The Auburn Symphony Orchestr Concert Report

The beginning sounded similar to a salsa type of music due to the drum’s rhythm on the crash cymbal. Each musician had a solo within each piece. The rhythm section (double bass and drums) did a phenomenal job at maintaining as well as driving the tempo when it felt dragging. Moreover, they displayed great control and maturity of their sound throughout their solos. The dexterity and mastery within their instrument of some of the soloist in this group is inspiring because it truly shows their years and years of practice and

I especially liked, Spring: Overture for Wind Orchestra, because of the rapid and dance-like scene. In addition, I was impressed with the orchestra’s ability to perform so favorably with the brilliant soprano soloist. My least favorite performance of the evening was Danceries. The beginning was enjoyable but it quickly shifted to excessive refrains and distorted structure of instruments. After hearing these independent pieces I was able to comprehend and respect the talent of the performers of Bob Jones University’s music division. Overall, the musicians performed an excellent concert and left a lasting impression on

The seven dances were divided into two parts with an intermission that gave the audience time to stretch their legs. Before that intermission the performance, Playful Musings, took the most unique route in my opinion for the dance. It started out like any of the other dances with a low lighting, but right away the first dancer made his appearance on stage with style and a light-heart personality. It catches the audience right away with laughter, and filling the small concert hall with a totally different vibe compared to the other performances so

For the dance piece called "Country Dances". The utilization of space was wide because the dancers were moving around the entire stage. However, they were mostly in the center of the stage so all the audiences in the room could see them better. The timing and rhythm of this piece were perfect. The movements the dancers make were all synchronized along with the music. It was like the song was made for that specific piece. The use of movement qualities and dynamics convey feeling and tone to the audience were smooth. It gives the audience a relaxing and peaceful feeling to watch and enjoy the piece. Not to mention, the production elements such as lights, costumes, and music were important to this piece. The lights were warm and bright which gave the audiences a feeling of the old days where it was peaceful and fun. The costumes were a mixture of warm and cool colors because there are dancers wore light green dress while some other female dancers who wore light orange dress. The music peaceful and matched the mood for the piece

The choreography in this film is very well known and it still precedes itself today through its dance numbers, tiresome tap dancing and a range of vocals. There are many different conventions and dance segments to see during this fantastic film. One of the more romantic dance sequence, ‘You Were Meant For Me’, shows the shyness in

Following the few words was the Cello Concerto of Sir Edward Edgar. Structured with four movements rather then three opens with slow and poignant music. It reminded me of the music that you hear when someone is mourning from loosing someone. It had its ups and downs in-between and the third was like energy broken down with mourning while going into the forth was the longest and most overly dramatic, it brought the audience to its feet. The performance was soothing and relaxing and amazing to see that each one of those people on that grand stage added something to make the piece special. With that being one of the first symphony performances I

The second dance I will be critiquing is called “Love and Euphoria”. In Love and Euphoria, the dance was very complex and had many things going on. The theme of this dance is the bliss of being able to spend a special occasion with someone you love

On Friday, 27 November 2015 in Houston the Two Star Symphony performed Field of Light in the foreground. I was very anxious to attend. Bruce Munro appeared as concertmaster.

On September 30th, I had the pleasure of attending the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at the Fisher Auditorium. We walked in quietly to the back row of our section because the show had already started, so it would have been rude to walk up to where our actual seats were. As we took our seats the orchestra sat up there in the beautiful auditorium dressed in their all black formal attire holding their various instruments including the woodwinds, strings, brass, and percussions. The orchestra was in the middle of playing Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93. This symphony included 5 compositions that were all very similar to each other. In most of the compositions they took the audience on a roller coaster ride. The rhythm of the compositions would

Lamont Symphony Orchestra performed three beautiful sets of music that was conducted by Ryan Kozak with Hisham Bravo Groover, Assistant Conductors and Lawrence Golan being the Music Director and Conductor at Denver University on Thursday, November 17, 2016 in June Swaner Concert Hall at 7:30pm. Kozak conducted all three of the of the pieces; Danse Macabre Op 40 by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 to 1921), Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 by Sergei Rachmaninoff which is my favorite out of all three pieces (1873 to 1943), and Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 to 1847). Walking into the concert hall I was flabbergasted. The size of the room just amazed me and the stage was fantastic to say the least. Made me more excited for the show to start! As I sat down in my seat I noticed all the types of people in the concert hall were dressed in many different sets of attire. Elderly people were better dressed with their suits and dresses and pant suits where the younger people in the concert hall were still nicely dressed but were a little more casual. After what seemed like forever the lights finally began to go dim and I knew the show was about to start. In the first piece, Saint-Saëns, setting of the poem, the solo violin represents the devil who is playing his fiddle for the dance. The dance begins at the stroke of midnight in a graveyard. The harp begins the work with 12 strokes,

The first piece I am going to discuss is the Overture of Egmont by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the greatest and most influential German composer who

The orchestra performed passionately and precisely with perfect synchronization. The dramatic crescendos and decrescendos really brought out the emotions of each piece. The first piece performed was called “Don Juan” (1888-1889) and started off fast paced and suspenseful. Composed by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), the piece had a lot of dissonance within it. There were times when the piece would slow down gradually then suddenly speed up, returning back to its original pacing. Each instrumental section could be heard precisely and no one section overwhelmed another. The conductor stood out the most during the performance and excellently controlled the pacing and tone of the piece. His exotic movements seemed excessive at first, but I began to realize that he was simply passionate about the

I saw a Beethoven concert online which took place on May 7th, 2015 in Chicago, to celebrate the anniversary of Beethoven’s glorious masterpiece Symphony 9. The concert was a classical concert which was conducted by Ricardo Muti who has remained a conductor for Philharmonica orchestra (London), and Philadelphia Orchestra. The concert was directed by Duain Wolfe who is and Americal Chorale conductor as well as the founder Colorado Symphony and the Colorado Children’s chorale. . Some of the artists who participated in the Orchestra were Camilla Nylund (played soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (played mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (played tenor), Eric Owens (played bass-baritone), and the rest of the artists were from Chicago Symphony Orchestra. All the musicians were dressed formally in black suits with white shirts, or black dresses. The symphony was played in four movements: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso, Scherzo: Molto vivace, Adagio molto e cantabile, Finale: Ode to Joy.

The song began odd staccato notes played by a piano, with seconds of silence following. Eventually, clarinets joined in a slow and mournful tone that gave off a somber yet uneasy mood. It was very sporadic, switching between being intense and calm. The music was left me on edge throughout the piece. The music certainly took away from the piece because the music was distracting to the dance since it was very uneasy and seemingly random. The dancers did choreograph to the music, performing contractions and hand motions to match the constant inclining scale the piano would perform. The music for “When We Fly,” started slow and progressed to grow in speed and volume as the piece continued. There were no lyrics or voices, only strings, a piano, and some brass instruments added in. The music gave the piece a very energetic mood as the dancers followed the music by performing energetic leaps and jumps. The music added to the piece since it conveyed a mood of both love between the two dancers who were paired together, and a mood of belonging.

A total three piece of music was performed and they are all very nice. The concert begins with the Apres by Franck Krawczyk and this piece is from the modern period, and this has also been the first performance to the public. The second work is called Cello Concerto in A minor,Op.129 by Schumann and this piece is from the romantic period. This piece has three movements and the movements are played without pause. The first movement is in A minor key and it is not too fast. The piece starts with solo cello and very light string accompaniment and the theme is present in the solo part. The second movement is F major and it is very short and slow. The soloist is accompanied by pizzicato. The transition to the last movement is pretty loud and it