BMO Harris Pavilion Concert Analysis

The music concert this review covers is the Plano Symphony’s rendition of the Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in C minor and Symphony No. 9, The Choral, in D minor. The concert was held at a church in April 16, 2016, and it was a sold out performance. Since it was a night simply dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven, the symphony titled the concert as “Best of Beethoven.”

Last Thursday, I attended the Department of Music Concert Series at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. I was able to listen to both the Symphony Band, under the direction of Dr. Cara Morantz as well as the Wind Symphony Band directed by Dr. Sean Murray. They presented a tremendous performance comprised of pieces by J.B. Chance, Frank Ticheli, Samuel Hazo as well as a wide variety of other authors. The event was pleasurable to me, as well as many others in attendance to the concert. By the looks, colleagues families and teachers came to support the talented musicians on stage that night!

These include 2011 Simple Man Cruise , B-93 Birthday Bash, Blackout Tour, Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour, Concert at the Brickyard 400, Country2Country, Hell on Wheels Tour, Houston Rodeo, Let It Ride, Live In Overdrive Tour, Take It Outside Tour, The Big Revival Tour, The Blood, Sweat, & Beers Tour, and the Two Lanes Of Freedom tour.

On the night of February 11, 2017, Sarah and I traveled to the Music Hall at Fair Park to see Broadway’s hit “An American in Paris.” This was one of the most breathtaking shows I have ever experienced. From the talented dancing, magnificent acting, and wonderful singing it was a great way to spend my night! George and Ira Gershwin composed the music in this show the and the performers did a fabulous job making it entertaining. It was an amazing show to get to write about for my last Honors Paper, and I hope to see it again one day.

For my concert report, I chose to attend a University Chambers Players performance. Within this classical genre of music, the pieces performed were all homophonic in texture and each melody introduced was supported by chordal accompaniment. All of the pieces performed ranged from an eighteenth to twentieth century time period, and furthermore, each performance employed the use of western world instruments, such as the piano, cello, violin, and viola.

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

On April 21, 2014 I watched the online performance of Sleeping Beauty performed by the Jacobs School of Music at the Musical Arts Center in Indianapolis. I have never personally been to the Musical Arts Center, but from the online streamed video, the place looks magnificently huge and phenomenal. The stage was absolutely stunning. It was big, vibrant, and breathtaking. It made it look as if you actually went back in time and were a part of the performance. The stage was enhanced with beautiful cool, calming purples, pinks, and blues that matched the performers’ outfits to a tee. It reminded me of royalty. Each performer had gorgeous outfits for every act, and I must say, the designer did a fabulous job.

MUS 110CL Concert Critique Guidelines and Rubric After either attending a live concert or watching a full length concert online, write a critique of the performance following the format below. Here are a few examples of full length concerts you can find online (by conducting a web search using the criteria below) that could be used for this assignment:         Coldplay Live In Boston 2012 (Full Concert DVD) Sting: If on a winters night-Live from Durham Cathedral 2009 (watch all 14 songs on concert) Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman, Jan Hammer, Charlie Duke Ellington The Great Paris Concert Richard Galliano/Winton Marsalis - Billie Holiday meets Edith PIAF Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Jazz Center

The Avett Brothers headlined Summerfest's Saturday lineup. The band played at the 23,000-seat Amphitheater, and unfortunately, the venue had a lot of empty seats. To be fair, Summerfest's Saturday turnout wasn't as big as the day before, but it's a bit surprising more people didn't come and see the band perform. Avett Brothers played songs such as "You and I," "The Carpenter," "Talk on Indolence," and "True Sadness." They even honored America with a rock rendition of "America the Beautiful." Those people who did not attend The Avett Brothers' set, missed out on a great show, which also featured a performance by Brandi Carlile.

I sat in the Sporting KC bleachers, looking down at the people already gathering for the bands that were to come. My mom had bought my family concert tickets as a birthday present. The concert was called Buzz Beach Ball 2015. Buzz Beach Ball is a yearly hosted concert by the radio channel, 96.5 The Buzz, which I believe the overall genre is something alike alternative-rock. It was pretty exciting! Buzz Beach Ball 2015 is the first large-scale concert I’ve been to, or at least, the first large-scale concert in my memory.

I cannot believe what my eyes have witnessed. On February 24, 2017, I had the opportunity to volunteer and to witness a Stax Music Academy concert. Every year in February, the Stax Music Academy pays tribute to legendary music artist by performing some of the most iconic songs that were sung during the late 50’s - early 90’s. This year, the Stax Music Academy did an R&B concert based on the Stax Volt tour, which included people like, Otis Redding, The Barkays, The Staple singers, and more. This concert was sold out, and the crowd really enjoyed themselves.

An ambulance driver, a nurse, and the scene is waiting in line. The ambulance is crashed into the grocery store window, the nurse dies during the accident. The ambulance driver has to wait in line to save the cashiers life, while the man in front of him accuses him of cutting in line. This was an improv was performed at Forest City High School Spring Band Concert, to showcase and advertise the school speech program. Austin has always been well known for crazy funny comments, that get the hold room about to pee their pants laughing.

The Nashville Symphony held a concert at The Schermerhorn Concert Hall on Friday November 5th, performing Franz Joseph Haydn’s famous work The Creation. This performance featured the Nashville Symphony, and the Nashville Chorus, and was conducted by world-renowned conductor Nicholas McGegan. This performance was very brilliant yet so simple. The symphony was cut down from its normal size to a moderate size, whereas the Chorus seemed to be at full strength and numbers behind the Symphony. There were three soloist singers accompanying this performance. There was one Soprano, one Tenor, and one Bass.

On April 22 of 2016 I was able to go see James Bay perform at the Fox Theatre in Oakland. Last summer he played at City of Trees which I was also able to go to, so when I heard that he was going to be playing near by again, I jumped at the opportunity to see him. Although his music is more along the lines of being a mainstream genre, when playing live Bay really exposes his talent.

The first half of the concert was only instrumental. There were two violins, two violas, and two cellos. They sat on stage with the violins one my right, then the violas in the middle, and the cellos on the end. The violins played a few songs solo. The second half of the concert was only the choir and a piano. Their performance started with the song Daybreak. The song Daybreak also had a few girls playing percussion, one of them had a tambourine. Using SHMRG, the Harmony of most of the choirs songs were very homophonic. The Melody of most of the songs were mainly slow, though a couple songs were very fast, and upbeat.