Attacca String Quartet Concert

I felt quite at home with the atmosphere, and enjoyed myself through the event. The experience proved to be fulfilling and gave me a peak to a new culture, and taught me many things about hospitality, celebrations and other norms and values significant to the American culture.

On Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 at 8:00 P.M., The Emerson String Quartet performed three pieces of classical music at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. The Emerson string Quartet is a professional string ensemble that performs classical music and consists of four adult males; Eugene Drucker on the violin, Philip Setzer on the violin, Lawrence Dutton on the viola, and Paul Walkins on the cello.

The last was the Mexican piece “Plena Con Sabor” written by Oscar Hernandez. This piece was different from others in that Beatriz Figueroa-Chavez sang solo and danced. I really liked her voice. During the composition, it was possible to observe how the sound changed because someone from the musicians fell silent and then joined again. The tempo was fast throughout the piece and did not change. The end of composition was played by all instruments and it sounded

I predicted for this experience to be fun, engaging and interactive with multiple age groups. During the hours I was there, zero kids showed up. I think there was too many volunteers as well. The 10 plus volunteers in the small ISS room created lots of commotion and chaos. I would have really enjoyed spending time with the siblings of my peers but it was okay that no one showed up. Overall, this was my least favorite experience because I didn't get to volunteer what I signed up for.

I didn’t expect the peacefulness I got from doing this activity. Through this activity, I realized that it’s not only the adults giving and teaching children, but that sometimes it’s the children doing something amazing for the adults. And as such, this was an amazing experience. If I had just talked about the importance of helping the children, I would have never gotten to experience this, emphasizing the importance of not waiting around but getting up and doing something. Through observing those who had been doing this activity longer than myself, I realized that they probably gained the same conclusion of joy and happiness gained through this activity. The veterans didn’t speak of this as a volunteer activity or something to help the children of the community, although they did acknowledge the importance of doing something like this with the children of Lakeland. The other volunteers viewed this activity as something fun. Something they themselves are lucky to experience. They viewed what they were doing as not them blessing the children, but the children blessing them, and I thought that was amazing. And while there were some experienced members of the group, I didn’t feel as if there was any pressure of rank, I played and had fun with the children just as any more experienced

The concert that I attended was on November 14th, 2017, on a Tuesday night. Those that were performing were the Chamber Ensemble of Kutztown University. The Concert began at 7:30 p.m., and concluded at 8:30 p.m. When the concert was just beginning I was unsure of what to expect, besides the obviousness of a piano portion to the whole event, because there was one sitting in the center of the stage.

The Strings Ensemble at Harding Fine Arts Academy is taught by Mr. McKenney. It consists of instruments such as the violin, viola, cello, and bass. The instruments combine in order to create phenomenal harmony and melody alike. Each section of instruments holds their own part in each piece of music. Students learn not only how to improve their instrumental skills, but they also will learn how to cooperate with their peers in order to be successful.

For this piece I felt like we had very good rhythmic accuracy throughout the whole song. I also feel like we had very good staggered breathing and it helped the songs flow. Our tone was good throughout the song but it could have been improved by us opening up more and giving it a more “opera” sound. We also missed some words especially at the ending and starting at measure 29 through that stanza we were a little timid and not sure of ourselves. I think we knew the notes but weren't sure of the words entirely even though we knew them. This song was also pretty good

My last point is about the dancers’ techniques, which especially relates to the timing of their piece. While observing the dance, I couldn't help but notice the amount free movement being used. I don’t necessarily think that using free movement was the best idea for this piece, because the tempo of the song Clarity is very technical. In my opinion, if the dancers had increased their technique to perfect their piece, it may have looked professional and complete.

The group started off with a String Quartet obviously in G major, K 387 by W.A Mozart (1756-1791). They wanted to do a Mozart celebration for the people attending the show. The

The band that I went to see was the Shapiro Brothers. The band consists of two siblings, which includes a singer and a powerful guitarist. The lead singer is a female and the lead guitarist is a male. The concert/live music took place at the Louisiana Jazz Kitchen (Kansas City, Mo), which is a restaurant that is based off Louisiana soul food. I am a regular customer at this restaurant, therefore I am familiar with the bands that come to give a show, expect the Shapiro Brothers. Unfortunately, I know little about the band and their music but they did give an amazing show, due to their soothing and unique music.

The third piece is Musica Celestis, composed by Aaron Jay Kernis in 1990. Its orchestration includes strings only. Its duration was 13 minutes. It is filled with warm harmonies. The beginning is very soft and deep (piano). As it goes along, the pitch and the dynamics become deeper, louder and more passionate. Scales keep ascending quickly, as if it is reaching a climax, until a full sudden stop is reached. After that, the music returns slowly and becomes deeper towards the end. This was my favorite piece in this whole performance. The listener can plunge into deep affectionate feelings. It was easy to imagine a scenario or a story by listening to its soft well-connected harmonies.

The setting of this performance was just in the classroom. It was very informal, which was nice. The audience was mostly students from our class as well as being students from a theory class. The first piece String Quartet No. 5, Op. 18, by Beethoven, was very upbeat. It felt like I was in at formal dance or almost like a ballroom at a fancy party. It was very interesting to listen to as it had a very brisk pace, but then went to a tone that was a little darker and then followed with some happy again. The second song was String Quartet No. 4 by Leon Kirchner was quite interesting. The song had many notes that contrasted with one another. It was out of harmony at first, but then as the song progressed, it slowly became more cohesive. This song made me

The composition I like best was string quintet no. 2 in g major op 111 compose in 1890 by Johannes Brahms which was one of the last compositions he ever created and appear, I like this composition because it was very dynamic. Brahms provided the quintet’s five members ensemble the capability to achieve delicate chamber texture as well as quasi-symphonic textures. The Allegro’s development section flourishes upon the polyphonic possibilities of the medium, beginning quietly in B flat but breeding an unusually intensive exploration of the first subject’s

I attended the Chaffey College Music Department Benefit Concert on February 7 at the Chaffey College theatre. The visual and performance arts presents in concert Los Angeles Philharmonic String Quartet. The concert was lead by Vijay Gupta, LA Philharmonic first violins with Tao Ni on cello, and Michael Larco on violas. The theater was filled up with audience coming from all over the place waiting for the performance to start. The concert had become a trio because one of the performers could not make it to the concert. Brandon Bernstein, music theory instructor, introduced the trio, which has toured internationally and is one of the most renowned orchestra groups in the world. The lights dimmed and the trio came out, bowed, and began to play. This orchestra played all string instruments. They performed three songs that are “Hungarian String Trio”, “String Serenade”, and “Chaconne”.