Oxycotton Performance Review

The in class concert with three performances that I attended on 15th of February was an very interesting experience for me as I have not been to a classical music concerts that often. The first piece, Oxycotton, was performed by Tim Sanchez using the marimba. The second one, Acht Stucke, was performed by Samantha Post using the flute. Nicholas Gledhill using the horn performed the third piece, Blues and Variations for Monk. The last piece, Misty, was performed by CSU Graduate Brass Quintet. In this paper, I am going to write about the performances that I heard and about the different music elements that they used in each performance.
The concert started with a Tim Sanchez performance “Oxycotton” that was played on marimba. I would say that the tempo for this piece was allegretto almost all the time. The dynamics for this performance was changing from forte to piano and the rhythm was the same all performance through.
This piece was divided in many parts with a different tempo and pauses in between. The melody most of the time was in a high pitch that is very proper for a flute. Melody and rhythm was changing all the time. Most of the time the tempo for this piece was moderato but it was also getting faster and slower during different parts of the piece.
The third piece, “Blues and Variations for Monk” composed by David Amram was performed by Nicholas Gledhill using a horn. The piece started with forte chords that were played by one note at time. During the performance, he used his breath and his fingers to thrum on the horn and by that creating an interesting sound. The piece was performed at forte or fortissimo dynamics all time through. Tempo was in between moderato and lento but it was also changing and was not the same all the time. This piece was also divided in parts like the previous performance by Samantha