Jake Chambers

and singers go back to his work to perform it. Born in November 29, 1797 in Bergamo Italy, and died in April 8, 1848 in Bergamo Italy. At the age of 8 he was studying opera with composer Simon Mayr, his studies consisted of chamber opera, religious works, and a little of chamber music. In 1822 Naples his first opera was premier “La Zingara”. While at Naples he was working as a composer and conductor thought out the end of the 1820’s and beginning of 1830’s. His first opera hit was Anna Bolena in the

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January twenty-seven, one thousand seven hundred fifty-six. He was the youngest child of Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Perlt. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the sole-surviving son, and his only sister was Maria Anna. Leopold, his father was a successful composer, violinist, and assistant concert master at the Salzburg court. Wolfgang’s mother, Anna Maria Pertl, was born to a middle-class family of local community leaders. With their father’s

“All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” – William Wordsworth (Kamien). Music from the Romantic period put great emphasis emotional expression and revealing ones innermost feelings and on September 17, 2014, I was able to experience it firsthand (Kamien). I attended the faculty violin recital at Tennessee Tech held at Wattenbarger Hall. The recital started at 7:30 p.m. and featured the works of Johannes Brahms, Sergei Prokoliev, and Maurice Ravel and were performed by

On November 13, 2015 Dr. David Earll of the University of Wisconsin Platteville faculty performed a Tuba and Euphonium Recital. The program for the recital included various 20th century works and their composers along with pieces from Antonio Capuzzi from the classical era and Sebastian Bach during the Baroque Era, whom was discussed in class. Works that were played include: “T. Rex for Tuba and Piano” by Mark Schultz, “My Mountain Top for Tuba and Tape” by Andy Scott, “Double-Bass Concerto (adapted

Cubbler 1 Rachel Cubbler Mrs. Hamilton English 12 May 2, 2016 Mr. Balanchine: Revolutionary Choreographer Without George Balanchine the dance world might not be what it is today. He combined the technique of classical ballet and his modern movements to shape and mold the many styles of dance. He is remembered as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world. George Balanchine choreographed over four hundred ballets. George Balanchine, a revolutionary ballet choreographer, began his career

On April 5th in Daniel Recital Hall Haochen Tan, a composer and a pianist, had a junior recital. He performed on the piano Etude-Tableau in C major, op. 33, No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Isolde’s Liebestod by Richard Wagner arr. Franz Liszt, and Caution to the winds by James Mobberley. Apart from this, he played piano part in his Trio for Flute, violin, and piano, and other musicians performed Reed Quintet composed by him. The piano was in the center of the stage and he wore a black suit. I really

MOZART’S LIFE Whenever people gather to talk about musical genius, the name Mozart almost always comes up first. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the most sensational Wunderkind (a German word meaning “wonder-child” or child prodigy) in the history of music. He started playing the keyboard at the age of three, and was already composing music while other children were still learning to read: little piano pieces at age five; later on symphonies at nine and complete operas at twelve. Unbelievable

James Galway may not be the first musician who comes to mind when people think of artists who have sold more than 30 million records. However, this classical flute player has been honored as much as some of the most famous rock and pop music stars. A brief look at Galway’s life reveals many outstanding accomplishments. Galway was born in 1939 in Northern Ireland. He was exposed to music when he was very young, first experimenting with the violin and harmonica before devoting himself to the flute

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

The Life Of Mozart: The Austrian Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is an amazing composers he wrote music and excelled in every way. This talented composer was born on January 27,1756 in Salzburg, archbishopric of Salzburg Austria. At a early age this composer talent for music was remarkable at the age of three he was picking chords on the harpsichord. At the age of four years old Mozart was playing short pieces of music. A year later when Mozart was five he started to compose music. He had