Fall Choir Concert Analysis

The Conductor of the Choral Concert was, PCC concert choir and chamber singers, Rodger Guerrero who has just joined the Pasadena City College Faculty a year ago. Additionally, Marina Fortuna Dean was the director of the Opera scenes.

On April 11th, 2017 in the Louis Armstrong Theatre, I attended the GVSU “University Band”. This up-beat ensemble lasted about 90 minutes; the talented students of GVSU’s university band joined together to perform multiple different songs ranging from a Waltz to a Dixieland Jamboree. All of the songs that the band played for the audience were all well-known, popular songs that they all enjoyed. Having the opportunity to attend this concert has opened new musical paths for myself and has allowed me to enjoy and kindly critique something that I perhaps would have never had the chance to otherwise.

He did an exceptional job at maintaining an easy breath while dancing his heart out. I also loved when he would sing above the ensemble and he was able to maintain very clear diction over the multiple cannons underneath him. “This Man I Love” is the first song sung by Lise. Sara Etsy, the actress who played Lise, had a very beautiful soprano voice. She sustained very pretty high notes and had nice control of her air that she could hold long high notes. Her diction made it easy to understand her, especially through her French accent. “Liza” is a very cute song performed by Jerry in the park. He tells Lise that he wants to get to know her and tells her his plan to win her over. I was very impressed by his crescendos and decrescendos and his ability to maintain sustained notes while dancing. The next number was “S’Wonderful.” This included the three main men singing a trio. They had very tight harmonies and great diction! The company joined in with equally strong harmonies as well as great musicianship. Following “S’Wonderful” was “Shall We Dance?” This song features the character Milo, played by Emily Ferranti who sang alto. She had a terrific tone and I loved her diction. She also had wonderful crescendos and decrescendos. Act One finished with the “Second Rhapsody/ Cuban Overture.”

As I was sitting in the audience, the first thing that I noticed was that the audience consisted of all ages, ranging from eighteen years of age to perhaps eighty years of age. In preparation for the concert to begin, several performers entered the room and tuned their instruments to the keys on the piano. The performers’ attire was highly conservative, covering almost every inch of their entire body, and they wore all black from head to toe. When the concert began, the audience clapped as the performers were introduced and were walking out onto the playing area. As the performers took their seats in front of their stands, the audience became quiet and there was a short moment of silence before the performance commenced.

On December 5th, the University High School Show Choir and Jazz Band performed. The show that the UHS Show Choir put on turned out to be fantastic. There were seven songs that the Show Choir performed, which varied from Ella Fitzgerald as well Broadway Musicals from Anything Goes, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, and Chicago. The first number was a song called “Anything Goes” from the 1934 musical Anything Goes, which was sung by soloist, Madelene Raneses. Madelene has very good potential in her singing as well as dancing. The dancing in this performance was greatly choreographed by Mylan Biltz. Furthermore, the concert moves on with their second number, which was Ella Fitzgerald’s minor, but lovely tune, “I Got Rhythm”. This song was performed

On 29 January 2016. My friends and I went to a concert performed by Tiffany Austin. The concert was entitled Tiffany Austin’s Blues de Voyage hosted by Presidio Officer’s Club at San Francisco in partnership with the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music. As I attend the concert, I categorize myself as a casual listener to a well performed music. I didn’t have enough knowledge yet back then to analyze critically on the performance as it is my first time attending a house concert. It was an exciting experience and I enjoyed it a lot. The atmosphere was good as everybody in the room also enjoyed the singing and music played by the performers.

The two musical elements from this selection that stood out to me the most were its dynamics and tempo. The choir and piano would often employ softer and louder dynamics throughout the performance. There were times when they would repeat the phrase “I’m so happy yes,” softer, then slowly increase into a much louder and more powerful repeat, giving it a sense of a buildup of joy. Next is the tempo. It seems as though the tempo in this piece would sometimes change, moving from a faster to slower rate to, again, most likely to

The Concert Culture: On April 14th, I experienced the Tennessee Theatre for the first time. The Tennessee theatre was beautiful. The decor reflected an era much earlier then today's time period. The walls and ceiling are all accented in gold with beautiful arches and designs. All the curtains in the theatre are red with gold accents as well. The ceiling is a turquoise color also accented in gold. The seats in the theatre are red with a velvet look and feel. The stage is rather plain tan color with a very simple red design on the walls and lights overhead. The stage mainly consists of the symphony orchestra players all of which are seated in chairs. All the musicians are dressed the same, in a black suit with a white shirt. The music feels like it is all around me even though the musicians are only right in front of me. The music is loud but not to the extent of being annoying or irritating. The musicians have a way

On December 3rd, there was a chamber music recital at Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts at the Morse Hal. The Juilliard School is one of the world's premiere performing arts conservatories located in New York. It trains in the fields of Dance, Drama and Music. Its an extremely competitive school and very difficult to get into. Walking into the Julliard School also had a unique feeling, seeing how students were dressed very formal and also didn’t feel like a school environment. My experience was good overall. My expectations were that there would be a small audience, time would pass by very slowly, also that I wouldn’t really enjoy it. Instead time passed by fast, very relaxing, the room was full and I enjoyed the experience.

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at eight o’clock in the evening in Longmire Recital Hall, The Florida State University presented the Faculty/Guest Artist Recital which included David Kalhous and Jihye Chang both pianists, the two collectively performed 20 pieces during the concert. I have never been to a recital of this sort, I assumed the venue would be large and there would be people singing and playing different instruments. The venue was actually small and there was only a piano. I was surprised that the crowd was so small being that the concert was at Florida State University, I assumed there would be a great number of people. The Longmire Recital Hall was small and the seating was arranged like movie theater seating. The lighting was very low; there was only enough lighting to see the pianist. Since this was my first time attending a recital of this sort I was confused as to why the pianist had to bow before each piece, or how long the audience applauded after each performance. Performers for this event were David Kalhous and Jihye Chang. David is a brilliant pianist, who is now gaining recognition in Europe and the United Stated for his elegant musicianship. Jihye Chang is also a pianist, who serves as an adjunct professor of music theory at Florida State University.

On September 30th, I had the pleasure of attending the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at the Fisher Auditorium. We walked in quietly to the back row of our section because the show had already started, so it would have been rude to walk up to where our actual seats were. As we took our seats the orchestra sat up there in the beautiful auditorium dressed in their all black formal attire holding their various instruments including the woodwinds, strings, brass, and percussions. The orchestra was in the middle of playing Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93. This symphony included 5 compositions that were all very similar to each other. In most of the compositions they took the audience on a roller coaster ride. The rhythm of the compositions would

I had the privilege of going with the DBC High School choir on a mission trip for a week last month, and it was an experience I had never had before. There were almost 100 total people on the trip, and we had two buses that took us everywhere that week. This included 5 different hotels, fast food restaurants, two churches, one flash mob at a mall, and seven different juvenile detention centers or children’s homes. There were many hours of travel, lots of late nights doing bible study, and many times of putting up and breaking down risers, speakers, and microphones, whether we liked it or not. I have to say this was one of the most physically, spiritually, and mentally challenging weeks of my life.

The song was performed by Sherwood High School Choir and was sung by Carmen Groenweghe. Carmen Groenweghe, who was the main singer, sang “Someone To Watch Over Me”. In the beginning of the song, she started to sing articulately and very beautifully but the whole choir group didn’t. Well, they did but didn’t gave it their all. Some of them were too distracted and some were even lip syncing which that is unacceptable. Every choir group has to be ready and sing their hearts out. They have to be very energetic and enthusiastic. Even though they messed up a little bit, they performed pretty well.

On Wednesday, November 30th at 7:30 p.m, I attended “The Lebanon Valley College Chamber Orchestra and String Chamber Ensembles”. It took place at the Lutz Hall. This hall is located at the Blair Music Center (LVC). It can fit up to 500 people. This time there was about 50-60 people. For this event, the hall was not decorated as I expected. It had a camera in the middle, recording the concert and that’s about it. The stage was big, it fit the 26 members of the orchestra comfortably.

With a few minor understandable delays, the concert began. To start the concert off strong, Ashli Bajone sang “Lullaby of Birdland” with an Ella Fitzgerald twang in her voice. Although a very upbeat bebop tune, sometimes the drums overshadowed the singer’s voice as her volume was a bit low. Although this did not stop her, Ashli scatted near the end of the song, easing in with a very smooth feel to invite the audience to the show. This inviting tone properly introduced the next act.