I went to the MDC Jazz Band & Jubilation Dance Ensemble. The conductor was Matt Bonelli and the dance coordinator was Michelle Grant Murray. The concert was held in the McCarthy Auditorium Room 6120 on Tuesday‚ October 28 2008. The concert started at 7:30 pm and ended at 8:40 pm. There were five jazz performances‚ and four dance performances happening mostly simultaneously. The first piece "Wind Blues" had a very harsh sound and was hard to listen to‚ partly because it was very loud. The piece
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Example of Concert Review Essay On February 17‚ 2005‚ the Jazz Ensemble at Tarleton State University had their first concert of the spring semester with special guest trumpeter‚ Daryl White. The jazz ensembles collectively performed thirteen pieces during the concert. “Fly Me to the Moon”‚ “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories” were three stylistically different pieces that allowed the audience to experience the various sounds of jazz music. Jazz music‚ like all music‚ tells a story
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The Jazz music of the Big Band Era was the peak of over thirty years of musical development. Jazz was so innovative and different that it could literally sweep the world‚ changing the musical styles of nearly every country. Big band Jazz that makes the feet tap and the heart race with excitement that it is recognized with nearly every type of music. The musical and cultural revolution that brought about Jazz was a direct result of African-Americans pursuing careers in the arts following the United
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The music of Jazz is said to have been conceived in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis‚ St. Louis and finally Chicago. Of course that seems to be the history of what we now refer to as jazz‚ however‚ the influences of what led to those early New Orleans sounds goes back to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. To Me Jazz is the form of expressing yourself in many different styles and various ways. Jazz is said to be the fundamental rhythms of human life
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Description: In the beginning of the concert before the band started to play‚ two musicians appeared on stage. They started to tune and warm up their instruments; a woman playing an oboe and a man playing a saxophone. When the concert was about to start the rest of the band came on stage and everyone took their places. The members of the Navy Band were dressed with their white uniforms. Some members wore the officer dress uniform which consisted of white clothes and turtle neck with a white cover
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Example of Concert Review Essay [This was a paper written by an actual student in the Popular Music in America class. It is not offered as an award-winning review nor is it compositionally error-free. It did‚ however‚ receive an A for this assignment and is an example of the level of writing and analysis that is required to receive an A. Please do not‚ however‚ begin your paper in exactly the same way or attempt to copy “buzz words” or phrases. Write your own paper!] On February 17‚
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Maria Elaidia C. Barria September 20‚ 2011 Concert Critique: La Vida Breve I. Description of the concert A. Performers‚ place‚ date‚ time‚ etc. The concert was titled “Guitar Escapades‚” the long- awaited guitar duo featuring Nobel Queano and Franco Maigue. The concert happened last September 8‚ 2011‚ 7 pm‚ at NCAS Auditorium. Nobel L. Queano is a graduate of Psychology and Music from the University of the Philippines‚ Diliman. He was a former faculty member of Miriam College
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Main types of dance are jazz‚ ballet‚ or modern dance. Dance is not just a female dominated activity. Many men are starting to become dancers than before. Jazz dance is one of the more popular dance styles out there. This type of dancing is a fun and energetic type of dance to watch. Jazz dancing has historic roots that have changed over the years. Before the 1950’s jazz dances originated off of old African American vernacular dances. In the 1950’s a new version of jazz dance came about which was
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December 13‚ 2012 Jazz Music: The Back Story of a “Well Known” Era Everyone has heard or at least has heard of Jazz music. The bands‚ the singers‚ and the instruments make you want to get up and start dancing! Jazz music has been around longer than you would think and is still a very popular type of music today. But do people know of the back story? How jazz started out‚ how it matured or even how today‚ it is used in different ways in music that you might not even notice? Not really. Jazz music may be
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2013‚ I attended the Jazz Orchestra held in Music Concert Hall. It was the first spring semester performance directed by Aaron Lington. The jazz band collectively played seven pieces in total. The songs performed were entitled “Nobody’s Perfect‚” “Madcap‚” “Point of You‚” “One Mint Julep‚” “A View from the Side‚” “Chiaroscuro‚” and “A Little Minor Booze. “Nobody’s Perfect‚” written by Sammy Nestico was the first piece. The song greeted the audience with the classic jazz rhythm by setting a romantic
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