Band Concert Make Up Assignment: Music Analysis

Band Concert Make-Up Assignment I listened to two recordings in the process of completing this assignment. The first recording was of a performance of the Wayne State University Wind Symphony, and the second recording was a performance of a band at the 2004 Midwest Music Conference. As soon as I listened to the beginning of both pieces, I noticed that the first recording started the piece at the tempo marked in the piece (144 beats per minute). When the second band began playing the second movement, the tempo was slightly slower than the marked tempo. During the first part of the song, the two bands differed in the section of the ensemble that was emphasized. The first band emphasized the brass instruments in measure 26, allowing the trumpets