Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Observation

As the conductor enters the stage area, he is greeted with genuine applause from the audience. The conductor shakes hands with the concert master, and then turns to the audience to acknowledge them with a bow. The audience is nicely dressed in business or evening attire. The audience is seated on the floor or in the balcony areas for viewing. The audience remains seated throughout the performance, and there is no conversation between them as they watched the symphony. This concert etiquette is to show respect to the conductor, the orchestra, and other audience members. The orchestra performers are outfitted in black. The men have on black suits with ties. The women have on either black dresses or pant suits. The conductor is dressed in black with a button down black jacket with a white tuxedo shirt underneath the jacket. Also, there is a chorus, attired in black, seated behind the orchestra. The strings are seated in front of the conductor, then follows the woodwinds, horns, percussion, soloists, and chorus.

On April 11, 2014 The Florida Orchestra performed Wolfgang Mozart’s Symphony No. 28 in C major, K, 200, David Diamond’s Symphony No. 4, and Johannes Brahms Quartet No.1 for Piano and Strings in G minor at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall in Tampa, Florida. Gerard Schwarz, guest conductor, led the Florida Orchestra for each of the compositions. According to The Florida Orchestra Program the list of performers for the violin is Jeffrey Multer, Nancy Chang, Jeffrey Smick, Lei Liu, Sarah Shellman, Lucas Guideri, Valerie Adams, Toula Bonie, Saundra Buscemi, Mary Corbett, Linda Gaines, Oleg Geyer, Cynthia Gregg, Linda Hall, Yan Jiang Lu, Evelyn Pupello, Claudia Rantucci, and Virginia Respess. The list of performers for the viola is Ben Markwell, Kathie Aagaard, Karl Bawel, Lewis Brinin, Alan Gordon, Alison Heydt, Kenneth Kwo, Warren Powell, and Barbara Rizzo. The list of performers for the violoncello is James Connors, Lowell Adams, Rebecca Bialosky, Alfred Gratta, Gretchen Langlitz, Laura McKey Smith, and Merrilee Wallbrunn. The list of performers for the bass is Dee Moses, John DiMura, Roger Funk, Alan Glick, James Petrecca, and Deborah Schmidt. The list for performers for the flute is Clay Ellerbroek, Daphne Soellner, and Lewis Sligh. Lewis Sligh was the only piccolo performer. The list of performers for the oboe is Shawn Welk, Lane Lederer, and Jeffrey Stepehenson. Jeffrey Stephenson also performed during the night playing the English

In the beginning, the ensemble started out with a very meager beginning. They started off playing on Sunday afternoons with only sixty musicians, but after the stock market crash, the ensemble was ultimately dissolved. In 1945, another ensemble under conductor Henry Sopkin was formed by public school music teachers and was sponsored by the Atlanta Music Club. The ensemble was made up of teenagers and young adults, so it was called The Atlanta Youth Symphony. Over time, adults were added and, eventually, there was a name change because, by 1951, the ensemble was made up completely of professionals. The ensemble was now called The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

On Saturday, October 1st, 2016, I attended a performance by The DVC Symphonic Band at the Performing Arts Center at Diablo Valley College. The symphony was composed of wind, brass, and percussions sections as well as a string bass and a piano. The musicians were all dressed in black with a blue haired clarinetist and a pink haired French horn player.

The performance of W.A. Mozart’s work Lucio Silla was held in Brooklyn College Opera Theatre on Friday, May 11 at 7:30pm. This piece of music was presented in a concert vision with the Conservatory Orchestra under the lead of George Rothman as the conductor, and with the Conservatory Singers under the lead of Malcolm J. Merriweather as the director. This performance is conducted by Matthew Patrick Morris, a famous singer and actor who teaches at the Brooklyn College for voice. The concert is performed by many experienced singers and musicians, and the audiences had showed their greatest respect by keeping quiet and paying attention to the performance throughout the entire concert. There was one piece of music that attracted me the most, which is the overture at the beginning of the performance.

On Wednesday April 27, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., I went to see the Kennesaw State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nathaniel F. Parker. The concert took place at the Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Center in the Morgan Hall. The pieces they performed were "Infinite Ascent" by Erik Morales, "Allegro moderato" by Carl Nielsen, "Andante and Hungarian Rondo, Op.35" by Carl Weber, "Allegro con spirito" by Johann Hummel, and "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Paul Hindemith. It was truly fascinating to experience the music from many famous composers of many different periods of time.

The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Kraemer, played at the Tilson Music Hall on Indiana State University campus. The orchestra came to Terre Haute as part of the Indiana State University 50th Annual Contemporary Music Festival. To hear the orchestra play was a delight. The pieces that were played were by James A. Beckel, Jr. and Libby Larsen.

I recently attended the Kansas State University Orchestra conducted by Dr. David Littrell and graduate student Travis Hale. The orchestra featured four pieces, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Minor composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Petite Suite composed by Claude Debussy arranged by Henri Busser, Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) composed by Gioachino Rossini, and Overture to Le roi d’Ys composed by Edouard Lalo.

On December 2nd, 2017, I attended a concert performed by the Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert, performed at the Diablo Valley College Performing Arts Center, was called A Classical British Invasion and it featured pieces that were either written by British people or were inspired by them. Since I have only listened to professional orchestras for previous concert reports, I decided to attend a college orchestra, hoping to see the differences between a professional orchestra and a more casual one.

On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, DePaul Symphony Orchestra held their 39th Annual Spring concert at Orchestra Hall of Chicago Symphony Orchestra center from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. When I arrived, I noticed that most of the audiences were formally dressed, including kids, students, adults, and elders. It was really crowded in the room; I estimated that there were over 300 attendees. After taking my seat, I looked around the stage and saw a huge orchestra. All the musicians were dressed in black, and they were still practicing even when their performance was about to start. A woman welcomed the audiences and thanked them for attending the concert. The concert finally begun with a short performance to welcome conductor Cliff Colnot. The instruments that

The first piece of this musical was very peaceful. The tempo wasn’t too fast in this piece. The occasional sounds of the drums enhanced this first act, and I liked the constant back and forth between the violins and other string instruments. The second act started off very gentle and I enjoyed the opera singer because the music exemplified

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the country’s five major symphony orchestras, and constantly has new pieces for music lovers.The February 2014 concert opened with Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy,it's a very youthful piece that depicts the young in a gentle and carefree nature. Impressionism was a leading art movement during his time.In France, “Impressionist” was a term used to say a persons work did not follow the norms or rules of society.

On October 27 at 8:00 pm I will be attending the concert of Symphony 1 played by the conductor Alain Altinoglu and the Violin Veronika Eberie. It will be held in The Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Centre.

The Symphony Orchestra has been given an important opportunity to perform for the community for a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday, April 23rd, at the Oklahoma City Community College PAC. The ENO participated in this meaningful event several years ago and we are honored to participate in the ceremony again. This event is free and open to the public.

On March 10, 2016, I visited my old high school for their annual spring musical which includes the band and orchestra. The orchestra generally played 4 pieces Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, Beethoven Symphony No.6, and Tchaikovsky No.6. The orchestra would also be playing other various musical selections for private judges only. The school orchestra was conducted by Sasha Brown who is also a former member of the philharmonic orchestra. Mrs. Brown also helps assess unprivileged teens with music scholarships, and help open up many opportunities for them.