Music Concert Experience and Description On October 19th I attended the State University Symphony
Orchestra, State University Wind Symphony, and State University Choir concert, which was sponsored by the
State University School of Music and Dance and was also held at
in the Smith Recital Hall. Harold Warman conducted the SU Symphony
Orchestra and the SU Wind Symphony while Frank Almond conducted the
SU Choirs. Dr. Frank Almond is a Professor of Music and Director of
Choral Activities at SU. Professor Harold Warman has been conducting
orchestras for the past thirty-six years. He has taken groups to
perform at several places such as Switzerland, German, Austria,
Canada, Mexico, and Japan. Mr. Warman has been involved with several
Orchestra and Band associations, having served on the California
School Band and Orchestra Association board and College Band Directors
National Association. With these two highly decorated conductors
leading the concert, I assumed it would be a good one. The concert had
many varied songs with different rhythms and melodies. Throughout the
concert I would have considered myself as a referential listener, as I
am for most things. Certain pieces and sounds played throughout the
concert reminded me of certain things in my environment like the music
played in eerie movies or even the music my teachers play during exams
and silent reading.
The concert began with Harold Warman presenting the Choir and
Orchestra. Following that Mr. Warman stated that the Choir would be
performing first because people need to learn ...
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...ting to see the orchestras. The musicians were very
talented, as they performed a variety of songs. I enjoyed most of the
songs performed and admire the ability of the musicians. After the
conclusion of the concert I was impressed with the entire format of
the concert and I enjoyed it thoroughly. If I were to have attended
this concert 5 months ago I don't think I would have appreciated it as
much due to the fact that before this class I didn't have any
knowledge regarding instruments, musicians, conductors, and the
importance of unity and variety, tempo, volume, rhythm, melody,
harmony, or form. After this class I learned about all of the
important aspects of music and for me I enjoyed listening to each
piece and trying to link each piece to a certain historical period by
sorting out the characteristics of each piece.
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