Piano Magic By Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra At Hill Auditorium

“A Music Faculty Recital” at Prince George 's Community College was actually the very first concert I’ve been to that included Baroque style. The environment created a nostalgic yet modern and elegant mood; something that made you feel like you were in the late 1700’s yet still in modern times. The songs were mostly enjoyable and we 're all well played. This concert included an ensemble: the flute, the cello, the piano, and the harpsichord. Peggy Bair, who played the flute, was very enthusiastic. Irma Cripe, who played the cello, was quiet for the first part of the concert but gradually became more important throughout the concert. And lastly, the virtuous Gary Kirkeby, who played the piano and harpsichord, served as the backbone of all parts of the concert and made this concert very enjoyable.

I realized that my duty was to share that feeling with people in my community who would otherwise not be exposed to classical music. I shared this idea with the musicians whom I knew from the area, my family. My cousin, siblings, and I, who play string instruments, began rehearsing trios, duets, quartets, and dance music. Each week we would plan where we would bring our music. Sometimes we brought ballroom music to a park, other times Pleyel duets to my elderly grandmother who lives alone. While playing violin duets at a family gathering, my young cousin sat beneath me and my sister’s feet, attentively listening to every duet that we played. An old couple sat and smiled on their bench one calm summer evening as we played a waltz in the park. A hiker asked to take our picture as we played Haydn’s “Sunrise” Quartet under the colossal trees that shaded us from the blazing summer

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.

East Carolina’s Concert band and Symphonic band performed on Tuesday, February 16, at seven thirty in the evening in Wright Auditorium. Being a duel performance it included over a hundred of my talented East Carolina peers led by outstanding band Directors Dr. Juchniewicz and Dr. Staub. Along with great students and Directors, the show incorporated a beautiful trombone solo performed by a fellow colleague. Although I have never attended a concert where such style of music was being performed, I did enjoy the music being played and most of them sounded as if I heard them before. The professionalism the students portrayed and maintain to the audience was breathtaking and made me honored to be their peers.

For my fine arts event, I chose to see the Bryan Symphony Orchestra at Dogwood Park on September fourth. Their theme for the evening was “Music in the Movies”, and they played a variety of movie pieces, including music from Star Wars and The Dark Knight Rises. I have always loved the orchestra because I have always loved music, but combining music and movies together made me love this event in particular even more. Our orchestra here at Tennessee Tech is so beautiful and refined that it blew me away. I have never really played an instrument with a group, but I have actually sung in multiple choir groups over the years, and I know how much time and dedication goes

On February 25, 2016, I was able to see the Mid-Year Band Concert in the PAC. The pieces I have chosen to review were performed by the Varsity, Symphonic II and Symphonic I Bands and conducted by Mr. Bailey and Mr. Hillhouse. “King Cotton,” “Amparito Roca,” and “Valdres” were among my favorites in the program and are all coincidentally, marches.

Never could I have thought that my first concert experience was going to be in a college class, performed by various composers of classical music. During the concert, I got to listen to four performances. First, the Oxycotton was played by Tim Sanchez. Second, Samantha Post played Acht Stucke on flute, followed by Nicholas Gledhill, playing Blues and Variations for Monk on horn. Finally, the CSU Graduate Brass Quintet performed a piece named Misty. In this essay, I will share my personal experience of the concert and discuss the different elements of music seen in the different performances.

I have never had any sort of chance to see an orchestra or symphony play until Saturday February 6th, 2016 when I went to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and I have to say it was quite the experience. During this event, Krzysztof Urbanski conducted Music from 2001: A Space Odyssey which was a 1968 film which was popularly known for its use of classical music.

I am seeking funding support from the Office of the President for three concerts to be presented by the Bucknell University Orchestra in this spring semester (2016). The three concerts belong to a series entitled The Bucknell Orchestra Semester of Social Justice. The first program, entitled The Struggle to be Heard- Women and the Symphony, will commemorate International Women’s Day, and feature classical works and original film scores of great women composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. The second concert, The Struggle to be Heard– Chamber Music of Diverse Composers, will feature chamber music composed by women, African American, gay and transgendered composers, performed by students from the Bucknell Orchestra and Music Department Faculty. The third and final concert, The Struggle to be Heard¬– Music of Social Justice, will present music inspired by some of the most significant social justice issues of the past and present, most notably Aaron Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait, and Elmer Bernstein’s film score to

November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated, is occasionally referred to as “the day the music stopped”, but in reality the music had just begun (Baldacci). Approximately 2,500 people were attending a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert when they heard the news of their leader’s passing. After many gasps the audience stood in hushed reverence for their fallen president, and the musicians began to perform a movement from Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony: a funeral march (Inverne). This moment is now one of the most famous events in the history of classical music; it is a moment that launched a new era of music.

Welcome to the concert One Classical Evening. The Hot Springs Orchestra is comprised of musicians from around the world. Having performers from different backgrounds has given them the additional benefit of learning much from each other which has enhanced their performances. They have been performing together for seven years and perform in venues both nationally and internationally.

The concert that I chose to attend was performed by The Auburn Symphony Orchestra. Which was led by musical director and conductor Peter Jaffe. In addition, his son James Jaffe, a renowned cellist, accompanied the ensemble with a beautiful solo performance. There are three pieces that are instrumented by the symphonic orchestra. The first piece is Dances from Cake Walk, by Hershy Kay. The second piece is Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody, by Ernest Bloch, and the third piece is Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95, “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak. All three of these pieces originated in the early 19th century.

For this semester’s Patron of the Arts assignment, I listened to the North Suburban Wind Ensemble’s performance at the Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival. At CICBF, the tone of the environment was fairly professional. There were many hard working young musicians there, unlike the Woodstock students, that valued the music being performed. The band performed Four Scottish Dances composed by Malcolm Arnold, Symphony No. 3 Slavyanskaya composed by Boris Kozhevnikov, and Symphonie Fantastique Witches Round Dance composed by Hector Berlioz.

On December 2nd, 2017, I attended a concert performed by the Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert, performed at the Diablo Valley College Performing Arts Center, was called A Classical British Invasion and it featured pieces that were either written by British people or were inspired by them. Since I have only listened to professional orchestras for previous concert reports, I decided to attend a college orchestra, hoping to see the differences between a professional orchestra and a more casual one.

Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian composer born on April 23rd, 1891 in what is now known as Krasnoe. His mother, Maria, was a part of a family of former serfs that was owned by the Sheremetev family. The family who owned them taught children theatre and the arts from an early age. Maria, after Sergei was born, spent two months out of the year in either Moscow or St. Petersburg taking piano lessons. Sergei grew passionate by hearing her practice in the evenings, and composed a piece, the “Indian Gallop”, at the age of five. His mother encouraged him to apply for Saint Petersburg Conservatory and finished his degree in 1914. When the first World War began after his father passed, he went back to the Conservatory to practice organ to avoid being