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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Nairobi Orchestra’s ‘Fantastique’ Concert Classical music aficionados listen up! The Nairobi Orchestra is poised to take over the Braeburn Theatre on the 12th and 13th of March 2016. According to the organizers‚ look forward to a lineup of orchestral pieces that give a ‘Sweet palatable offering’ for the musical ear. It will be an opportunity to encounter works by two composers that most haven’t heard of‚ but might have encountered‚ had things panned out differently. The renowned works will include
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I am currently reading Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson. As of last night‚ I am in the second part of three total parts. In the section I read for this week‚ the book continues with the struggles of Dmitri Shostakovich’s musical partnerships. To summarize this week’s reading‚ Dmitri had to work with the minds of Vsevolod Meyerhold‚ a Russian and Soviet theatre director and Vladimir Mayakovsky‚ a Russian Soviet poet and playwright. The Bedbug‚ a comedic play by the trio would be
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Tonal Center Contributions to Narrative in Shostakovich and Mahler Symphonies Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony stands as a remarkable piece by the Soviet composer due to its musical content. While the symphony’s formal eccentricity and theatrical language drive the narrative of the piece‚ scholars tend to project convenient historical context onto the symphony’s meaning instead. Primarily‚ it is held that the Fourth Symphony is a narrative for the events surrounding Shostakovich’s first
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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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Mus1104 Concert Review A Night of Jazz with the University Jazz Bands The concert I chose to attend was the University Jazz Bands’ Student Ensemble Concert on Wednesday‚ March 6‚ 2013. The concert featured two ensembles‚ both the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab Band. At this concert‚ I was both a perceptive listener due to my knowledge of music and music performance‚ and a casual listener enjoying my friends performing a great concert. I enjoy my nature of listening because I can
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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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audience sat in seats in front of the band on the first floor and I was seated near the front. The show started with the John Daversa giving an introduction of the show and the special guests. Throughout the concert‚ special musicians got to come to the front and play solos into a microphone. The concert was centered around the musical genre of jazz. Jazz is an All-American genre that started in the early 20th century. The biggest names in jazz history include Louis Armstrong‚ Duke Ellington‚ Count Bassie
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Catalina Concert Report I went to Catalina Bar & Grill which located at Sunset Blvd‚ Hollywood to see a Jazz concert‚ featuring Kevin O’Neal and Patrice Quinn‚ along with Oscar Hernandez‚ Sid Jacobs and Aaron Serfaty on Thursday‚ Mar 06‚ 2014. My roommate and me were lost and once and had a hard time trying to locate Catalina but fortunately we made it on time anyway. According to our professor the club is a nice place and indeed I have to admit that after I taste the food there. We finished our
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our concert. Obviously I found otherwise. However‚ I have always been in love with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. I once heard a piano concerto in B flat minor by him that I fell in love with. That being said‚ when I saw him on the list of people I could choose from I once again became excited. I listened to symphony number four‚ analyzed by Gerard Schwarz. Symphony number four was a beautiful piece that was made up of four parts and varied in tempo and instruments. To begin with‚ the symphony was made
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