It is with great pleasure that I write in support of Dr. Qing Jiang for consideration for The Samuel L. Williams Endowed Professorship in Music. I believe that Dr. Jiang is a very worthy candidate for the award‚ having distinguished herself among the Department of Music junior faculty by her impressive record of national and international concert appearances‚ and by her exceptional teaching of piano and chamber music. As a colleague of Dr. Jiang‚ I am aware of her enviable profile as a piano
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or less bow pressure and speed to the strings. The ability to produce a high level of volume is particularly important when a solo string instrument needs to be heard above a large ensemble‚ as happens (for example) in a concerto for violin and orchestra. Vibrato‚ from the Latin vibrare (“to shake”)‚ is another interesting instrumental technique used by string players. It consists of a quick back and forth movement or rocking of the finger that is in contact with the string‚ with the intent of producing
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Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer‚ virtuoso violinist‚ teacher and cleric. Vivaldi‚ who is considered the father of the concertos‚ published the concerto with accompanying poems that were based off of the seasons. “La Primavera” or “Spring” is a violin concerto composed by Antonio Vivaldi and consist of three movements meant to express the season of spring. Vivaldi captures the effervescent feeling of spring by using symbolization to convey images representative of the season. The instrumentation
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more kempt. Besides meeting his future wife‚ he would also meet his lifelong friend‚ Ralph Vaughan Williams. Leaving the Royal College of Music‚ Holst became the first trombone at the Carl Rosa Opera Company. This would help him learn about the orchestra from the inside out. During this time‚ Holst began to compose more and more works. He composed his first Opera‚ The Revoke‚ but never publicly performed it. After becoming interested in and learning about Hindu philosophy and Sanskrit literature
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followed by one long note. The diversity of the simple unifying idea therein is generated by the use of timbral development techniques and expansion of the orchestra; however‚ there are several performance practices and technical issues that impact the work’s total realization. The score referenced throughout this essay is the Kalmus Miniature Orchestra Scores version. Beethoven takes his initial motif‚ which is quite simple‚ and fleshes it out via timbral orchestration. Throughout each movement‚ he
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I choose the discus how Brahms’ Violin Concerto is similar to prior concertos in this course. Brahms violins concerto can also be similar to prior concertos we have heard throughout the course because Beethoven and other famous composer wrote concertos for instruments like the violin‚ piano and woodwind instruments. Brahms violin concertos can also sound like the prior concertos because he wrote the concerto to rival earlier violin concertos composed by Beethoven. Brahms violin concerto is similar
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10/18/2006 Dear Friend‚ I attended a classical music concert recently at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. The collection of artists seated uniformly by size of instrument went by the name of Seattle Symphony. The grand orchestra was mainly an older group and were dressed to occasion wearing black outfits. The conductor‚ Zuckerman‚ also played the violin in a primary position. It was very interesting how he balanced the position of being the conductor and playing and instrument
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situation. The average endowment or contributions for a Group II orchestra like the Utah Symphony is $8.8 million in FY 2001-2002. The endowment for the symphony is considered in the top end within its group. To be able to accumulate more than the average Group II orchestra is a financial strength. In January 2002‚ the total endowment for the Utah Symphony was $10 million. At the same time that the symphony is above the average orchestra within its group‚ it is also spending substantially. Artistic
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The San Bernardino Symphony has been Inland Southern California’s longest running professional orchestra. It was originally founded by nationally recognized conductor James K. Guthrie in 1929‚ and has provided world-class symphonic music for audiences around the region for 87 years. On Saturday‚ May 28‚ 2016 they performed their season closing “Finale Bravura”‚ which featured Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Magic Flute Overture”‚ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations”‚ David Popper’s “Hungarian
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interesting observation‚ since he doesn’t use a baton. He stands in front of his orchestra‚ sans instrument himself‚ without even a podium or stand‚ and conducts using gestures‚ hand movements and facial expressions‚ that inspire and delight. I played the performance a second time just to watch him without distractions. Simon often departed from the standard patterns‚ and at times waked so closely to the first row of the orchestra‚
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