Stage 3 Concert Report

It’s amazing to listen to musicians who do not normally play with each other come together and leave the audience in complete awe. That is exactly what happened on the day of Thursday November 26th 2014. The Bill Crothers Varsity Winds comprised of grade eleven and twelve students along with a few, talented grade tens went to listen to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra play. We travelled via a typical yellow school bus that took us to Roy Thomson Hall where we went right to the top level and took our seats. The seating seemed rather helpful because from a distance you could hear every instrument when you focused on it. It was beautiful. The band presented well with their “Penguin” like attire that was kind to the eyes. They appeared very organized,

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 concert I attended was called the Faculty and Student Recital, which took place in the Cisco Auditorium on April 11, 2017. The music that was on the program was mostly what is called “classical” music, as well as a Chinese Folk Song, an electronic composition, and variations on an Indian Tala. In the classical pieces, the instruments that were used were the violin, the piano, the cello, and the oboe. In the electronic composition, the computer was used to make music. In the Chinese Folk Song, the piccolo was used to imitate the unique timbre of a Chinese flute. In the Indian tala, drums from Ghana were used to imitate the rhythm and sound of Indian drums. The piano, the violin, the cello, and the piccolo all originate

Each time I set my embouchure on my mouthpiece, I create a mass-spring system with my lips. They oscillate, providing an air current. As my lips transition through a series of motions and contort to control the tension, I scale through a large range of pitches. I produce multiple series of resonance as my trombone resonates, each one creating a different standing wave from the last. I change the frequency of the vibration of my lips, increasing it in order to reach a higher note. I try to sneak in a G above the staff at pianissimo, but clip. Undeterred, I attempt to play a little louder, providing a velocity of air sufficient enough to allow me to reach it. I masterfully move the slide, manipulating the complex closed pipe so that it will resonate at the frequencies I desire. I make sure to achieve a mix of accuracy and speed in order to play the music at the tempo I want and also be in harmony with the rest of the band. Each note has a deliberate and careful style, crafted to share the emotion I feel with the audience.

My position on the "See the Music..." talks affixed to certain programs is neutral. Nevertheless, the one at the start of Saturday's matinee "All Robbins No. 4" program proved arduous and vexatious. After relating some amusing personal experiences and providing the audience with a few intriguing facts about Ravel and his music, Andrew Litton eventually began what suddenly loomed as an interminable discussion of the "Piano Concerto in G" which included snippets played by himself on the instrument. Unlike his case, this piece--atypically--was familiar to me long before attending a performance of Robbins' ballet at NYCB, and I consider its second movement among the most hauntingly beautiful music ever created. (The section during which Robbins has the ballerina execute bourrées forwards and backwards is a supreme musical expression of the pathos of human existence.) Analyzing it before a performance is, to put it kindly, superfluous.

MUS 110CL Concert Critique Guidelines and Rubric After either attending a live concert or watching a full length concert online, write a critique of the performance following the format below. Here are a few examples of full length concerts you can find online (by conducting a web search using the criteria below) that could be used for this assignment:         Coldplay Live In Boston 2012 (Full Concert DVD) Sting: If on a winters night-Live from Durham Cathedral 2009 (watch all 14 songs on concert) Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman, Jan Hammer, Charlie Duke Ellington The Great Paris Concert Richard Galliano/Winton Marsalis - Billie Holiday meets Edith PIAF Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Jazz Center

The concert I attended was performed by the Brooklyn College Wind Ensemble conducted by Jeff W. Ball on March 1, 2016. The Midwood High School Band, conducted by Melissa Williams, performed as special guests. Before going to the concert, I looked up Wind Ensemble so I’d know what to expect. A Wind Ensemble consists only of wind, brass, and percussion instruments. My concert experience was enjoyable as I went in knowing what the Wind Ensemble is, and went in with an open mind.

After a seven-minute stretch break, the whole Fresno Master Chorale went to their positions. When all the group members were together in one spot, the stage seemed to be gone. There were so many members that the whole stage was pack, even at the bottom. The age range was from three to eighty years old. In this part, there were two conductors that had to summoned their group. One stood in the middle and another one stood at the bottom. Once the whole group was in place, they began with the song “La Bruja,” written by….

It was performed by the CSU Graduate Brass Quintet, consisting of Nikolas Valinsky, Matthew Chanlynn, Emelie Pfaff, William Gamache, and Heather Ewer. While Valinsky and Chanlynn played the trumpet, Pfaff played the horn, Gamache the trombone and Ewer tuba. This quartet accomplished a wonderful work by the different melodies, pitches and dynamics. While the tuba was heard more in the background due to its low pitch, the most significant instruments were the trumpets. Not only did they provide the highest pitch but it was also heard as the main instrument because of their rhythm. Together, this group of brass instruments created a dense rhythm by providing the audience with several layers of music on top of each-other. Altogether, I enjoyed this piece the most. It made me feel happy, excited and joyful.

Trio M, a pliable collective co-led by pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Matt Wilson, made an appearance at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in the heart of New York City on March 30th to perform a repertoire of old and new material. The group is active since 2006 and has plans to record their third album of originals very soon, which will follow up the ones already out there: Big Picture (2007) and Guest House (2013). Since all three bandleaders contribute with their own compositions in an equal share, the outcome is a compound of different ideas, tones, atmospheres, and rhythms served up with a forward-thinking attitude.

The production, The Drowsy Chaperone, is a jovially musical full of bright fun colors and a comical parody of the American Musical Theatre circa the ‘20s. The production had managed to place me in the appropriate era through the use of costume and sound design. The works of Kayla Lopez, as the Costume Designer and Josh Azoulay, as the Lighting Designer, all, respectfully, contributed to my overall “willing suspension of disbelief”, as an audience member. Both the lighting and sound design, worked together in order to differentiate between the two worlds that were present on stage, the one the older man was in as well as the one the main story was placed.

On November 12, 2016 I attended a concert brought to you by the Chamber Musical Festival. The performers for this concert were; Vaneza Tallman, Peter Jalbert, Andrew Boyle, Christine Wang, Daniel Aizenshtadt, Kyunggok Kim, Nathalie Gaynor, Francesca Fetten, Rachel Halverson, Danbe Lee, Yu Ching Shelley Ng, Michael Brown, Abigail Tucker, Sebastian Stefanovic, Benjamin Lanners and last but not least Artem Kuznetsov. The instruments played tonight were the; Violin, Piano, Viola, Cello and clarinet. This concert review will be the last one I will be doing this semester and quite frankly I was very sad. That being said my mind was set to enjoy it more than ever.

     I chose to do my first concert report on Pearl Jam. The concert took place at Deer Creek the weekend after class started, so it was perfect timing to do this assignment. This was the first time I have seen Pearl, and I thought it was worthy of writing a report on.

On October 6, 2016 while traveling to Manhattan on the number two train, two gentlemen came on the train and started to sing several songs. Train performance has been a way of life in New York for almost as long as there have been trains. This is a way of living for people who have a difficult time finding a job on Broadway or for some who is just trying to make a quick change. It has become an unofficial entertainment center, in which a many sings, dance and other daily performances. This I took the time out to actually pay any attention to the train live performance. As I know I had a paper due for my music class.

I went to the “Mark Flood: Greatest Hits” concert on May 5, 16. The performance is presented in the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. The genre of the concert was Saxophone Quartet and I believed the music is from Contemporary Era. There was four pieces, which composed by four different composers were performed. They started by the "Walk the Walk" by Michael Daugherty, I liked the beginning piece because my mood for this piece was happy and joyful. The beat was powerful and made myself into the song. The second piece was the "Jungle" by Christian Lauba, the tone color were bright and mellow. I felt pretty excited about the dong. Then they continued the third piece, which was "Pitch Black" by Jacob TV, I have to admit that