Spectacular Orchestra Concert Review Essay

For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see

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.

This afternoon at 12:30, I went to the listening hour, a free noontime concert, at the Music Building. The concert of the day is SJSU Saxophone Studio and Dr. Victoria Lington’s Saxophone Ensemble Concert. Since it is just a one-hour noontime concert, most of the students there just where their t-shirts and jeans to the concert. The SJSU Saxophone Studio students have played six pieces of music in one hour. They began the concert with Sonata no.3 composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1789). The second piece is Quartett (Allegro de Convert) composed by Caryll Florio (1843-1920). Then the third piece they played is Saxophone Concerto. After that, they played Premier Quartet op. 53 that composed by Jean Baptiste Singelee and Cello Suite No.1 BVW 1007 that composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The last piece is Rondo, composed by Zdenek Lukas (1928-2007). All of the music performed today is classical music. Only the first and third piece play by alto saxophone with piano accompaniment. And the second, fifth and sixth piece is quartet that include soprano, alto, tenor and baritone. At the concert, I think I am a referential listener. I would think of a scene when I heard the music to understand the music and its mood according to the dynamic changing. For example, in the piece of Premier Quartet op. 53, I would image that people are dancing in the ballroom. When I heard the slow tempo, I think that people just began to dance or have the rest during dancing. When I heard a

The event I choose to attend was the Concert featuring Maestro Soler in Taylor Auditorium. The event started out with Professor Jones giving the audience an introduction to what type of music we will be hearing also a bit of background information about Maestro Soler. Soler is a classical/popular Latin American guitar player. He was born in Spain. He is known all around the world and has won many awards. He travels around the world to do concerts around mostly Europe, and also once every few years comes to the United States to perform at colleges, like Campbell University. He is known to be the most notable artist in the guitar world.

I have never been personally a fan of the romantic orchestra music but going to listen to a concert live is breathtaking. I attended the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Masterpieces concert with music director Fouad Fakhouri performing Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.1 in D major. There was a full stage of musicians and a complete choir to back it up.

On November 22, 2015 I went to the Broward Center for The Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to see the musical: Newsies; choreographed by Christopher Gattelli and Lou Castro. The style of dance that appeared to be most evident to me was contemporary musical theatre along with some tap. In terms of technique, I noticed they really used their plie to help launch them into all of their jumps and leaps; this is something I noticed the most in the fight scene. After seeing their usage of plie, I thought of when you said, “Always think upwards” in class because even when they were plie-ing it still looked like an upward motion because it launched straight into those high leaps. I also noticed their portdebra was similar to the loose, sporty

The first half of the concert was only instrumental. There were two violins, two violas, and two cellos. They sat on stage with the violins one my right, then the violas in the middle, and the cellos on the end. The violins played a few songs solo. The second half of the concert was only the choir and a piano. Their performance started with the song Daybreak. The song Daybreak also had a few girls playing percussion, one of them had a tambourine. Using SHMRG, the Harmony of most of the choirs songs were very homophonic. The Melody of most of the songs were mainly slow, though a couple songs were very fast, and upbeat.

The first composition was Symphony No.44 in E minor Trauer. It was composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. The piece is from the Classical era and it is a symphony. Symphony is a large orchestral piece in several movements. James B. Mallard III was the conductor for the performance. The piece has four movements: Allegro con brio, Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto, Adagio, Finale: Presto. All of them were performed. The first movement was fast. It started softly then it became louder. Regularly, the minuet (with trio) of a symphony is place at third movement. The second movement of this piece is a minuet with trio. It was played fast, but it was not as fast as the first movement. Those movements was sad. The third movement was slow and soft. Its notes was higher and the mood is better. I felt that it changed from minor mode to major mode in this movement. The closing movement was very fast and had a high end.

October 28th was the day of the Latin Music Recital in the Caine Performance Hall. This was only one of many performances that week. Latin is a genre of music that unless I have come across it at other such events I have not heard it otherwise. Thus it is a genre that I had to do some research on in order to better appreciate what I was hearing. This concert was basically split into two parts each part had a main soloist on guitar that was accompanied by other musicians.

​This critique will discuss the performance of The Chamber Singers and The University Singers in concert. This event was presented by the CSUB music and theater department which took place Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the Frances B. Dore Theatre. For this event, I was well prepared since it took place on a Tuesday evening and I did not have to work. One thing I did differently to prepare myself for this concert was to take a pen and a small notebook to write down notes of what I observed.

As we all waited in line to go into the concert there was a thrill of

My mom and I go to concerts, it always ends up being a huge bonding experience. She had bought tickets for Skillet in Regina so on our way we were listening to all their albums. We had to stop for gas once we got into town and when mom went inside to pay this song came on. I had really liked it at the start so I had been listening to the lyrics really close; by the time mom got back the song had ended. Flash forward to the Encore of the concert, this song started playing. I was having a great time singing along to my new favorite song and mom looked over at me, shocked because she had never heard this song before. In conclusion the reason I like this song so much is because whenever I listen to it I remember this concert with mom. Also the lyrics just really hit home, they tell a story I want to listen to. What I didn't know walking into this concert was that Skillet is a Christian rock band. I'm sure they intended this song to mean God is here for us, and he knows who we are, we don't have to pretend or hide, but I took it a different way. I think of it as a couple having broken up and one person thinks really highly of their ex. They still feel like this person is their world, they hold the stars up, and calm the raging seas. Since they can do impossible tasks like this they believe if they wanted to this person could help them hold their heart in place, and calm the storm within them. I just think that this song could be really poetic.

As I watched the hands of the conductor raise, my heart started pounding while lilliputian drops of salty sweat started forming over my face. The bright spotlight turned on, revealing the microscopic particles of dust in the air. Reflected from the spotlight, the gleaming wood of my violin shined into my eyes. The smell of wood and sweat lingered around, being wafted by the air conditioning as it made a pleasing soft rumbling noise.

This afternoon, I went to the music concert hall where is located in the music building for the listening hour, a small noon-time concert which is performed by the staff and students from the music majors. Since it is a free noon-time concert, most of the audiences just wear the t-shirts and jeans to the concert. Dresses are not required for the concert. The performance today is given by the Ananda Jazz Ensemble. They have played “Running Away”, composed by Bob Marley; “Madalena”, composed by Ivan Linz; “Conejitos y Ananda”, composed by Abi Romero; “La Bikina”, composed by Ruben Fuentes; and “Chukaro”, also composed by Abi Romero. Because this is a Latin Americdan Journey, all of the music performed is jazz music. All pieces played in the concert are an ensemble of piano, bass, and drums. During the concert, I was trying to be a perceptive listener; I enjoyed the music with concentration and paid attention to the music’s unity and variety, such as the dynamics and tempos. I also tried to associate the music with a picture when I listened to it and understand the emotion in the music.

I heard the chatter from upstairs as I made my way across the basement. I headed up the stairs and I could not believe what I heard my family talking about. My Mom, Dad, and sister were talking about purchasing tickets to see Justin Bieber in concert.