Fall Choral Concert Essay

The conductor, Hector Guzman, was effective in leading the music in that whenever the piece called for dynamics, his movements told the musicians how much more or less it was needed. And also, Mr. Guzman did not just interact with the orchestra, but the chorus and vocal soloists as well. He seemed to be respected by his fellow musicians and gave the proper recognition to the soloists of the

On Thursday, 9 October 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center UAB choirs performed eleven pieces; these included Exultate justi, Frostiana, Wedding Cantata, Zion’s Walls, Cantate Domino, Bogoroditse Devo, Ehre sei Gotte in der Höhe, Mid-Winter Songs, Belleilakka, and This Little Light of Mine.

I chose the genre string quartet and attended a concert at First Presbyterian church on October 19th, 2014. Because of its location the sanctuary where the concert took place had many stained glass windows. It was marvelous and in my opinion well suited the feel of classical music. The audience was very responsive and attentive. They applauded when the musicians appeared, in between pieces, and at the very end. They were quick to join in the sing along portion of the concert. Overall the people attending were an older crowd but you could tell they truly appreciated the music. The concert’s duration was around an

When the concert first began, the three instrumentalists walked with energy despite their age. The first song, “Sonata I in G-Major Op. 2, Nr. 1” by Michel Blavet, was a Baroque Sonata. There were five movements and was played by the harpsichord, flute, and cello. All movements of the song were polyphonic because of the three instruments that had different parts and equal importance. In the first movement, I noticed that the flute tended to rise in pitch. In the second movement, I noticed that the melodies often repeated. Throughout the rest of the song the tempo changed from fast to slow and the flute would usually take the lead. On the last movement, the cello and the harpsichord

I decided to attend the Symphony on the Prairie on July24, 2015. I haven’t been to a Symphony Orchestra since I was very young and I was unable to attend the Symphony last Friday or Saturday. My fellow classmates invited me to the concert on July 24, 2015. I wanted to view a concert so I agreed to attend the Symphony with them. I also like Harry Potter and Star Wars; and they played pieces from both movies in the Symphony concert. Unfortunately there wasn’t any vocal throughout the concert but there were many instruments. These instruments include the entire string family (violin, viola, cello, and contrabass), the woodwind family (flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and contrabassoon), the brass family (English horn, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba), and the percussion family (timpani, harp, and keyboard)

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.

On the night of Thursday, January 19, the Neuqua Valley Music Department delivered an array of opera pieces and additional music at the Masterworks Concert! With all music groups gathered together, the emotions and passion for their music were very apparent.

On February 25, 2016, I was able to see the Mid-Year Band Concert in the PAC. The pieces I have chosen to review were performed by the Varsity, Symphonic II and Symphonic I Bands and conducted by Mr. Bailey and Mr. Hillhouse. “King Cotton,” “Amparito Roca,” and “Valdres” were among my favorites in the program and are all coincidentally, marches.

On Sunday 28 June 2015, I had an opportunity to participate in listening a strings orchestra in Simi Valley. It named Simi Strings Orchestra that was located in the Simi Valley Public Library in the afternoon about one hour at 3:30 p.m. This was my first time to be there and to be a listener in this strings orchestra, it was a great experience in my life.

I feel that the fourteen members of chamber orchestra and the two vocalists did an outstanding job. This piece was well put together. I loved the harmony that was brought forth between the orchestra and the vocalists. The two vocalists a tenor known as Paul Groves and a soprano known as Anna Larson, did a beautiful job staying in tune. The way that their voices went back and forth in harmony was just beautiful.

This concert was performed by two groups, the Washburn University Wind Ensemble with their conductor Michael Mapp, and the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra with their conductor Martha Placeres. They all are Washburn students and dressed up well for the performance. The wind ensemble played first, they played Winter Ricercar written by Kevin Walczyk (b. 1964) and two pieces of Der Traum des Oenghus, op 37 (1993-96) written by Rolf Rudin (b. 1961). After the ten minutes intermission, the Symphony Orchestra played five pieces from Carmen Suite NO. 1 (1882) written by Georges Bizet (1838-1875) and Bolero (1928) written by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).

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 concert was Singer’s Choice performed by the Temple College Chorale. It took place on the fourth of April at 7:30 PM in the Temple College Auditorium PAC.

A significantly large time period in the history of music in the 17th century, 1600 to 1750, is known as the “Baroque period”. The term “baroque” is derived from the Portuguese barroco, or “oddly shaped pearl” (baroque.org). It may seem strange to compare the musical masterpieces we have today to an imperfect pearl, something that does not fit the mold and has unique lines and characteristics, but the musical arrangements are just that. The music from the baroque period is not one exclusive style, or type of music, but diverse, masterpieces that developed over a century of time. Of the many genres of musical composition developed in historical Baroque time period the “baroque chorale” is regularly performed today in sacred and secular performances

The second vocal ensemble of the night started out with a song which included a twelve bar blues, called “ I use to know you”. This performance consisted of the most combinations of solos of the night as well as using an improvising style. The entire band started all together which led to a Trumpet solo. Then Jose on the Sax did his solo followed by the pianist comping. Then the choir along with the band joined together to lead to a female solo which was particularly interesting since she was scatting. The second performance of this ensemble was “Spring can really hang you up the most” which consisted of 3/4 time and 4/4 time. This started with a female solo vocalist then a male one. The band as a whole played together and ended with a male solo scatting. The third and shortest performance of the night was a vocal acapella piece, “Love walked in” which was short and sweet. The fourth performance of the night was a Richmond Rogers piece. This had a rhythmic swing/salsa feel from the “Lady is a tramp”. This started with the rhythm section, with the male vocalist and horns. Then the female vocalist from the choir joined and concluded this piece. The fifth performance for the group was a sequel to voice stand an acapella piece by Greg Jaspers. This song started with the choir using their voices as the instruments altogether. The final performance of the night was one of