Stage Band Concert Report

Last Thursday, I attended the Department of Music Concert Series at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. I was able to listen to both the Symphony Band, under the direction of Dr. Cara Morantz as well as the Wind Symphony Band directed by Dr. Sean Murray. They presented a tremendous performance comprised of pieces by J.B. Chance, Frank Ticheli, Samuel Hazo as well as a wide variety of other authors. The event was pleasurable to me, as well as many others in attendance to the concert. By the looks, colleagues families and teachers came to support the talented musicians on stage that night!

On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., the Division of Music at Bob Jones University presented the Symphonic Wind Band and performed five pieces. The performance in Stratton Hall at Bob Jones University was a highlight of the European Travelogue, directed by Dan Turner. The program included A Moorside Suite by Gustav Holst; Three Revolutionary Marches by Bedrich Smetana; Spring: Overture for Wind Orchestra by Johan de Meij; Galop, from Genevieve de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach; Ile-de-France from Suite Francaise by Darius Milhaud; and Danceries by Kenneth Hesketh. Each piece was concluded with eager applause and praise.

I went to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic on October 22 2017, the concert was performed at the fine arts center and lasted 2 hours. The Colorado Springs Philharmonic performed under Josep Caballe-Domenech the conductor. The concert was put on as part of the October arts month at the Fine Arts Center. The Music was from the Romantic Period, it featured a full symphony. The musical instruments that were featured was a full range of strings including: violin, viola, double-bass, and the cello. It also featured a whole set of brass and wind instruments.

For my concert report, I chose to attend a University Chambers Players performance. Within this classical genre of music, the pieces performed were all homophonic in texture and each melody introduced was supported by chordal accompaniment. All of the pieces performed ranged from an eighteenth to twentieth century time period, and furthermore, each performance employed the use of western world instruments, such as the piano, cello, violin, and viola.

On Friday, February 12th, I visited the Wimberley Theatre located in Wimberley, TX to watch Lend me your tenor. This play is known to fill the theatre with laughter and that’s exactly what the actors did. You would have never known this small little playhouse in such a small town would give an amazing showing of such a magnificent play. The actors were perfect and had the audience on a rollercoaster of laughter. In this play the famous tenor Tito Merelli, has agreed to play Otello for one night only at the opera company. a hilarious series of mishaps, he passes out after an accidental overdose of tranquilizers. Believing the famous tenor star is dead, the opera manager has his assistant, Max, an aspiring singer, to replace Merelli. Things go

On Tuesday, November 29th at 12:15pm, I attended a Music at Noon concert which showcased a collaboration of talent from baritonist Mel Braun and pianist Laura Loewen. Of the ten pieces which the concert was composed of, three pieces left a long lasting impression on me.

While watching the marching band perform at Kennedy Middle School for three years, I was always amazed by their talent, precision, and energetic spirit. I knew that the oboe was not a marching instrument, although that was the instrument I played in the middle school band. I was destined to find a way to be apart of the amazing experience that is, the Wall of Sound. I emailed as many friends that I knew in the marching band and talked with the directors to find out how I could become involved with marching band. They suggested doing the Color Guard Workshop, a training camp for eighth-graders interested in being apart of the color guard. I worked so hard during this camp to enhance my skills in hopes of one day being apart of the Wall of Sound

The Cosumnes River College Orchestra and Band presented their performance at Recital Hall last Wednesday. The event was presented by Jim Mazzaferro and Grant Parker. The Concert Orchestra portion, conducted by Jim Mazzaferro, consisted of collection of pieces composed by notable composers such as: Johann David Heinichen, Antonin Devorak, Antonio Vivaldi, Martin Grayson, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Concert Orchestra started with “Sonata for Violin, Flute, Oboe Viola and Bassoon” by Johann David Heinichen and continued with “Slavonic Dance No.3” by Antonin Dvorak. “Slavonic Dance No. 8” was the last composition in Orchestra’s program. After the intermission event continued with the Concert Band performance directed by Grant Parker. The program

In finale, the group performed three selections – I, II, III- were a part of an album, Mountain Roads, composed by Chelsea Williamson. The first and second piece, both started off with slow tempo. The first piece started with pianist solo. As flute, and bassoon synced with the pianist, the orchestral timbre demonstrated crescendo. However, the second piece was predominantly performed by bassoon and flute, along with piano in the background. The first two selection changed my mood as if I was surrounded with trees and birds chirping. It felt peaceful. Finally, the group performed the last selection, which maintained a fast tempo throughout the musical piece. The piece started off with the piano and bassoon playing upbeat tempo, with high pitch.

Seeing the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in person was a unique opportunity for me. Their performance at the Granada Theater was my first time going to a formal concert of any type. Like most, a made presumptions about the band, venue, and experience I would receive.

For six years I've been in my school's choir at Buchtel Community Learning Center. That choir has taught me a lot of things; how to blend voices together, how to read music, even how to correctly warm up your voice and the posture when singing. I take these lessons everywhere I go, especially to the music program I was in, STARS. STARS was a music program that was spread all over the country that helped young people showcase their talents and gave them opportunities to learn more about their craft. We had visitors come to show us how to write lyrics, harmonize, and shared their stories on how they came from nothing and did what they truly wanted to do, perform. There were about seven people that were in STARS stationed in Akron and we were

I don’t usually care too much for folk music, but I enjoyed this concert more than I expected to. The songs were very well-written. Luke had a story to go with each song, and he is a wonderful storyteller. However, he seemed to focus on the stories and songwriting more than the actual music. The melodies were simple, and while he knew his songs well, he hadn’t practiced with his guitarist very much. I think this actually contributed to the theme and feel of his music, which is songs from home that probably won’t otherwise be told. He has only released two albums, and I think this performance was very well-done considering where he is at in his

I attended the Faculty Chamber Players concert on Monday, February 13th, 2017. This four-part concert took place in Morgan Hall of the Bailey Performance Center. The Faculty chamber players who performed the first piece, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-1791) Flute Quartet Number 1 in D major, included Helen Kim, a professor of the violin, Catherine Lynn, Artist-in-Residence in viola, Charae Krueger, Artist-in-Residence in Cello, and lastly, Christina Smith, Artist-in-Residence in Flute. Performers for the second piece, Toru Takemitsu’s (1930-1996) “And then I knew ‘twas wind” (1992) for Flute, Viola, and Harp, encompassed Christina Smith playing the flute, Paul Murphy, another artist-in-residence of Viola, and Elisabeth Remy artist-in-residence in Harp. The third piece, following the intermission, Richard Strauss’ (1864-1949) Variations on a Bavarian Folksong (“Dirnl is haub auf mi’ “) for String Trio, entailed Helen Kim performing on the

The melody starts low, as a quiet whirring sound of the flute and oboe slowly envelops the hall. The audience is quiet, hushed. Slowly yet steadily, the timpani and bass drum lays out a blanket solemn theme. Another theme of clarinets and trumpets appears, complementing the previous, yet affirming its own identity with an energetic, new twist of the melody.

On Thursday April 25, 2013 , I attended a jazz vocal concert at the Music Concert Hall. The first vocal ensemble opened up the performance with a slow rhythmic song called Blue Skies. It began with vocals and I noticed a light auxiliary percussion and drum rhythm. Also, the bass guitarist used walking bass and the piano and electric guitar joined in as well. The first song also consisted of two soloist Regina and Chantel who took the front stage to show off their chops. After the solo performances they fell back into the vocal sections and finished off the song as a complete band. The second performance had a piano opening which led to vocals joining in at the same time as the rhythm section. This performance