acts were performed for an energetic crowd at the Daughters of Zion’s coffeehouse in the J.C. Williams Center Atrium starting at 9 p.m. Sunday. Some students performed solos, others, original songs, and a few couples took the plant-decorated stage to perform duets. Enthusiastic cheers displayed the audience’s approval of the event, which also included a chance […]
Latinos for Christ host annual Brazilian Carnival
JOHN MACDONALD STAFF WRITER Over 70 students filled the lower level of the J.C. Williams Center for the annual Brazilian Carnival hosted by Latinos for Christ on Saturday evening. The carnival started promptly at 9 p.m. and featured music, dancing, photos and refreshments. The lower J.C. was fully decorated with vibrant tablecloths, banners, flashing lights and papel picado — colorful squares of […]
Fine Arts Column: Art of the Requiem
WILLIAM SPINNENWEBER FINE ARTS COLUMNIST I am always spellbound by the Requiem Mass. The timeless prayers and eerie chants are like unto a sacred drama, evoking the various images of the last day: earth and heaven burning in ashes; humanity uttering pleas for souls to be saved from the abyss of Tartarus; a soul’s cry to […]
People in pajamas party in public at Pajama Rama
RACHEL MILLER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Many pajama-clad students braced the snowy cold Friday night to unwind with friends and fun activities at Pajama Rama in the J.C. Williams Center. The J.C. was transformed into a pajama party that pleasantly wrapped up the school week with something for everyone there. Students came decked out in their silliest pajamas or […]