Band Assignment: Power of the Void

Part 1: The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides an exceptional education (silence) that challenges each student to develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

I think that adding a silence after the word 'education' creates the best tension. Since we know that silence can create tension, excitement, curiosity, etc., adding a silence after education will create curiosity within the people who are listening. They will want to know what kind of education the school provides, and how it will affect the students studying there. They will also want to know what the students will become (in this case, responsible global citizens) and if the education ISKL provides is truly exceptional.

Part 2: One way composers can create tension and release in their music is to create a void. Since tension is a 'Question' and release is the 'Answer', you can put a silence right when you are about to find out what the answer is. For example, if the music sounds rather scary and foreboding, and you want to know what happens next, you could use dynamics, starting from piano and ending in fortissimo, and right when you have played the fortissimo, cut off into a silence. The silence creates tension and makes the audience ask questions. And when you start playing again, that's the release and the answer!