Avi's Spring Concert

It’s amazing to listen to musicians who do not normally play with each other come together and leave the audience in complete awe. That is exactly what happened on the day of Thursday November 26th 2014. The Bill Crothers Varsity Winds comprised of grade eleven and twelve students along with a few, talented grade tens went to listen to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra play. We travelled via a typical yellow school bus that took us to Roy Thomson Hall where we went right to the top level and took our seats. The seating seemed rather helpful because from a distance you could hear every instrument when you focused on it. It was beautiful. The band presented well with their “Penguin” like attire that was kind to the eyes. They appeared very organized,

One the afternoon of Sunday, 03 May, 2015, I was watched a performance of the North Dakota State University Spring Choral Concert Festival Concert Hall at North Dakota State University. The NDSU Concert Choir has a distinguished tradition of performing eminent choral literature at the highest level of artistry.

Exposition IV: An Appalachian Spring, is a performance of various musicians within Virginia Tech’s School of Performing Arts. The event took place at Moss Arts Center in the Anne and Ellen Fife theater, with musicians stationed on stage and on the side balconies. A different instrument section played each segment of the performance, including: horn ensemble, string ensemble, bassoonists, percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, the Linux Laptop Orchestra, Kinect sensor and computer, and male and female choirs. This exposition was held in order to benefit the performing arts scholarship program at Virginia Tech, but it seemed that the performance had the goal of showing off the individual ensemble’s talents, and, in the end, combining those talents.

There’s no better feeling than being at a concert and jamming along to songs that you love while surrounded by people who share the same love for the music. Music concerts are majestic environments where a variety of different people come together in order to share their love of music. A few weeks ago I attended a Zac Brown Band concert for the first time and I was truly inspired by the band’s artistry and skill. The band was fully able to captivate their audience with their soulful tunes and obvious passion for performing. One moment of the concert that particularly stood out to me was when the band performed a cover of The Beatles hit song “Let it Be.” Zac Brown Band was able to stay true to the original song while bringing a whole different level of soul to the music through the addition of a gospel choir. The audience immediately related to the song and came together to sing along to a song by one of the biggest bands in music history. Zac Brown Band was able to successfully deliver such a powerful song as “Let it Be” which was off of The Beatles final studio album.

“He seemed genuinely enjoy playing and he worked really well with the jazz band. Plus he was awesome,” Sophia Congdon freshman said.

played an abundant amount of notes. He is going to conduct the band and the chorus at Universal

The concert that I attended was a charity concert, which was organized in Boston at a local university there. The South Asian Student Union of Harvard University organized the concert. I happened to be in Boston and this particular concert was organized for benefit causes such as using the proceeds of the concert to fund a number of poverty alleviation projects in South Asia. The concert was organized in a rather big room, which had a very big podium, as well as at least 500 seats that had been placed in it. Therefore, the overall hall where this concert took place was a typical auditorium setting with seating and a stage at the front. The concert promoters talked about different cause benefits related to alleviation of poverty in South Asia and that’s why the concert was organized. The organizers also informed the audience that the musicians wore traditional clothing so that the audience members could also have a good insight and understanding of the South Asian culture. All of ticket revenues for this concert were then given to a number of charities which then would use those funds to assist the different poverty alleviation programs in the larger South Asian region.

Some of the CHHS Theatre Department students were lucky to see Riverside City College production of The Addams Family on a school field trip October 20th. The Addams Family is a musical with music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman. The show tells the story of Wednesday Addams' first love with Lucas Beineke and the way her family reacts to their relationship. All Wednesday wants is "one normal night," but her inherently unique family cannot give her that. And so, chaos ensues – entertaining chaos set to a catchy score.

Valley Concert Chorale’s Sing-It-Yourself Messiah event has been a Tri-Valley holiday tradition for the past 12 years. Singers of all ages are invited to add their vocals to Part I of Handel’s great choral masterpiece, also known as the Christmas portion of Messiah. The performance of this classic will conclude with a powerful rendition of the “Hallelujah Chorus”.

The concert I attended was called the Faculty and Student Recital, which took place in the Cisco Auditorium on April 11, 2017. The music that was on the program was mostly what is called “classical” music, as well as a Chinese Folk Song, an electronic composition, and variations on an Indian Tala. In the classical pieces, the instruments that were used were the violin, the piano, the cello, and the oboe. In the electronic composition, the computer was used to make music. In the Chinese Folk Song, the piccolo was used to imitate the unique timbre of a Chinese flute. In the Indian tala, drums from Ghana were used to imitate the rhythm and sound of Indian drums. The piano, the violin, the cello, and the piccolo all originate

“I’ve got some bad news,” the director of our school play said. “Mr. Kupersmith is out sick so you guys are on your own.”

On October 1, 2017, I went to The Shins concert at the Cal Coast Credit Union amphitheater at San Diego State University. On this occasion, I accompanied my brother who is a devoted fan of The Shins. I agreed to accompany him when he bought the tickets during the summer. Further, the only song I’ve heard from The Shins is “Saint Simon”, which was included in the Windows XP media player, as one of the sample songs. Moreover, we arrived at SDSU around 5 pm. We easily found parking at one of the parking structures in SDSU. If I remember correctly, they charged $15 for the parking. Upon arriving to the venue, I observed that most of the concertgoers were adults, some parents took their children to the concert as it was an all ages concert. Also,

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.

On Sunday, May10 2015, a concert was held in The Broad Stage. The concert was played by Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra, whose conductor is Dr. James Martin. For this concert, I would identify myself as a referential listener at this concert. I say this because I am not an expert in music, therefore it would be hard for me to be a critical listener. I wouldn’t be able to tell what went wrong with a performance even if some incorrect notes were played. I was more of a referential listener because the music was soothing and brought my mind to peaceful thoughts. This essay will tells my experience of the concert in order to persuade my friend to  attend a classical music concert with you in the future.

Hello, my name is Gabby North I am a rising sophomore at Urbana High School. I was looking for a vocal coach and a friend of mine had given me your information. I was just looking to help shape up and work on note accuracy and characterization for an audition song before the fall musical. If you could please provide me with rates or any other information I would gladly appreciate it!