The Concertgoer’s Guide: A Sample Report Name: Peggy Skipitaris Course: Introduction to Music Date: December 9‚ 1991 Concert: New York Philharmonic (December 3‚ 1991) Type of concert: Symphony orchestra General reaction: I was impressed with the construction of the concert hall – Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center – and with its wonderful acoustics. The visual grandeur of the orchestra and the attentiveness of the audience heightened my sense of excitement. Composition I liked best:
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CONCERT ATTENDANCE REPORT I am a casual listener because I like having music playing‚ filling the environment with sounds. I can listen to music while studying and sleeping‚ and I like listening to music because it can make me relax and ignore the noise that around me. I attended the concert on October 5 at 8:00pm. Contrapunctus XIX‚ from The Art of the Fugue‚ BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach‚ Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss and Symphony No.7 in A major‚ Op.92 by Ludwig Van Beethoven were performed
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The great art of Jazz was born in the year of 1895 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Jazz is responsible for the creation of Drum Sets and the creation of words like “cool” and “hip”. Jazz was played in all the bars‚ honky-tonks‚ saloons‚ and dancehalls. Jazz was a tremendous influence on the music played today‚ but it would not have come so far if it was not for Louis Armstrong. Armstrong is considered the most important improviser in Jazz (he taught the world to swing) (‘Jazz at Lincoln Center’).His trumpet
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attended a string trio concert. The concert was held at First Presbyterian Church‚ in Bryan‚ TX; started at 7:30 pm and finished at 9:15pm.The ensemble‚ named Aspen String Trio‚ consists of three types of instruments: a violin for Davide Perry‚ viola for Victoria Chang‚ and cello for Michael Mermagen. There was approximately an audience of two hundred people and most of the seats were occupied. Most audience members were old and some young people also attended. The concert was the 19th season of
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Dance Concert Critique When I thought of dance for the first time‚ I believed it was just simplistic movement and structured choreography. However‚ dance can be interpreted as a story versus just following a beat through its unique body language‚ musical composition‚ and set of props. The Fall Dance Theatre demonstrates these traits extensively within its performances specifically the pieces “In Sleep‚ We Dream” and “I’m Still with You”. The performance “In Sleep‚ We Dream” has two different
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attended a classical concert that the Music Department of WKU put on. The one I went to watch was the Trombone Studio Recital performed by the WKU Trombone Choir and Trombone Quartet. The musicians performed fifteen different pieces by many different classical composers which include: Sonata for Bass Trombone‚ Concerto in F Minor‚ Suite for Four Trombones‚ and Morceau Symphonique. The performance of Alleluia was truly an amazing experience and was my favorite piece of the concert. The piece started
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night‚ November 22th‚ a great concert was held again in the Sean O’Sullivan Theatre of Brock University. This concert was performed by four young‚ energetic‚ and talent musicians: Vera Alekseeva play a violin‚ Austin Hitchcock plays a French horn‚ and Karin Di Bella plays piano. When I entered the theatre‚ my eyes were immediately caught by a beautiful piano on the stage under the bright light. Some students were taking pictures of the instruments. Before the concert start‚ the musicians were briefly
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The concert that I attended on November 4th was the Music of the Night‚ a musical theatre gala performance‚ which was performed by the faculty of the Department of Music from the University of Arkansas. They performed thirteen songs that were all performed by piano and their voices. Each song was unique from one another ranging from funny‚ happy‚ upbeat rhythms to songs that made you feel sad emotions. Of the thirteen songs that were performed the two that stood out to me were Whatever Happened to
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recording. For many years‚ he thought about arranging it for choir‚ but never did -- until the tragedy in Newtown‚ Conn. “I had to respond in some way to this horrific event. That was the catalyst for my decision to arrange the song for the UNH Concert Choir‚ which I will be directing this spring while their regular conductor‚ Bill Kempster‚ is on leave. This‚ I hope‚ will be a response‚ among others I am sure‚ from the entire UNH community to the tragedy of the Newtown massacre‚” Ripley says.
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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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