Reflection Paper On Chamber Music For Concert

The Texas State University School of Music presented a beautiful piece called the, “Chamber Music for fall”, at the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall in San Marcos. This professional classical music concert was performed the evening of Wednesday, October 7th at 8 p.m. and was directed by Ian Davidson. Ian, who played the oboe, along with other performers (Daris Hale, bassoon; Ayren Huslig, harp; Kyung-Ae Lee, piano; Paula Bird, violin; Ames Asbell, viola; and Karla Hamelin, cello) presented this album of five pieces to bring great examples of classical music for the young audience of Texas State students to appreciate and experience the movement of this enlightenment period. Finding a spot to sit was definitely not easy. Jules, Ivanna,

Everyone else seemed to walk in with a phone in their hand verses a notebook, thus made me feel a sense of awkwardness and feeling that I was taking this too seriously. Despite the awkward vibe I got from others as they watched me take two pages of notes over the five albums of music was something I eventually learned to ignore and laugh at. I can’t put enough emphasis on how I really enjoyed getting into it and letting the music clear my mind and sooth my thoughts by taking note on how each piece made me think of short stories that would go with each one. I regret one thing though and that was not bringing a jacket. It was absolutely freezing in the auditorium and the little side chatter from others talking seemed to interrupt the process of enjoying the beauty of the classical music. I couldn’t smell much for the girl sitting to the right of me had just lathered herself in perfume and it just masked everything around me. Another thing I couldn’t help but to take note of was how disrespectful some students where. Two of them didn’t care to turn their phones off and the majority of the rest of the audience, in which am assuming must not have been enjoying the performance, decided to quietly walk out as the sets changed. Before you knew it empty sections of four or five seats started to pop up and the sold out performance

Going to listen and watch the Texas State School of Music perform allowed more to explore a new type of soothing and mellow music I never really did once appreciate. I would most definitely return back and go to another classical music concert if I had the opportunity too. The experience I had was well worth the time out on a busy school week and the overall ambiance and atmosphere throughout the whole performance combined with the truly moving pieces that were played gave me an overwhelming emotion. The diverse pieces of work, in a sense made me feel smarter, and the certain emotions felt