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    Alice Huang 6th Period First Semester Concert Report On Monday‚ 18 November 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in Evergreen Presbyterian Church the Rhodes College Orchestra and Wind Ensemble performed the Baroque-N Christmas. The event was open to the public‚ to share their joy for the upcoming holiday. The program included the Palladio‚ the Suite for Strings‚ the Chasing Sheep is Best Left for Shepherds‚ the Alleluia‚ the Variants on a Mediaeval Tune‚ and the Concerto Grosso in G Minor‚ Op.6‚ No.8. I was very

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    performed by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in 2011. This performance can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd1xYKGnOEw. This piece begins with a deep melody of woodwinds that seems to just set the base of the introduction for the other instruments in the orchestra to build upon. At about one minute into this performance the texture of the piece changes with sharp notes that seem to let you know that the piece is about to change (YouTube Symphony Orchestra). After this change‚ the timbre

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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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    The Viola Essay

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    The Viola The viola is a string instrument that plays a vital role in the orchestra. It is known as the alto‚ or lower version on the violin family. Andrea Amati is known for creating the violin family that we know of today. This family of instruments developed in the 1500’s. They were generated in the country of Italy‚ where most instruments were being created in this time period. The shape of the viola has altered through the years because of the evolution of music and the comfort of the players

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    directives are unintentional and stem from incompetent knowledge on the techniques of each instrument; however‚ they also agree these poor directions negatively affect the sound of the individual‚ the section‚ and ultimately the orchestra as a whole. Because the sound of the orchestra is not fully reaching its potential‚ audience members are unwittingly paying to see a performance not up to par. Though not all‚ most conductors are culpable of unintentionally giving flawed instruction proving conductors

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    Leonard Bernstein

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    bookstore in downtown Lawrence; it is standing today on the corners of Amesbury and Essex streets. His father initially opposed Leonard’s interest in music when his was young‚ but in spite of this‚ when Leonard was a teenager‚ his father took him to orchestra concerts and eventually began to support his music education. Bernstein was very young we he started listening to piano performances; he was immediately captivated; he subsequently began learning piano seriously when the family acquired his cousin’s

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    * Literature puts the emotions into writing * Emotions are set and manifested thru the melodies‚ rhythm and words. * Introduction of the program of music in which events or scenes are portrayed by the instruments. * The size of the orchestra is bigger than the classical type The Art Song * A musical composition for solo voice and piano * The accompaniment in the art song serves as the voice as the interpretative partner and it plays as an integral part in the composition

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    Schoenberg Analysis 2

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    chromatics?  What does atonal mean?  What are the dynamics like in an expressionist piece of music?  How do expressionist composers explore pitch and timbre?  What is a hexachord? What is the compliment?  ‘Peripetie’ was written for a large orchestra to produce contrasts with texture‚ dynamics & timbre.  It is written for quadruple woodwind (4 per section) Flute Piccolo clarinet  3 flutes & piccolo  3 clarinets & bass clarinet  3 bassoons & Bass clarinet bassoon contrabassoon contrabassoon

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    record. Then later his music director‚ Pastor Dr. kolawole sonaike introduced him to Mr. Titus Ogunyemi‚ who then was the principal violist with the prestigious MUSON Symphony Orchestra. There and then He commenced his first training on the viola with Mr. Titus. During his Church choir (Christ Apostolic Church) and Orchestra performances of “The Messiah by G. F. Handel‚ Elijah‚ Esther‚ The twelfth Mass by Mozart‚ Judas Macabaeus. In addition he enjoys an ever-growing reputation as a Violist‚ Graphic

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    Chorale‚ Symphony Orchestra‚ and Wind Ensemble were featured. Included in the program of this concert are the pieces “A Prophecy of Peace‚” “Requiescat in Pace‚” and “Southwestern Sketches.” Samuel Adler’s “A Prophecy of Peace” is a choral composition sung at this concert by the Sam Houston State University Chorale. The beginning started off in a

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