Change Analysis Vision

On April 26th, I attended the College of Liberal Arts Department of Performance Studies presenting there Small Ensembles Concert. The performance began at 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and the ensemble was coached by David Wilborn. The ensemble included a variety of brass including; a horn trio, a brass trio, a trombone and tape, and a trombone choir. The performers were talented, but I did not care for the pieces that were chosen for the concert.

For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see

The ALLTEL Pavilion in North Carolina is an outdoor amphitheater that provides about 40 concerts to the public per year. The past operating period shows negative results. The management’s aim is to forge a better strategy to realize their goals in terms of their budget and sign contracts with different artists.

Purpose: The purpose of the following document is to highlight to the Board of Heritage Christian Academy the current state of, the challenges faced by, the vision for, and the future potential of the band program.

To begin, the idea of this event spawned from the brain of the Music Department chair Marshall Kimball in his proposal for the Leader in Residence program. Initially a small event for arts advocacy, the bash blossomed into a community wide event with three stages of live entertainment, fantastic art displays, and a number of children’s activities all for free. As the event grew into its final product, the People’s Bank Theatre cooperated quite nicely with the music department to ensure success, whether it be passing out flyers in the program for other shows or providing the performers a comfortable space

On February 25, 2016, I was able to see the Mid-Year Band Concert in the PAC. The pieces I have chosen to review were performed by the Varsity, Symphonic II and Symphonic I Bands and conducted by Mr. Bailey and Mr. Hillhouse. “King Cotton,” “Amparito Roca,” and “Valdres” were among my favorites in the program and are all coincidentally, marches.

On April 28, 2017, I attended the School of Music’s Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The program last about two hours and had a ten minute intermission. This non ticketed event was held at Morgan Hall in the Bailey Performing Arts Center on Kennesaw State University’s Kennesaw campus. The program consisted of three unique musical pieces performed by the renowned Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

For my event analysis I viewed one of the many spectacular operas put on by the Jacobs School of Music. This opera, the large production it was, must also have a strong and efficient organization running it. You will read about my personal experience, the infrastructure of the organization, and how topics from class can be incorporated into the organization.

Upon entering the building, there are the astounding sounds of music. Arias sung by students upstairs waft down into the lobby. Fellow students jokingly sing their favorite show tunes; even the receptionist will join in if the tune is catchy enough. A flat screen TV accents the room with HD sound and visual quality of last year’s performance of Porgy and Bess. In fact, the entirety of the SVAC’s lobby is decorated with tokens from past performances—whether it be photographs of performers, posters headlining previous shows, or even costumes standing tall in glass containers. To them, the performers are heroes, individuals to look up to, and the epitome of what a performer should strive to be.

Future appearances include a Collage performance at the Voxman Music building and the UISQRP summer

For one of the two concerts that I attended this semester, I went to the Women’s Chorus spring concert, which took place in the Rudder theatre. Although there weren’t as many people attending the event as I had originally thought, there were still quite a few people at the event. This concert was mainly for the presentation of alumni, parents, and to help raise money for the chorus’ planned trip to Italy where they would do casual performances in some chapels.

The United States Navy band performs over 1300 ceremonies and 300 concerts a year for various events, venues, and schools. I have arranged to meet with the event coordinator, Heather Hanson, to give more insight into the reasoning of booking the band. I will ask questions regarding the financing behind the concert, as well as what she thinks the benefits are of having the Navy Band perform.

On April 6th, the University of Georgia had a musical event entitled “UGA Percussion Ensemble.” It was held at Hugh Hodgson School of Music in the Ramsey Concert Hall. There were eighteen talented performers with two skilled directors. The directors were Mr. Timothy K. Adams Jr. and Ms. Kimberly Toscano Adams. There was a total of seven percussion performances. The venue was smaller than expected but it was breathtakingly beautiful. The musicians played old and new percussion pieces. Newly composed pieces such as Burning Green, composed in 2013, The Frame Problem, 2003, and The Loneliness of Sana Claus, 1994. The older pieces that performed in the concert where Rite of the Black Sun, Off-Axis, and Mark V: Marimba Toccata. All of the musical works were beautifully composed percussion pieces, and the musicians did the works justice.

Concerts contain so many sensations. The white chairs being put away, the stage getting placed back on the big black trailer piece by piece, and the quiet shuffles of the last feet leave the stadium; the stadium transforms into the purple and white stadium it once was, leaving no

The second concert that I chose for this assignment is a modern day rock concert from the English Symphonic Rock Band, Muse. This concert takes place at the O2 Sheppard’s Bush Empire Theatre in London, England. The crowd is large and ruckus, the concert is loud, bright, and energetic.