Concert Swingin In The Opera House At Moores Opera House

To the front were all the other musicians positioned in three rows. The audience filled with a wide range of unique individuals. There were very old gentlemen and ladies, and then there were college students and middle-aged individuals. The audience seemed to have an unexpected attitude before the concert, as some students appeared to be unable to show proper respect for the hall and what was about to happen.

The instruments that were used during the Opera were the flutes, piccolos, oboes, english horns, clarinets, bassoons, contrabassoons, from the Woodwinds Family. Horns, trumpets, trombones from the Brass Family, and, the timpani and percussions from the Percussions family were also used. Lastly the harps, first violins, second

On September 8th, 2016 at 7:30 PM, a concert was held at Chabot College, Buffington Theater. A concert was performed by many different musicians such as William Sauerland with voice; Rick Flores with guitar , I really enjoy this performance because the guitar is one of my favorite instruments. The next one is Percussion which performed by Timothy Harris, Joe Bonfiglio with clarinet and Casey Hurt with piano and voice; Beverly Johnston with flute, Eric Schultz with vibes and electronics Deb Shider with oboe. There were 4 to 5 pieces performed by many musicians that I had listed on top. In each performance, each one of them contained its own unique techniques , contents, tempo and rhythms, sound and voice.

I thought the place would be more like the auditorium that I saw before from my high school, but in fact the lighting and the design had made the theatre looked more like a palace. It was divided into two levels, with the second level hanging over half of the first floor. The stage was covered with two red curtains that the outer curtain would be pulled open when the performance started. The theatre itself was surrounded by many window-like niches that appeared every few feets. We actually had met the musicians before the performance. Some of them were relaxing at the field in front of the building and talking to the audiences. The male musicians were dressed up in black suits uniformly while the female musicians had either dressed in black, long dresses or trousers. The similarities between all of the musicians were their friendly attitude and the sort of excitement that they shared on their

The fifth and final piece of this concert was called "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Paul Hindemith. It was composed in 1943 after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. This piece was truly fascinating because it involved every instrument in the orchestra as stated by the conductor beforehand. The song was very technical and had a lot going on in the duration of it. It was also very dynamic and had quite a bit of good synergy to it. There weren't instruments interjecting and playing on top of each other. Overall this piece was incredible and flowed nicely.

The distance from the performer and the audience was so close, allowing you to speculate every single emotion being produce throughout the concert. The room itself had a very tall ceiling which made this unique echo that amplified the instruments sound. The audience seemed very profession as total silence was the only response they had until the end of the piece .The concert overall was a great experience and I look forward to attending another chamber music concert soon.

We got to our seats early so we could be sure we were in a good location. The instrumentalists warming up with different sounds and scales all playing at the same time was like listening to the sounds of nature. Everyone had their own different sound. Everyone was playing something different. While I was amazed at what I heard, it wasn’t until the conductor raised his baton and the first sounds from a well-practiced group took my breath away. Every section came together to make the most beautiful sound floating throughout the hall; a sound of excellence.

On Friday, December 9, I went to see the MSVPA 8th graders’ live performance; 1776. The performers were students of course. I expected them to be off-tune at times, but even if they were, it did not stop the performance to be any less engaging. I also thought that they would be too quiet and I would not be able to hear them, but overall, you could still hear them clearly. The setting of the performance was a casual one too, it was located in the school’s cafeteria.

Which of course was a performance I had to go see. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one thinking that because the venue was well attended with people of all ages. Even though walking into the venue was quite embarrassing because I did not get the memo of dressing exclusively fancy, I’m sure the audience ended up forgetting I was even in the building because the selections were all breathtaking in my opinion. Each piece was harmonious to the ear that there was no room for dissonant sounds on stage. The selections were uplifting that they made me tap my hand away to the meter of each song. Out of the fourteen selections performed I had three that were my personal favorites which were James Horner: Hollywood Blockbusters, Bond, Explosive, and In His Eyes from Jekyll and Hyde which featured Megan Stapleton, guest soprano. The thing that they all had in common for sure is that they made me get goose bumps, but other than that what really captured my attention was the harmony and dynamics of each

On November 12, 2016 I attended a concert brought to you by the Chamber Musical Festival. The performers for this concert were; Vaneza Tallman, Peter Jalbert, Andrew Boyle, Christine Wang, Daniel Aizenshtadt, Kyunggok Kim, Nathalie Gaynor, Francesca Fetten, Rachel Halverson, Danbe Lee, Yu Ching Shelley Ng, Michael Brown, Abigail Tucker, Sebastian Stefanovic, Benjamin Lanners and last but not least Artem Kuznetsov. The instruments played tonight were the; Violin, Piano, Viola, Cello and clarinet. This concert review will be the last one I will be doing this semester and quite frankly I was very sad. That being said my mind was set to enjoy it more than ever.

The majority of the instruments on stage were woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone), percussion/piano, string (bass and harp), and several brass members (trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba) that were both on and off-stage. The conductor was on stage, like in a traditional orchestral setting, communicating with the performers through hand gestures and occasionally pointing. Performers would switch out, when necessary, as the conductor introduced the next piece or sit

On April 29th, 2016 the Yale School of Music with the Yale Phillharmonia had conductor Peter Oundjian as their season closer, which featured Motzarts Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Juipiter”, and Hoslt’s “The Planets” as their featured pieces. When I first walked into the concert hall, I noticed the depth of the sound when people were talking. The sound seemed to echo even though people were talking in hushed tones. The sound seemed to vibrate off the walls just from pure conversation so I was excited to see what the pieces would sound like initially when the concert first started. I also noted the decent size of the concert hall. I thought it was going to be tiny, while it wasn’t huge it was a very good size and could hold a lot of people.

The concert in which I will be reviewing in this essay is the Department of Fine Arts and The Faulty of Arts and Science Presents The Mallery Concert Series Fall 2015 in the Mallery Room on November 4, 2015 at 12:15pm. This concert series lasted for an hour long. It started at 12:15 pm and it finished approximately at 1:15pm.

The concert hall was huge and magnificent with many design details which look like the Colosseum in Rome. The quality of sound was good which was loudness and clarity. There had a fine orchestra playing great music. The orchestra and conductor located at the front of the stage. The concert hall provided subtitles for foreign operas. Opera houses were packed out when the opera started. This opera had four act and two intermission,the first intermission was at the end of act II and second intermission was at the end of act III. It did not have many scenes within each act. There was a chorus but no any dancing on stage.

Moreover, my experience attending this concert for the first time was amazing and I had a great time listening to how well the musicians could play those instruments such as the piano and the bass. I was admired how the musician playing the bass was so young who made me think that he started playing the instrument at such a young age since he knew how to play such a big instrument. I’m my professor told me about this concert and made it for a grade because if not I would of never had the experience of going to a live concert and now because of this assignment looking forward to attending other concerts around my city.