2013 Igudesman & Joo: “Big Nightmare Music” Wright Auditorium “Big Nightmare Music” Concert Report The Igudesman & Joo: “Big Nightmare Music” concert premiered in Wright Auditorium on April 13th‚ 2012; accompanied by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Imagine Mozart taken over by Monty Python and you have some idea of the humor/seriousness created at the highest level of musicianship on stages around the world. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman‚ and pianist Hyung-ki Joo are both classically-trained
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The classical period of music combined various musical instruments to create symphonies to be performed by orchestras. With the natural development and progression of music slowly changing with the 18th century society and culture‚ the classical music period was heavily influenced by events taking place in society at that time. Among the many musical types of the period‚ the classical period is best known for the symphony‚ a form of a large orchestral ensemble. The symphonic pieces generally had four
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representations of Romantic era music. Berlioz’s symphony clearly aligns with elements of Romantic music through the effective use of contrasting pianissimo and fortissimo dynamics‚ dissonance‚ modern orchestra‚ and sudden rhythm changes. In the Romantic era of music spanning from 1825-1900‚ music was meant to evoke emotions in the listeners and contained dramatic dynamic contrast and rhythms. Music in the romantic era involved the modern orchestra which included brass instruments and valves. These
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When considering the instrumentation of the orchestra‚ with few notable exceptions‚ it is apparent that each instrument has a niche. What few stop to consider is how this came to pass. What caused the standardization of orchestral instrumentation? This quandary has no simple answer‚ and a full enumeration of reasons would take far longer than most have either time or capacity to give audience to. One of the more apparent explanations can be ascribed to one of the most prolific composers of the Classical
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necessity to combine the Utah Symphony and the Opera is based on the ever changing environment that supports the arts community. There have been seismic changes in the economic landscape throughout the entire country over the past few years. These changes have created shortfalls and limitations on external funds donated to help fund the arts in and around the Salt Lake Community. Exec. Summary: You people represent the newly merged boards of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera. We would like
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the merger of the Utah Symphony along with the Utah Opera companies. The dire situation confronting the arts community became more and more apparent reaching a crisis level in 2001. The Utah Symphony Orchestra was close to a deficit as noted by Scott Parker‚ “Speed of action was essential...I knew that there was a possibility that we could quickly find ourselves over the edge‚” (DeLong & Ager‚ 2004).There is very little precedence for mergers between a major symphony orchestra and opera companies in
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A.1. Bill Bailey‚ Chairman of the Board of the Utah Opera Organization is leaning toward positively supporting the merger of the Opera and the Symphony Orchestra. Bailey favors the proposed merger for the following reasons‚ due to the economic climate the operas financial stability‚ although stable at present‚ could be at risk for decline in the years to come due to the declining public and private support. Also‚ he and the Opera trustees would like to see the opera become a top-tier organization
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because of the weakness within the Utah Symphony Orchestra and the Opera. Both are great companies but both could use the strengths of the others to improve. This paper will explore the leadership and financial strengths of both companies as well as a complete overhaul of the balanced scorecard of the businesses. Below I have listed the strengths and weaknesses of the leaders and financial aspects of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Utah Symphony Orchestra Financial Strengths Financial Weaknesses
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music must possess the characteristics of the Classical period. I assure you that what you will find in this letter of recommendation will not be disappointing. Franz Joseph Haydn was a great composer of the Classical era. Known as the Father of Symphony and the inventor of string quartets‚ the examples and styles that Haydn set forth were relied upon by Mozart and Beethoven in creating their own respective masterpieces. Born in a small town just
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Holding truth today and in the past‚ attending classical concerts is hailed as a sign of both sophistication and style. Very reminiscent of 18th Century attendances at places like the Music Center at Strathmore‚ my noteworthy experience broadened my musical horizon. As a newcomer to classical concert-going‚ I was enthralled by the aural masterpieces and the alluring atmosphere. In partaking in the National Philharmonic’s opening concert of the year at the Music Center at Strathmore‚ one experiences
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