Temple College Chorale: Concert Review

The fifth and final piece of this concert was called "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Paul Hindemith. It was composed in 1943 after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. This piece was truly fascinating because it involved every instrument in the orchestra as stated by the conductor beforehand. The song was very technical and had a lot going on in the duration of it. It was also very dynamic and had quite a bit of good synergy to it. There weren't instruments interjecting and playing on top of each other. Overall this piece was incredible and flowed nicely.

Each year in the fall semester, Christopher Newport University’s six a cappella singing groups put on a glow-in-the-dark showcase event in the Ferguson Center for the Arts called “Glow in the Darcappella.” These CNU student groups include: Expansion, Extreme Measure, The Newport Pearls, Take Note, Trebled Youth, and University Sounds. This year, the event was held on a Friday night, October 23rd, and was a sold out

They also have someone who plays the piano and sings along with the choir. They are all try to match the same color, (The day that I was there, they were wearing red and black) using their own clothes. Some of them use dresses and the men use a suit or a formal dress shirt.

With selections from various choirs in the community, PVC’s own, blessed the audience with a classic favorite, singing, “Old Time Religion.”

The attire of the orchestra was the usual black and white tux for men and the black dressy dresses for the ladies. Being that it was a classical music event, I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary with the outfits and the colors didn’t call my attention in any way either. It was the normal, expected look that you would see for these type of performers to have. I saw a few lace dresses, some had embroidery, and others were just plain black dresses. As for the men they looked like copies of one another. They had the same bow tie, same dress shirt and the same suit

For 20 years on the third week of May, the auditorium would overflow with over 1000 audience members cramming to watch the Bartlett High School Spring Concert. Parents, students, and choir alumni came year after year to see the five choirs in their last performance of the year.

As the conductor enters the stage area, he is greeted with genuine applause from the audience. The conductor shakes hands with the concert master, and then turns to the audience to acknowledge them with a bow. The audience is nicely dressed in business or evening attire. The audience is seated on the floor or in the balcony areas for viewing. The audience remains seated throughout the performance, and there is no conversation between them as they watched the symphony. This concert etiquette is to show respect to the conductor, the orchestra, and other audience members. The orchestra performers are outfitted in black. The men have on black suits with ties. The women have on either black dresses or pant suits. The conductor is dressed in black with a button down black jacket with a white tuxedo shirt underneath the jacket. Also, there is a chorus, attired in black, seated behind the orchestra. The strings are seated in front of the conductor, then follows the woodwinds, horns, percussion, soloists, and chorus.

The overall attire that was worn during the services was business formal. Men wore a suit and tie while women wore either a white dress or skirt suit. The rabbi and cantor wore a white robe over their suit. Many of the congregants wore sneakers with their suits instead of the usual dress shoes. The men wore a tallit while very few women wore it. The men wore kippahs and a select few women wore head coverings.

I recently attended Hillcrest High School’s choir concert. The first group to perform was their Women’s Chorus. They sang three songs, “Soul Fetch,” “Sing to Me,” and“Solla Solew.” In the first song, there was a good ensemble movement and the choir stayed together well. However, their crescendos/decrescendos were not very gradual and at times they were a little timid and had to scoop to find their next note. Their second song had good dynamics, staccatos, and cutoffs. However, on their third song, the sopranos were slightly overpowering.

The audience members were quiet when arriving and no one spoke above a whisper until the intermission and final song was over. After each piece was played, the audience would respectfully applaud. 3. What did you observe about the etiquette if the performers?

I experienced the joy of choir for 8 years starting in fourth grade. Ever since I was little, I looked up to all of the students in the high school choir and knew that I aspired to be as good as them one day. My goal was to make the varsity choir and the Texas All State Choir. My freshman year is when I started the process of high school choir and has taught me many lessons beneficial to my future success.

For my performance analysis, I observed a few choirs at the District 1 contest. These groups varied greatly in skill level and experience, but most of them were younger and less experienced choirs. The first group I observed was a smaller men’s chorus. This group reminded me of when I used to sing in our Men’s Chorus. The group consisted of about 17 guys, most of whom seemed like less experienced singers. Their sound seemed to back this up. They all seemed to really enjoy doing what they did, and individually seemed to be decent singers. What they seemed to lack, and what most likely hurt their score, would be their ability to listen to each other as much as they sang. They held out some pretty horrendous chords that were completely out of

The concert that I attended was ‘The Chamber Music of Joan Tower’ which occurred on November 10, 2016. It began at 12:30pm and occurred at the San Jose State University Music Concert Hall. The performers in question ranged from music students to professors.

For the performance I decided to dress business casual with

The University Chorus opened that night with the song “Let the Earth Resound” which was composed by Sally K. Albrecht. The piece started out with just piano and, to me, sounded overall happy and confident. As the voices began to enter the music became much softer and quieter. The main lyrics would be passed around from the Tenors, to the