The Sartell High School Band and Choir Fall Combined Concert took place at 7:30 October 17th in the high school gymnasium. The musical selections of the Wind Ensemble included a fun program piece as well as two world music pieces from around the globe. They performed “Imaginarium” and “Buenaventura”, and then combined with the Concert Band as well as all four Sartell choirs to perform “Baba Yetu.” I will be critiquing the Wind Ensemble’s dynamics and articulation.
The first piece performed by the Wind Ensemble was a whimsical program piece “Imaginarium,” composed by Randall D. Standridge. This may have in part been the fault of the recording I was listening to, but at measure 9 I felt that some of the ‘under’ parts needed to come out more.
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I thought that throughout this piece the melody could have had clearer articulation; just because one is playing softly does not mean they cannot be playing crisply. When the choir first entered, the balance was fairly strong. I liked the way the percussion fit into the sound without overpowering either the band or the choir; I felt the percussive instruments really added a unique flavor to the piece. At 29 the choir’s volume drops; however, as they are singing on a neutral syllable this does make a little sense. But as the group continues from there, the balance continues to shift, and by the time measure 37 is reached the choral sound is difficult to distinguish. At measure 53 they return strong with the melody and balance returns; this is another location, though, where I thought that despite the quiet volume the band could have articulated more. A final spot this applied was the end of the piece; one could clearly make out the flute line, but most of the other parts were lost. Overall, if I had to make one statement regarding this piece, it would be that playing quietly does not have to mean playing
On November 16th, 2013, I attended a concert choir, fall choral concert. This event took place on the Wheaton College Campus, in the Edman Chapel at 7:30 pm. The chapel was well-lit, with long pews for the audience to be seated. The concert began with the audience looking up into a balcony, where the ensemble stood in neat rows. They watched the conductor, who stood on a stage in front of the audience, waiting for their cue.
There was a vocal recital on October 19th, 2017 at 7:30PM, held at the performance hall in Mountain view college. Alex Longnecker, a tenor vocalist and Imre Patkai, (pianist) played a series of homophonic textured songs, some being sung in German and others in English. The Three selected songs I will be writing about are, The Lincolnshire Poacher, The Plough Boy, and Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai. This performance played a total of 24 Pieces, composed by 4 composers, being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernest Chausson, Benjamin Britten, and Robert Schumann.
First, the entire band had good and bad moments of its performance of Second Suite in F. First, the intonation of the piece fluctuated. During the parts of the music when the entire band played, like in measures 11 through 18, the intonation was impeccable considering the high temperature of the stage. However, parts of the work where most instruments dropped out, like measures 19 to 26, were not quite in tune. Next, the balance and blend was perfect except for a few specific parts. During measures 79 to 109, the trumpets stuck out too much and did not blend in w...
The concert began with an incredibly brief introduction from the president of the Rochester Oratorio Society, after which the society performed a piece that is not listed on the program. After hearing the raw talent the choir displayed in their first performance the crowd praised them, and at this time a representative from the city’s mayor office took the stage and presented the society with a proclamation. The proclamation was on behalf of the city offices and expressed thanks for their 70 years of musical performances and education. Afterwards the society performed Norman Dello Joio’s “A Jubilant Song,” which served as a transition for the Houghton College Choir to take the seats of the men’s choral section. The college choir was approximately a third the size of the society choir, but still managed to perform with a lot of talent. The Houghton College Choir performed Kenneth Jennings’ “The Lord is the Everlasting God” and Larry Farrow’s “Give Me Jesus.” After a quick intermission the Rochester Oratorio Society took to the stage to perform Brahm’s Requiem, which is typically performed with an orchestra, but in their rendition a two person piano served as a replacement. Brahm’s Requiem is in German, making it difficult to understan...
For my first concert report, I have decided to attend the Applied Music Student Recital. The musical performance was at Palomar College on February 27, 2015 from 1:00P.M.--2:00P.M. at the performance lab room D-10. The type of music that was presented at the concert was a brass ensemble, chamber music, classical, contemporary, jazz, opera, percussion, and many vocal arrangements. There was a total of eight musical Palomar College student performers who are majoring in music theory. I am only going to focus on a few of the musical pieces that I enjoyed most. The majority of the performers were dressed in formal attire. As the men were dressed in a dress shirt, a tie or bow tie of their choice, black slacks, and dress shoes. As for the women, they wore dresses, skirts and dress shoes. Also there was a pianist, accompanist who is a Palomar College music teacher named Ruth Weber. The performance was in a music concert hall with roughly fifty audience members.
This performance does a good job representing the different characters with the contrasting melodies. The tempo stays steady from the beginning through measure 8 when the clarinet melody takes control. The melody is well balanced among the band, there is good support yet the lower voices don’t drown out the clarinets. 8 measures after 18 there are a lot of solos, but I think the band does a good job staying together and keeping the balance among sections. According to which instrument has a solo the background adjusts their dynamic, creating a nice balance. At the key change the clarinet solo could have been better. Once the trumpet solo takes the stage the background voices could have done a better job staying together. This section of the piece seems a bit messy and not well balanced among sections. At measure 82 there could be better intonation and the band doesn’t sound completely together. At measure 115 the band is mostly upper voice heavy and could use a stronger base. At measure 135 the band sounds well balanced and the pitch sounds in tune. At 163 the band has lost intonation and the french horn does a good job of trying to keep everyone together. Measure 173 is a sloppy entrance and the intonation is very flat, everyone is flat
The history of the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will be reflected through a timeline of events, including an analysis of significant events, groups, composers, and advancements. When society envisions a Wind Ensemble, talented musicians, grand music halls, and difficult arrangements typically come to mind. However, a modern-day Wind Ensemble includes a variety of musicians, each with positive and negative aspects. In society today, music is greatly appreciated and accepted. It is considered an honor and a privilege to expose our ears to the music.
This concert is held by the Stony Brook University music department and is to perform seven pieces of music written by seven student composers. The concert is performed in Recital Hall of Staller Center in Stony Brook University. Since it is a small hall, audiences are very close to the performers. In fact, it is the first time I am this close to the performers and the sound for me is so clear and powerful that seems like floating in front of my eyes. Among the seven pieces, “Ephemeral Reveries” and “Gekko no mori” are piano solo, “Two Songs for Joey” is in piano and marimba, “Suite” and “Fold Duet No. 1” are in woodwinds, “Elsewhere” is played by string groups, and “e, ee, ree, and I was free” is in vocal. Personally, I like the sound of piano and guitar the best. Therefore, in the latter part I will analysis two pieces in piano, “Gekko no mori” and “Two Songs for Joey”.
The first piece presented in this concert was Robert Strauss’ Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings a piece was composed during the last months of World War II, from August 1944 to March 1945, dedicated it to Paul Sacher. It was first performed in January 1946 with ten violins, five violas, five cellos, and three double basses, this was immolated in the performance by the Atlanta Symphony orchestra on April 13th that I attended. It is widely believed that Strauss wrote the work as a statement of mourning for Germany's destruction during the war, in particular as an elegy for devastating bombing of Munich during the second World War.
For Stanislaus State Wind Ensemble the type of ensembles that were playing were brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The instruments that I heard and saw included the flute, trombone, French horn, piccolo, tube, trumpet, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, a bass, and the drums. At this concert there was no singing, only instruments; and in total there were eight songs that were performed.
The second piece, Paratum Cor Meum, was a much shorter piece with very few lyrics. It was interesting to hear a piece by Haydn, since we had discussed this composer in class. I was impressed by the choir members’ ability to remember words in another language, and I enjoyed the sounds of the piano accompaniment.
...re was very interesting transitions between the variation, for example, string section plays the variation from low to high, when they reach the highest note, the brass family takes over and continue with the scale and make it more higher. Tremolo style was used in this piece, which is a quick ups and downs stroke mode. The music were very soothing and attracted the audience. Lastly, they end the piece with the same variations that was played at the beginning.
I really like the way this piece flowed, allowing the violins and violas to play a verse and afterwards, the chorale singing a verse. I also liked the way the strings played louder and accentuated the high points of the song. The music of this arrangement gave me the feeling of wanting to sway or move with the music and I really enjoyed it.
The concert opened with Acres Without Tress by L. Scott Price for Flute and live electronics. Electronic sounds made creepy atmosphere at the opening section and the harmony progression of flute solo section was not familiar. The extended techniques for flute were noticeable especially for this piece. She used her mouth to make various windy sounds by blowing the mouthpiece. She made noise but not the actual pitch sounds. The next piece was Acres without Tress (Los Angeles) by Sarah Page Summar which was also based on same poem with the first piece. The piece was for solo flute and she started with reading the poem. Although the poem and text basically same, the music came out totally different; its styles, harmony, materials were very different. It was fulfilled with much more adventure feeling and very fast moving of
For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see student composers.