Concert Reflection Paper

The second concert I attended was a performance by the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra at TAMU’s Rudder Theater. The performers were wearing black suits with a white button up shirt for males and black, full sleeve button up shirts for females. The audience was dominantly senior adults with a miniscule amount of students. The four pieces that caught my interest are the four movements from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, OP. 55, Eb Major which is also called Sinfonia Eroica. The first movement is called Allegro con brio, the second is Marcia funebre: Adagio assai, the third is Scherzo: Allegro vivace, and the fourth is Finale: Allegro molto. This symphony is is the first piece that Beethoven creates in his Heroic period when he begins to write in his own style to express one ideal of heroism taken after Napoleon.

“That hot day, the high school students were laughing and they laid stretched-out—near the walls. In fact, some of them were aggressively touching one another.”

The elements used in this concert were videos of a timeline of African-American dances. This was very helpful because it allowed the audience to know what time period they were looking at for a certain dance. There were different varies of costumes. There were costumes from the tribes danes, spiritual dances, 1902' dances as dancers, and etc. The dancers did an excellent job with combine the costumes to the era and it actually looked like pieces from that era. The lighting was very good and it allowed for the mood to be seen in the dances as well. When a dance needed to evoke a spiritual mood, the lighting would evoke that mood by only allowing light on the dancer and no one else. If it needed a joyful feeling, all the lights were on showing

My overall response to the dance concert is spectacular because each dance piece was moving, remarkable, and motivational. Each dance had an astounding affect on me and allowed to me repelled into the performance. These impressions came from me analyzing the dance pieces, “A Brief Study of Recent History and “One Heart, Two Worlds”, for the Spring 2016 Studio 115 Dance Concert Series at USM’s Dance and Theatre Building on May 4th. The first performance, “A Brief Study of Recent History” was choreographed by Elizabeth Lentz-Hill and introduced by the dancers Jennifer Alafat, Megan Bradberry, Shaquille Hayes, etc. While the second piece, “One Heart, Two Worlds”, was choreographed by Dejonelle Gleeton and the performers were Brittain Allgood,

On that blistering day, the high school students giggled as they lay stretched-out—near the walls. Some of them were aggressively touching one another.

On September 26th, 2016, I went to the Bennet Auditorium a little before 6:45 to see the SICC Showcase Concert. My roommate Isaac was performing, and he wanted to see me before the performance. Fourteen different songs were performed by various groups. Every single one had singing, but some had piano, drum, or cello accompaniment, which was pleasant. I could really tell the hard work that went into the different pieces (my roommate was constantly practicing the song “Harriet Tubman”). My favorites were ‘Ndikhokhele Bawo,’, Harriet Tubman, and the ‘I Know It’s Today’ (that song had me howling; it was priceless), ‘Bottom of the River,” and ‘I Can Tell the World.” Southern BelleTones were likely my favorite group, as their voices were to put it

It's the first day of ever playing. We all have our beginning band books. All easy music now that I look back on it. We are all clueless we know nothing. Mr. Kraus taught us everything we need to know. He made us the best we can be because that's what band directors are for. We play our first ever concert. Every one is scared out of their mind. We play all our songs and they were awesome.

The first segment of the night was highlighting Loie Fuller. Fuller was a choreographer and dancer of a unique and beautiful style of dance, using dazzling and flowing silk dresses. Her breakthrough in what became known as “Serpentine Dance”. In Friday’s performance, it was evident that the beauty of the dance wasn’t because of the flowing dresses, but the lighting used to create beautiful images. When the performance started, I was very confused.

Another production that I felt contained the greatest value in performance content and characteristics was Elmira College’s very own Orchesis. The content of Orchesis was also unlike any other production that I attended all semester because it wasn’t limited to just one genre of dance. The several performances embedded within the show comprised of several diverse genres of dance ranging from ballet, to hip-hop, to tap, to jazz, to contemporary. This increased the production’s vale because we rarely get to attend a show that consists of a variety of styles with each one triggering a different mood.

On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 7.30 pm, Mr. Noe Garcia blessed the performance hall of Mountain View College with his Classical Guitar Concert which featured 7 pieces of different composers.The program included Dois Destinos, La Fille aux cheveux, 36 Caprices Op.20, Aires De Son, Sonata Op.61, Sonata K.391, Sonata K.178 and Sonata. Noe Garcia appeared as the Guitar Soloist. I was awestruck by the whole concert, as I got mesmerized by the first piece that he performed.

I have much appreciation and care for this choreographer and these dancers for dancing with not just their brains and bodies, but with their hearts, whether they be beat, torn or weary, they showed strength on that stage. Lamps vs. Windows is a piece that conveys a message on how 5 dancers differning life stories through intricate movements, music, and expressions can also intertwine and fit together. As the entirety of the quote in the programme reads “This process is nothing but a byproduct of intense emotions and our stories, that is plenty enough reason to

As compared to a traditional setting, there are large groups of djembe players with accompanying parts with a ballet troupe in a concert setting. (Polak., (2000). In a concert setting, they will perform many dances in rapid succession at high energy levels. There are also modern urban electric groups (called orchestras) which largely involved guitar playing. (Price, 2013). Moreover, most recently, another genre has out-grown the ballet-style djembe playing, these new ensembles have further remove traditional djembe drumming by disposing of dancers. (Charry., 1996) To date, the djembe plays an important role in the highly percussive rhythmic section in concerts and performances. (Conakry et.al)

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to see the spring dance concert. Out of all the dance concerts I have seen from UNCC, this concert was definitely not my favorite. The concert was very innovative and diverse within the works that it showcased, but I was not a fan of having to see Niche Faulkner’s piece again in the show. The African dance piece was one of my favorite pieces in the show during the fall concert, but after being in running crew and having to attend this concert, I have seen the piece probably a good 7 times. Therefore, it would have been nice to see a different type of dance in place of Niche’s piece in order to add more variety and a freshness to the show. In general, the performers really embodied all the choreography that they were given, which kept me engaged throughout the whole concert. When thinking about the majority of the elements of the show (costumes, music, lighting, and choreography), I did indeed enjoy the show and if given the chance wouldn’t mind seeing the show again. For this particular paper, I will be focusing on my least favorite piece, my

May 5, 2016 was one of the happiest moments of my entire life. That was the day made possible for me to see a live performance. It was my very first time and have to admit I was super exciting entering the auditorium. Marymount Dance Department presented the 2016 Spring Repertoire. I felt so proud walking in as a dancer watching a live performance. The show began and my heart skipped a beat. Marymount’s Dancers At Work presented in a beautiful manner that drove into their movements. There were numerous moves that we did that they presented in their routine. I was most proud when I saw one colored dancer in the piece Regality. She performed incredibly well I began to move along with her. There was uses of high jumps, releve’s, plié’s, pirouette’ and many more. I was not sure what the dancers were doing, but all I Knew was that I needed to be on that stage doing exactly what they did.

This fall dance concert was filled with joy, darkness, torture, culture, and women's rights, right when you sit down and observe through all 8 dance performances. It would have been 9 dance routines but the dancer who was suppose to perform Hart Broken had an injury, which made a putt off. Nevertheless the show must go on, it starts off with the first and second performance, Xtra Xtra and Scar Tissue. Revealing that both performances were different themes because Xtra Xtra had the dancers in radiant colors and seemed to be energetic, whereas the performers in Scar Tissue were clothed in black attire, such as tutus, dresses, and tights, yet still energetic. This brought to my attention that the whole dance performances were contrast to each other. Throughout the routines of the dance concert, the