Concert Evaluation : An American

The opening piece was the performance of Swan Lake Act II; this performance was a very intense and heavy piece. There were dancers in white tutus called swans and they danced together as a group, there were about 20 dancers. The main swans name is Odette, who was performed by Caroline Preskitt, and she danced beautifully. She danced with her heart and made the entire crowd feel the sense of hopelessness, heartbroken and that she wanted to be loved. Caroline in this performance did drastic, elongated, and dramatic movements which helped express those emotions. She did a good job making sure

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

     I would strongly recommend this play to anyone who loves music, dance, and/or cats. It is a very unique play that continues to fill your thoughts for days after you have seen the play. The play is too long and too complicated to fully appreciate the first time you see it, so I would love to see it again someday. The

The music and dancing in this film is incredible. Each song in this film came from a list of songs that MGM owned and were written between 1929 and 1939. Originally some of these songs did not have lyrics to go with the music. Arthur Freed is the man who helped put words to these songs along with the help of Nacio Herb Brown who wrote the music. Iconic songs such as the one the film is named after “Singin’ in the Rain”, “Make ‘em laugh”, and even “Good Morning” are used in commercials and other films and even used as a satire. Gene Kelly was the choreographer for the film, which meant making up routines to each musical number and dancing to them himself.

On the night of December 27, 1927 the musical Show Boat opens (Laufe 475). The show ends in silence; no applause or a standing ovation. There was not even a curtain call. (Sheed 120) Producer Florenz Ziegfeld thought that the show had failed. (Sheed 120) What he did not know that night was that Show Boat was to go on to be one of the most influential shows in American musical theatre. Show Boat revolutionized American musical theatre by changing the setting of the average musical theatre work to America to make the show inherently American, by changing and challenging what topics could be discussed, and by making the songs an integrated part of the musical that emphasize the themes, express the emotions of the characters, and move the story along.

The first piece that was performed was called “.....Florence”. There was a variety of different pitches and dynamics. The purpose was to set the tone of the play. The instruments that were playing and the singing made the tone sound intense at some parts. It was entertaining and kept me interested.

On June 15, 2016, I watched An American Night with Ingo Metzmacher and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, where Ingo Metzmacher and the Berliner Philharmoniker preform George Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic dances from west side story.

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

Closely resembled the first performance leading me the conclusion it was from the Romantic era. The rhythmic diversity of this performance made it very interesting to watch making it much easier to reflect on the ideas we have discussed in class. This act seemed to be mostly homophonic, but also included polyphony. The only downfall of this performance was due to the fact the only instrument played was the piano, if other instruments were included I feel as if the there would be a much stronger emotional sense.

The plot is separated into two acts: Act I (Emerge) and Act II (Pathways). Act I talks about a woman’s journey of discovery of herself. Ms. Wilson presents a great job in this, by letting the audience see how one woman, with no identity at first, gets kidnapped by a small group of Doctors, becoming

There were a total of four music pieces performed. They were “Overture from the Singspiel”, “Concerto in e minor”, “Concerto on b minor,opus 104”, and “Symphony#2 in b minor, opus 5”. I think pieces were performed belong to classical style.

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.

Act II begins when the cast realizes the show cannot go on since Dorothy has a broken ankle. Some people suggest to Julian that Peggy would be perfect for Dorothy’s role, but it’s too late. Since she was fired, Peggy goes to the train station to catch a train back to her home in Allentown. Julian rushes to the train station in hopes that he can convince Peggy to stay and play the lead role in Pretty Lady. It takes a lot of convincing from Julian and the cast members, but Peggy eventually agrees and goes with Julian. Peggy realizes she has a big task at hand since she needs to know all the dances and songs in 36 hours since that is when Pretty Lady opens.

For this assignment I chose to compare and contrast two concerts. The first concert is from the modern era, while the other is a Baroque Era concert originating from the 17th Century preformed by a modern day orchestra. The Baroque Era Concert takes place in a large modern day Lutheran Church in front of a small crowd of well dressed onlookers. 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.

When breaking the performance down to a more basic level the music and lyrics were done by Neil Bartram, the book was done by Brian Hill, and the film was directed by Robert Mish. The date of the show was on October 23 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and the show was produced by the Department of Theater, Dance, Film Studies and the