Increased interest in modern a cappella ( particularly collegiate a cappella ) can be seen in the growth of awards such as the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards ( overseen by the Contemporary A Cappella Society ) and competitions such as the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella for college groups and the Harmony Sweepstakes for all groups.

Soila's " Nouse Lauluni " was awarded 2008 for the best Folk-song of the Year 2007 by The Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards ( CARA )

Achievements in collegiate a cappella recording are recognized by awards programs ( most notably the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, awarded by CASA ) and compilation albums, such as the long-running Best of College A Cappella series.

* The Contemporary A Cappella Society ( of America ), a repository of resources regarding contemporary a cappella.

Since that time, GLAD has alternated a cappella recordings with more subdued Adult Contemporary albums, the notable exception being 1995's lively Color Outside the Lines, co-produced by industry veterans Mark Baldwin and Joe Hogue for Light Records.

They have released 4 cassettes and 5 CDs, winning many Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards.

The Contemporary A Cappella Society ( of America ), or CASA, is a 501 ( c )( 3 ) charitable organization dedicated to fostering and promoting a cappella music of all styles around the world.

* In 1997 they were nominated for the " Best Folk Song " award by the Contemporary A Cappella Society at the Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards ( CARAs ) for the song Lest We Forget, from the Our Back Yard album.

It was given a limited airplay-only release but reached number eight on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in the U. S. An a cappella version performed by Overboard was recorded for their 2008 album Tidings.

Contemporary media studies includes the analysis of new media with emphasis on the internet, video games, mobile devices, interactive television, and other forms of mass media which developed from the 1990s.

Contemporary Paganism, or Neopaganism, includes reconstructed religions such as the Cultus Deorum Romanorum, Hellenic polytheism, Slavic neopaganism ( i. e. Slavianstvo, including Rodnovery ), Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, or Germanic religious reconstructionism, as well as modern eclectic traditions such as Discordianism, Wicca and its many offshoots.

* A Contemporary English Version of The Merchant of Venice – includes extensive notes and commentary, with essays on " The Lottery " and " The Three Sals.

Contemporary transnational interactions between Hmong in the West and Miao groups in China, following the 1975 Hmong diaspora, have led to the development of a global Hmong identity that includes linguistically and culturally related minorities in China that previously had no ethnic affiliation.

Located on Seventh Street between Wabash Avenue and Ohio Street, Terre Haute's Art Corridor includes the Swope Art Museum as well as two galleries: the Halcyon Contemporary Art Gallery and Gopalan Contemporary Art.

The museum's permanent collection includes works by Contemporary Southeastern artists such as Dale Kennington, Frank Flemming, Dale Lewis and Cal Breed, as well as material by nationally recognized artists including Frank Stella and Jim Dine.

Contemporary literature includes In The Minds Eye ( 1997 ) by Thomas G. West, Upside Down Brilliance ( 2002 ) by Linda Silverman, and The Einstein Factor ( 2004 ) by Win Wenger.

Contemporary Australian architecture includes a number of other iconic structures, including the Harbour Bridge in Sydney and Parliament House, Canberra.

It includes a version of " It Came Upon a Midnight Clear ", which became their second number one Adult Contemporary hit.

Contemporary music includes e. g. a renowned metal music scene, in common with the other Nordic countries, as well as a number of prominent rock and pop bands, jazz musicians, hip hop performers and makers of dance music.

Some are in the Lambeth library ( No. 306 ); and from the volume which includes them were published by the Camden Society, edited by James Gairdner, Three Fifteenth Century Chronicles, with Historical Memoranda by John Stowe the Antiquary, and Contemporary Notes of Occurrences written by him ( 1880 ).

Moore also includes MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, a national center with a focus on the study, performance, creative work and promotion of contemporary music.

On the Board of NeWest Press ( Edmonton ) since 1981, she is the founder and editor of The Writer as Critic series, which includes, among others, Douglas Barbour's Lyric / Anti-lyric: Essays on Contemporary Poetry, Frank Davey's Canadian Literary Power, Daphne Marlatt's Readings from the Labyrinth, Fred Wah's Faking It: Poetics and Hybridity, Phyllis Webb's Nothing But Brush Strokes, and, most recently, Di Brandt's So This Is the World & Here I Am in It.

Contemporary political sociology takes these questions seriously, but it is concerned with the play of power and politics across societies, which includes, but is not restricted to, relations between the state and society.

This includes Australian Aboriginal art, Australian Colonial art, Landscape, Atelier, Modernist and Contemporary art.

It includes a new branch of the AUC Bookstore, a café and the Margo Veillon Gallery for Contemporary Egyptian Art.

In 1999, Shields composed music, which includes " 2 ", for the Canadian Contemporary Dance company La La La Human Steps.

Contemporary skaldic poetry which refers to the battle includes a work by Hallfreðr the Troublesome Poet, who was in Olaf Tryggvason's service.

Contemporary Tibetan art includes modern thangka ( religious scroll paintings ) that resemble ancient thangka, as well as radical, avant-garde, works.

This comprehensive collection of American art includes prominent holdings of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism, Geometric abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Lyrical Abstraction, Color Field painting, Minimalism and Contemporary Art.

The venue is part of the Gateshead Quays development, which also includes the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

Contemporary usage of Malay includes a set of slang words, formed by innovations of standard Malay words or incorporated from other languages, spoken by the urban speech community, which may not be familiar to the older generation, such as awek ( girl ), balak ( guy ) or cun ( pretty ).

* AllEarsNet's photos of the Contemporary Resort ( includes photos of the newly refurbished rooms )

Contemporary furniture that is neither Danish nor straight-line modern but has sculptured pattern, many design facets, warmth, dignity and an effect of utter comfort and livability.

Often, if the skill is being used in a functional object, people will consider it a craft instead of art, a suggestion which is highly disputed by many Contemporary Craft thinkers.

Archives of the Party are now preserved in a number of Russian state archives ( Archive of the President of the Russian Federation, Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History, State Archive of the Russian Federation ), many of them remain classified.

Important museums in Ghent are the Museum voor Schone Kunsten ( Museum of Fine Arts ), with paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Paul Rubens, and many Flemish masters ; the SMAK or Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst ( City Museum for Contemporary Art ), with works of the 20th century, including Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol ; and the Design Museum with masterpieces of Victor Horta and Le Corbusier.

Contemporary Christian worship, as often found in Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, may include the use of contemporary worship music played with electric guitars and the drum kit, sharing many elements with rock music.

Contemporary queer theory, incorporating many ideas from social constructionism, tends to look at sexuality as something that has meaning only within a given historical framework.

Contemporary Jainism is a small but influential religious minority with as many as 6 million followers in India and growing immigrant communities in North America, Western Europe, the Far East, Australia and elsewhere.

The government made many efforts for cultural development: the National Museum of Korea, Seoul Arts Center, National Museum of Contemporary Art were all constructed during this time.

Contemporary multimeters can measure many quantities.

Contemporary ontologies share many structural similarities, regardless of the language in which they are expressed.

Contemporary Greek literature is represented by many writers, poets and novelists: Dionysios Solomos, Andreas Kalvos, Angelos Sikelianos, Emmanuel Rhoides, Kostis Palamas, Penelope Delta, Yannis Ritsos, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Andreas Embeirikos, Kostas Karyotakis, Gregorios Xenopoulos, Constantine P. Cavafy, Demetrius Vikelas, while George Seferis and Odysseas Elytis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Contemporary Tehran is a modern city featuring many structures, of which the Azadi ( Freedom ) Tower and the Milad Tower have come to be symbols of Tehran itself.

* Contemporary soils carry imprints of pedogenic processes that were active in the past, although in many cases these imprints are difficult to observe or quantify.

Contemporary problems such as the growing rate of obesity and issues relating to stress and overwork in many countries have further complicated the interaction between work and health.

According to Jay R. Howard and John M. Streck, by 1981 Stonehill ( like many other Contemporary Christian Music artists ) had transitioned from an evangelistic focus to one of " encouragement, exhortation, and Christian accountability ".

Contemporary accounts make mention of many refugees streaming through the Kiamichi River valley.

Contemporary archaeologists ( first of all Michael D. Coe ) have found depictions of characters and episodes from Popol Vuh on Maya ceramics and other art objects ( e. g., the Hero Twins, Howler Monkey Gods, the shooting of Vucub-Caquix and, as many believe, the restoration of the Twins ' dead father, Hun Hunahpu ).

Contemporary Yucatec Maya farmers distinguish many more aspects of the rain and the clouds and personify them as different, hierarchically-ordered rain deities.

Contemporary chroniclers saw this as a matter of concern ; Robert of Torigni suggested that as many as 1, 115 such castles had been built during the conflict, although this was probably an exaggeration as elsewhere he suggests an alternative figure of 126.

1996 JE COURAIS TANT DE BUTS DIVERS ... ( I was running in so many different directions ...) ( Contemporary music review Vol.

Contemporary and near-contemporary chroniclers were generally negative in their attitudes towards Gaveston, blaming the royal favourite for many of the problems of the reign.

Delaware residents support a popular farmer's market, professional theaters, the Ballet Met, the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Opera Columbus, Contemporary American Theater Company, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Delaware Community Chorus and many theater opportunities.

Contemporary chroniclers saw this as a matter of concern ; Robert of Torigny suggested that as many as 1, 115 such castles had been built during the conflict, although this was probably an exaggeration as elsewhere he suggests an alternative figure of 126.