James Levine At Chicago Symphony Orchestra Analysis

The concert performed by the Allen High School Symphony Orchestra, which combines the Chamber and Sinfonia Orchestras, was an amazing concert but was not a flawless one. The pieces all sounded quite wonderful on the outside, but by diving deeper into the music and truly listening to and observing the performance with a sharper eye, there were some problems that appeared in a couple different areas, and those problems came mainly from three distinct areas: tone, technique, and musicianship.

As far as the parking goes, there must be a plan to offer a discount on public transportation with every new season ticket holder that signs up before the next season. Also the next season should also have a series of mini packages of select concerts at a smaller rate. This would entice that group who does enjoy the symphony but would have been most likely to have responded to the price issue on the survey.

On April 11, 2014 The Florida Orchestra performed Wolfgang Mozart’s Symphony No. 28 in C major, K, 200, David Diamond’s Symphony No. 4, and Johannes Brahms Quartet No.1 for Piano and Strings in G minor at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall in Tampa, Florida. Gerard Schwarz, guest conductor, led the Florida Orchestra for each of the compositions. According to The Florida Orchestra Program the list of performers for the violin is Jeffrey Multer, Nancy Chang, Jeffrey Smick, Lei Liu, Sarah Shellman, Lucas Guideri, Valerie Adams, Toula Bonie, Saundra Buscemi, Mary Corbett, Linda Gaines, Oleg Geyer, Cynthia Gregg, Linda Hall, Yan Jiang Lu, Evelyn Pupello, Claudia Rantucci, and Virginia Respess. The list of performers for the viola is Ben Markwell, Kathie Aagaard, Karl Bawel, Lewis Brinin, Alan Gordon, Alison Heydt, Kenneth Kwo, Warren Powell, and Barbara Rizzo. The list of performers for the violoncello is James Connors, Lowell Adams, Rebecca Bialosky, Alfred Gratta, Gretchen Langlitz, Laura McKey Smith, and Merrilee Wallbrunn. The list of performers for the bass is Dee Moses, John DiMura, Roger Funk, Alan Glick, James Petrecca, and Deborah Schmidt. The list for performers for the flute is Clay Ellerbroek, Daphne Soellner, and Lewis Sligh. Lewis Sligh was the only piccolo performer. The list of performers for the oboe is Shawn Welk, Lane Lederer, and Jeffrey Stepehenson. Jeffrey Stephenson also performed during the night playing the English

I have never attended an orchestral concert. Although my taste ranges between several different types of music, the only concerts I have attended are of the rock and country variety. I was not sure what to expect in attending The Houston Civic Symphony’s performance on Sunday, October 9, 2016. It was held at the Dunham Theater within the Morris Cultural Arts Center at Houston Baptist University. Once inside I saw the beautiful stage with all of the performers warming up and three stories of seating. Many of the patrons were in the age range of 30 and up. I did see some kids and young adults but not many. The HCS marked its 50th year since the very first performance this season. The first performance happened in 1996 when a group of music lovers in Houston came together to play a concert just because they wanted to play and share their love of music with others. From that day they became known as the Houston Civic Symphony. Some of the players I watched in this performance have been with the Symphony for 25 years or more while others are barely reaching their first year if not their first performance; only two of the players have been there since the very first season. Out of the three pieces performed the one that caught my attention the most was the last, it hold a powerful message of fear and desperation for

On February 21, 2016 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM I attended, “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” by Jonathon McNair at Rudder Theatre. The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Marian Anderson String Quartet, and special guest narrator Greg Wise preformed three pieces. These pieces include, “Lyric for Strings,” “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” and, “Symphony Number 1.” The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra consists of Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Harp, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Timpani, and Keyboard. The Marian Anderson String Quartet uses two violinists, viola, and cello.

The La Jolla Symphony concert was held on a warm Saturday night, May 5th, and it was definitely a memorable experience, since it was the first symphony concert that I have ever attended in my life. The whole atmosphere was very engaging and the music itself was very different in an insightful way. Over the course of the concert, five pieces were played as Sameer Patel conducted. Each piece was incredibly unique in their own way and did associate themselves together and also to many of the concepts we have learned in class. The concert overall was astonishing that I enjoyed every second of it and will now attend as many more symphonies as I can.

While listening to the video by Doc Severinsen and the Last Cruces Symphony Orchestra, I came to a conclusion that it does not take just one person to make a great performance, but an entire orchestra. The Cruces Symphony Orchestra and Doc Severinsen, in the video, performed magnificently together without any issues internally and externally. Comments were made by other listeners, which most comments were positive with some negative references to the erroneous grammar usage by the publisher of the video from the YouTube website. In another note, the title of the video, as previously mentioned, is Doc Severinsen with the Last Cruces Symphony Orchestra played on August 25, 2007. In addition,

The Utah Symphony is a hierarchy based organization. The organization was founded in 1940 by Maurice Abravanel, who led and transformed the symphony over his 32 year reign. Abravanel fought for his musicians and secured them annual salary contracts. The organization chart allows for the music director to control the artistic vision, while the CEO fulfills the operational and financial duties.

There are pops orchestras, there are symphony orchestras – and then there’s the Cleveland Orchestra. While classifying itself as a symphonic group, its musicians nonetheless display a versatility matched by few. Rarely has that been more apparent than this Labor Day weekend, when the orchestra paid tribute to Hollywood composing legend John Williams.

Presently we have the gift of hearing music of the past through the formation of the concert hall and sheet music. We are able to hear the styles and structures of the past as well as the feelings and individual initiatives of composers in relation to the time period. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra provides an avenue for listeners from a wide range of backgrounds to hear and hopefully enjoy the sounds of the past. The two pieces preformed are styles notable from the modern era, both originating in Russia. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of Rachmaninov’ s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Schostakovich’s symphony No. 8 gives insight to the composers and conductors, as well as personal reflection of what emotions these pieces evoke.

The Mozart Family Concert was a rewarding experience and the approach of informality and being musically informative from the podium is a goal and objective that I will endeavor to achieve in future presentations by the Blue Ridge

Stacy Wolfe's manifesto offers eleven ideas for studying musicals. Out of the eleven ideas I belive two and nine are the more apparent ideas, but for this discussion I will emphasize on the nineth idea. This idea states that the work is made up of several artists and in order to truly understand this work one must also understand the influences and biographies of this artists. This docuementary put a lot of emphasize on the artist behind the production and reasons why they created a certain character or scene a certain wa and how Green day play a role in shaping the production.

     On Sunday, December 07, 2003, I attended the Mozart and The Height of Classicism concert that was held in the Lincoln Theater of the New World Symphony orchestral academy. Conducted by Nicholas McGegan featuring pianist Robert Levin. There were two pieces of music during this concert, one of the movements was performed by the pianist alone as a solo, Mr. Robert Levin. The program’s title was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Chaconne from Idomeneo. The first piece was Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 491, Allegro, Larghetto, and Allegretto. The second piece was Symphony No. 36 in C major, K.425, “Linz”, Adagio-Allegro spiritoso, Andante, Menuetto-Trio, and

The paper at hand is a music appreciation of The New York Philharmonic’s performance of Gustav Holst’s The Planets at Avery Fisher Hall, New York, on 7th July 2013 at 3:00 p.m. This tenth season of Summertime Classics, presented by The New York Philharmonic, features Bramwell Tovey, who has been the host as well as the conductor of this series since its commencement in 2004 (Gilbert, 2013, p.1). Tovey, a Grammy-winning conductor is renowned all around the world as a highly versatile musician due to his “artistic depth” as well as “charismatic personality” that reflects in his works as a composer and pianist (p.1). On the other hand, The New York Philharmonic is an orchestra group that is comprised of highly talented musicians who by playing musical instruments such as violins, piccolo, cellos, trombones etc are able to bring in the essence of the works done by original composers (Keller, 2012, p.7).

The night of the concert I sat first chair in the cello section, the entire audience could see me. I was so anxious I wanted to run off the stage and disappear. “ I believe in you; you worked hard this year and I know you can do it.” Mrs. Petrucelli reassured me as she sensed my nerves taking over. Those words of encouragement made me as calm as the eye of a hurricane. I performed with the rest of the orchestra, played all the notes on the page and followed the conductor. Through the cello, Mrs. Petrucelli taught me a valuable lesson of perseverance and devotion. I learned from her that when things get rough you have to work even