The concert that I chose to attend was the Gramophone award winners, Pavel Haas Quartet. Veronika Jaruskova, Marek Zxiebel, Pavel Nikl, and Peter Jarusek were the musicians. They were all very talented. Their movements were amazing and no matter the difficulty, they stayed in time with one another. The songs they chose to perform were Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50 by the composer Prokofiev, Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso” by Beethoven, and Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 by Bartok. All these pieces were amazing both in difficulty and sound.…
In Leven thumps chapter #6 there is a new character name Winter. Winter Frore haves a hard life cause of her mother. Winter doesn’t have a Father or any siblings when she was born, she only had her mother since the day she came into this world. Janet (mom of winter) was disrespectful to winter but one day winter got tired of it and something magical happened to Janet. One time winter and her mom were eating than something was happening to winter and her mom thought it was a prank than winter did something to her mother, on her mother forehead it said D.A.B. Winter didn’t know she had…
To sum up, I really enjoyed “A Christmas Story: The Musical”, as it is a very joyful show which fits in the holiday atmosphere. It also allows me to see lots of design…
During the brutal winter of 1777, nearly 2,000 American soldiers died at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The Continental Army was being stalled for Winter. So, General Washington led his army to Valley Forge, Philadelphia. His men suffered a long and harsh winter. They didn’t have the resources they needed to survive. Although his men were worn out, sick, and in need of food, they still managed to train and progress. The soldiers came out of the winter disciplined and stronger than ever. The winter at Valley Forge was a time that the continental army was being stalled and suffered a very harsh winter, but in the end they came out strong ready to win the war.…
The fourth through eighth grade choristers enter onto the risers on the stage in organized rows, hands at their sides, shoulders back and aligned with nervous smiles across their faces. This is the students first time being adjudicated The auditorium is full of other students, teachers, and adjudicators from around the city ready to hear the product of weekly after school rehearsals throughout the school year. The chorus director looks around the auditorium and counts five former music instructors and the nostalgia of being that fourth-eighth grader on stage with those instructors floods the director's mind. She smiles, bows to the audience, turns, and gives a reassuring thumbs up to the bright, developing musicians in front of her.…
The SHS Concert Choir is a one-credit curricular class that consists of students in grades 9-12. Students are expected to build sight-reading skills, vocal technique, and to experience a wide variety of choral music. Acceptance into the group is by audition only and continued membership is contingent upon basic performing skills and mature conduct. The Concert Choir performs at the annual…
Christmas Smiles everywhere-- In church- in stores - on sidewalks Everyone singing and dancing kissing under the mistletoe Loving souls gathering for Christmas Playing in the snow-having fun! In every sight you see the excitement growing Midnight dreaming- stolen kisses and The Celebration Of God’s gift…
On Friday, Mar 30, I took part in the Cantabile Girls' Choir Concert, which was performed by Nancy Grundahl, Sandra Enstrom, Jennifer wildeson, etc. It has several parts and all the performers have done very well. The whole concert was really an enjoyment to me. All the performers concentrated on the performance. I think very highly of them.…
On Tuesday, December 8th, the Allen High School Philharmonia and Sinfonietta orchestras performed a variety of fascinating pieces. The orchestras began the concert with “Holiday Dances by Mark Williams". The next piece that the orchestras performed was “Saint Nick’s Canon on the Housetop” arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. The last piece that the AHS Philharmonia and Sinfonietta orchestras performed was “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” arranged by Lloyd Conley.…
This meeting will be more of a kick back as the snowboard club has agreed to have a "social" with us. So if you make it out to a meeting make it to this one the snowboard club has some awesome members and I am so excited that we are finally going to make this happen. Come out and meet our winter shredder counterparts.…
Each choir was singing a different piece by John Rutter. In our choir there were about 8 different choirs that came together for this. The HCCYC was the only choir that included any middle schoolers, but since I skipped first grade, I was the only eleven-year-old on the stage throughout the entire performance. The concert started at eight-o'clock that night and we were the first act. We walk out of stage and everything hits us all at once. The entire venue is absolutely gorgeous, even more so when it is filled up with people. Everyone gets into their places, and Mr. Rutter had us pull out our music, and he started the orchestra. The entire room filled with the gorgeous sounds of the brass, woodwind, strings, and the heavy pounding of the percussion. We start to sing this glorious piece, and that feeling right then is one I will never forget. We all became so overwhelmed with the beauty of the music and it was simply a night to remember. This was the largest, most intense concert I have ever performed in. I got to have such an amazing experience on stage with such an amazing group of people in such a legendary venue, and it has given a whole different perspective on what making music really…
When the second week of February arrived, Kayla and I left Sioux Falls around six in the morning. Arriving in Brookings a hour later, we were driven to the campus and taken to a building with a large gathering room that held other schools whom had already arrived before us. We were assigned seats in specific sections—ranging from Bass, Tenor, Alto, or Soprano. Hours of practicing went by, and we had reached the last few hours of the day. Driven to a performance hall; we ran through all the songs once more before the final…
The final recommendations I would make are to use a different radio station playing music. From class we discussed the reasoning for why the music that was playing was played, but this is a children’s event. More Disney songs, Kids Bop music, or overall age appropriate music should be played. Some families were slightly disturbed by some of the…
On Saturday November 15th, I was the event manager with for the Middle School Festival at…
Do you know that ice was once used to hold a burning candle during the Qing Dynasty back in 1644? The ice lantern was first created in the northeast China during the winter time. It was said that, back in the 17th century, ice lanterns were made by fisherman and farmers in the northeast China to prevent the candle from being blown out by the strong wind. Due to the climax weather in northeast China, ice can easily be formed by just letting a bucket of water to freeze in open air. Therefore, fishermen in China decide fill up a bucket of water and let it freeze in the open space. After few hours of freezing in the open space, fishermen heat the bucket a little to separate the ice from the bucket. The fisherman then chiseled a hole in the middle of the ice to release the remaining water leaving a hollow vessel. A windproof ice lantern is now formed. The windproof ice lantern has gain popularity that people starts to make ice lanterns to put outside their house and gave it to their children to play during some festivals. Ice lantern was the symbol of winter holiday back in the old days. Ice lanterns also symbolize the novel changes and immense advance in techniques of the Chinese craftsmanship.…