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Family Concert Report Sample

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There was a performer by the Duke Chorale, it called “The Family Weekend Concert” that happen on October 21, 2017 at 8 pm. During this concert they covered the Duke Chorale which directed by Rodney Wynkoop, Duke University Wind Symphony that directed by Verena Mosenbichler- Bryant and Duke Symphony Orchestra that was directed by Harry Davidson. On the Chorale songs were pretty diverse they did something called "I Thank You God by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)" and “Old Time Religion by Traditional Spiritual, Arr. Keith McCutchen and Everett McCovey” but I did not see any relationship between their selections and the rest of the program. The two that I recognized were Mozart and Beethoven that we are talking about it in classed.
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Overall, I found the performance uplifting, there was an underlying joy to it both in the performers and the audience. "Liberatore” I liked but it went on too long and I thought repetitive. I was sitting in the second row, eye level with the stage, the intimacy was good but when the brass went hard in "Fanfare from "La Peri" it was a little crushing. I thought they did great, they seem to be prepared and present all what they got in them. There are few students were playing their part and making eyes and smile at the audience, which is interest and felt welcome to this concert. Overall, in my thought, I think they did great. However, there are some part were felt liberating in the “Libertadores". In general, this concert was fun and prefect but to answering the question number 11 is quite not fully understand. Well, I'm not sure what "understanding" means, there were texts on the music which pretty much explained the works. I followed the flow of the music and watched the performers as they played and knew who was doing the music at any time. It was all more feeling than

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