When it comes to music, I have never really studied it a whole lot. Taking this class is very different for me, but it’s actually enjoyably. I never actually thought about all the work it takes to understanding each piece, constructing the melody and symphony, and putting it all together to make it into something that sounds absolutely beautiful. It’s almost like magic watching everything come together. To begin with, I attended the concert at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta Georgia on Peachtree Road. I sat in the Woodruff Center, seat section Orch L Row A Seat Number ten. I attended this performance on Thursday, October 12th. The performance lasted around two hours or so. While attending this concert, I got to watch Michael …show more content…
As the night continued to go on I was absolutely amazed at the talent and music I heard. I couldn’t believe I thought this was going to be absolutely boring for me. At the end of the performance, I was truly amazed. I couldn’t stop talking about what I had just witnessed. The performances were amazing and each so beautiful and unique in many ways. I still couldn’t understand how all of those people and instruments just come to together and create masterpieces of music. I was engaged the whole performance and kept pointing out all the things I was enjoying to my boyfriend. He even had a wonderful time as well. After completing my first concert I definitely can’t wait to go to another one.
Ultimately, the entire orchestra was outstanding. The Bone Garden also known as the garden of death had two figures in motion. “One motion was rising as the other was falling, to metaphorically depict the trajectory of life and death (Rainey).” This piece felt very dark and dramatic, but I could feel ever emotion while listening to the orchestra play. The Scottish Worthies is a piece honoring figures from the Scottish Enlightenment. Stated in the program, “Scottish Worthies is composed as a set of episodes/variations that seek to capture the spirit of these great figures from the Scottish Enlightenment (Rainey).” I enjoyed listening to this piece, because it gave you a totally different outlook on life with its imagery.
Although there were just the slightest things that could be changed and that is that when Molly's part to sing came her voice was barely heard from the middle seats and also the half time food could have been better but aside from that it was great, amazing, astonishing, expectations met! For the first show attending this year it was great that is why I definitely recommend people should go and have an amazing time like I
The concert was very good overall. I am not interested in the classical music concert, but this concert made me thing different towards the classical concerts. Also I learned about the instrument called organ, very interesting instrument. I strongly recommend going to the organ concert. Especially if Dr. Carol Williams and Martha Jane Weaver are starring, you should definitely attend. No regret
The music played throughout all of the concerts adhered to be diverse. The instruments, the individuals performing, and the conductor all proved to be outstanding. The concerts proved to be interesting as I witnessed them, first hand.
My favorite part of the concert was the second part. The group played a song called “Body and Soul.” The guitarist played slowly before the others joined. They created a relaxed atmosphere with an old-school effect. All the notes were legato except the melodies of the drum which was staccato. The combination added character to the piece and made it entertaining. At 19:00, the pianist played briskly but beautifully, then the guitarist did the same. The notes became high pitched and the tempo and dynamics increased. After the guitar stopped, everything went into decrescendo and the melodies from the bass and drums became choppy (staccato). Overall the piece surrounded the theme of dependence and how it affects one’s happiness or strength. The piano and the guitar brought the happy aspect to the piece and without it, everything weakened and became uncoordinated. Initially it celebrated peace,
My initial response to the concert was of much surprise. First, when I walked in I didn’t expect to see such a formal event. Thank goodness I showed up in my work clothes! My initial reaction to the music however was one of great surprise. I didn’t really know what to expect from the Lee’s Summit Symphony because honestly I didn’t even know they existed. Once the symphony began to play “Don Giovanni” my mood instantly changed. The symphony was incredible, and the music was not what I had expected at all. I was surprised by how much of the music I had actually heard before and just not realized it.
This song seemed to require the most work from the performers as it used a wide range of dynamics, pitches, and tempo. The last song of the evening, and probably my favorite (not just because it was the last), was “Folk Dances”. This song, just like the first, had a very festive feel to it. The upbeat tempo, lead by the flutes and clarinets, made the song very enjoyable to hear and also had a very happy feel to it, which, in my mind, made it a very appropriate closer. The song started with a great tempo but a relatively soft dynamic. This quickly changed about half way through the song when the dynamics picked up. The loud dynamics with the fast tempo at the end of the song had a very grandiose sound and left the audience with a great taste in their mouths.
The show all started from open performances from Post Malone and Moxy Raia. When buying the tickets I didn’t know who these artists were so I had to look them up. Post Malone is a rapper and guitarist, so I thought he should be good. Therefore, when I got into the arena I was excited to listen to him, but it was awful. He was so loud and he didn’t really sing. I would never want to go back and listen to him again. This got my expectations down for the concert. I definitely
Tyler didn’t miss a note. He stayed energetic the whole two and a half hours. Josh drummed so intensely and was so upbeat he had the crowd rocking out. Listening to their lyrics live, I felt inspired and at home. All of their songs have a deeper meaning behind them and a life lesson that can be taken from it. They are extremely influential to their fan base. Looking at them up on the stage, I saw the happiness on their faces. I could tell they were enjoying themselves and that they wanted to be there. That is a big part of concerts.
six minutes in length and a couple songs were a little over ten minutes. The
However, the second day was more eventful than the first. We spent the first half of the day doing the usual sightseeing but later into the day as we grew closer to the concert excitement filled us. All day we talked about what we thought the concert was going to be like. We had high expectations for the concert. Later that night we discovered that it did not disappoint. Smoke filled the arena as a stage floated above the ground connected to the roof. The staged moved from end to end of the arena as Kanye performed on it. The crowd was constantly screaming the song lyrics as speakers blasted the music throughout the arena. The best parts were when Kanye stopped the music to share with us his trademark rants. He talked about society and how he is viewed as a celebrity. The songs that I usually listen to through headphones truly were much better live.
My first concert experience turned out to be very different from what I expected. Even though I would not choose to listen to classical music normally, the concert has made me enjoy this type of music more and made me think about how much more there is to music than just lyrics and a
The music was so lively and the people were friendly. I really enjoyed that the concert was literally put on for veterans, and between almost every song the bands would thank the veterans and dedicate songs to them. For tribute to the veterans, we did the Pledge of Allegiance before the concert began. I thought this was a very nice touch to get the crowd involved and to show our support to our veterans. I originally only went to the concert for Three Days Grace, but I walked out with two new good bands to listen to. All three of the bands put on a good performance. I had expected Otherwise and Adelita’s Way to only play for about 30 minutes each since Three Days Grace was the headliner, but they both played for an hour each, leading up to Three Days Grace’s two-hour performance. I thought Three Days Grace would play more songs from their new album, but surprisingly they played a lot of their old songs and just a couple of the new ones. My favorite song was “Never Too Late,” because it’s always been one of my favorites and it was amazing to hear it live. All of the songs they played sounded better than on their CDs because you got to actually feel the music and experience it in real time. The stage lights were set up to where they blinked with the beats in every song, and it was really cool to see because it made the music even more lively. All of the bands worked well together and put on a great show. They all thanked
I feel that the fourteen members of chamber orchestra and the two vocalists did an outstanding job. This piece was well put together. I loved the harmony that was brought forth between the orchestra and the vocalists. The two vocalists a tenor known as Paul Groves and a soprano known as Anna Larson, did a beautiful job staying in tune. The way that their voices went back and forth in harmony was just beautiful.
To begin, I thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Going into it I didn’t expect it to be as entertaining as it was.
The concert was performed on the Southam Hall stage at the NAC; this is a large hall with extremely good acoustics. It is a nationally known stage, so the quality of the hall is very good. Generally, the audience was very receptive as it was composed of adults, who were all silent. The acoustics were very good as the hall spread the sound throughout the hall without making it echo. This had a positive effect on the performance, because it was possible for the orchestra to be clearly heard from any point in the entire hall. I was impressed by the large number of students that I saw that night because the show deserved to have been heard by many young people.