For this Jazz concert report‚ I chose to attend the opening night of the 2013 Brubeck Festival on Monday‚ March 18th from 7-9:30pm in Stockton‚ at Valley Brew’s Take 5. I had never been to Valley Brew before and was pleasantly surprised of the warm and casual ambiance. The building had a Chicago-type feel with brick walls‚ and exposed ducts and pipes; super laid back. The south end of the building away from the restaurant and main bar is where the Jazz concert was held. This room was a swanky
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On a cold‚ December evening my mom‚ dad‚ sister‚ and I went to see the New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker”. Manhattan during Christmas tome is a perfect scene out of a movie‚ and we were so excited to see the show at Lincoln Center. We took the N train there‚ which was crowded and made me feel claustrophobic. However‚ that didn’t stop me from being thrilled to see the show. The long train ride over to Manhattan at night was beautiful; seeing the night lit up by the city’s skyline
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BARTOK VIOLIN CONCERTO Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 In B Minor‚ SZ 112‚ BB117. (1937-1938) 1. Allegro Non-Troppo 2. Andante Tranquillo 3. Allegro Molto Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) was a Hungarian composer and pianist‚ and was one of the most profound musicians of the twentieth century. A smallpox inoculation gave the infant Bartók a rash that remained with him until he was five years old. As a result he spent his early years detached from other children and people and
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MUS 110 071 Del Toro‚ Adrian Concert Attendance Report For my report‚ I attended a Senior Vocal Recital at Elmhurst College in the Irion Theatre. The performance started with Opera pieces and later included some contemporary‚ jazz and standard pieces. Though there was no orchestra‚ there was pianist‚ guitarist‚ vocal ensemble and gospel choir assisting in accompaniment. I stayed throughout the entire performance‚ including intermission‚ which gave me the chance to soak in
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About two weeks after the 2013 All-State concert‚ juniors Mitch Dekutoski and Julianna Norby received letters from the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall inviting them to audition for their program “It looked like a rare opportunity for me‚ so I decided to audition. I sent in a recording of a solo I sang for solo contest that year and waited six months before I found out I got selected for it‚” Dekutoski said. This audition was no small deal; only a select number make it as finalists. “The
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I walked into Saenger theatre‚ unsure of what to expect from the program as it was my first concert. I must say‚ I was well pleased by how the ladies at the front desk attended to us and everyone else when we went to purchase our tickets (I was there with two friends). Anyway‚ the attendants showed us to our seats. We couldn’t see everything from where we were seated‚ but we had a great view nevertheless. The building was well lighted and everything else was neatly organized‚ it was pretty. The
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of the Classical concerto‚ making specific reference to a variety of his musical compositions in this genre. Concerto by definition is usually a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by the orchestra‚ or as stated in The Grove Online Dictionary “An instrumental work that maintains contrast between an orchestral ensemble and a smaller group or a solo instrument or among various groups of an undivided orchestra”. There are three kinds of orchestral concertos written in the 1700s
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Peter Sprague Beatles Concert Report This concert held by the Peter Sprague Band and performs at the UCSD campus. The concert begins from 8:00 pm and end by 10:00 pm. Most of the audiences are UCSD students and taking some kinds of music class. Therefore‚ the main group of the audiences in this concert is age at around twenty and dresses casually. Before the band perform‚ there is a chorus sings several songs in order to warm up the concert. The chorus has eight guys and seven girls that are
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Jacob Dixon Joseph Allison MUH 171 Concert Review #1 The past weekend I attended a Rascal Flatts concert in Lexington Kentucky. Rascal Flatts is an American country band who has been together since the year of 2000 over a decade ago. The group is composed of Gary LeVox (lead vocals)‚ Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar‚ keyboard‚ piano and vocals) and Joe Rooney (lead guitar and vocals). LeVox and DeMarcus are second cousins. The band has had many albums over the 12 years; Rascal Flatts (2000)‚ Melt
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Chapter 17: 1. Describe the solo concerto or "concerto" as it is now referred to in the Classical Period (5 pts). This could sort of be considered the start to public concerts where the composer organized and managed most of the administrative details. The Classical concerto features one person or instrument. The soloist stands while the rest of the orchestra sits. The enter and leave with the conductor which gives them a special status. They get to bow and acknowledge the audience. The most often
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