The recital took place on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 8pm at the Capistrano concert hall. It was a graduate jazz bass recital that was performed by Oscar Aguilar. It consisted of an ensemble of seven people performing different instruments the bass was performed by Oscar Aguilar, then there was Sean Nelson who was on the drum, Elias Lucero on the guitar, Jackson Stafford and a switch with Montana Monce on the piano, Jason Danielson on the trombone, Jack Riley on the tenor/ Alto Sax, and Tom Molina on the trumpet. The musical genre of the recital is jazz. The length of the pieces were both short and long, which consisted of nine upbeat and fun pieces such as: So What by Miles davis, Dexterity by Charlie Parker (arr. Oscar Aguilar), Got me …show more content…
The first piece was “Watermelon Man” by Herbie Hancock, this was one of the first upbeat song that they performed that night. Its tone was high, it also had a loud dynamic but keeping it mellow, that woke you up and made you want to tap your foot and dance along with the band. The piece had a blue-based structure and a catchy piano riff making the tone adaptable, to many pieces. The song repeats itself throughout the piece making this song catchy. This song really made you feel like you were sitting down in a jazz bar, and your just sitting on one of stool rocking your head back and forth while listening to them preform. This was entirely played by bass instruments, having low tone from some instruments making it all sound cohesive with the trumpet and saxophone, that give it the sudden …show more content…
Oscar Aguilar), this song was performed by the whole band including other musicians who joined in for the final two songs. The musicians consisted of the bass, drums, guitar, piano, trombone, tenor/alto sax, trumpet, alto saxophone, and baritone sax. This is another upbeat song, that made it a great song to end the whole recital with. When I first heard this song it gave me great gatsby vibes, like when gatsby is having his fabulous party. The tone of piece was loud and upbeat giving the song a carefree feel to the entire piece. It started off with a bass solo followed by the saxophone and so on. The entirety of the piece was uplifting and fun, which made it a fantastic choice to end the night
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.
In this piece, two male musicians took turns during the performance to sing their parts. It starts off slow, as opposed to most of the music played that afternoon. During the middle of the piece, the guitarron continued strumming while Stacy Lopez, the vihuela player, made noises that sounded as if the vihuela itself was being struck. “Para Que Me Haces Llorar” soon came to a close; at least, it sounded like it was. As immediately as that song ended, the next piece started just as quickly and it had a song that had a familiar rhythm- and sure enough, it was the song “Stand by Me” but in Spanish. This part starts off with violins being plucked and with a calmer tone with a pace that builds up. Later on, all the musicians snapped their fingers as one of the singers were singing. After the singer finished his part, the violinists took over the microphones and made a deeper sound than what was heard out of the eight pieces
The concert is performed by the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The video of this concert is 90 minutes in length. The concert was an ensemble of various Dave Brubeck arrangements utilizing various jazz techniques and styles with mainly the following instruments: bass, piano, trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, flute, piccolo, baritone sax, drum, and tambourine. The performance included these 15 pieces: “Unsquare Dance”, “Three to Get Ready”, “The Duke”, “Cassandra”, “Strange Meadowlark”, “Who Will Take Care of Me?”, “It’s a Raggy Waltz”, “Tokyo Traffic”, “Take Five”, “Lost Waltz”, “Upstage Rhumba”, “In Your Own Sweet Way”, “Fast Life”, “Bluette”, and “Blue Rondo a la Turk”. The performance highlights the versatile, influential and extraordinary life’s work of Dave Brubeck.
The event I attended was “An Evening of Jazz” concert held at the Fine Arts Hall on November 17 at 7:30 p.m. The performing groups were The Santa Fe Rhythm and Blues Review, The Santa Fe Jazz Combo, and Santa Fe Big Band. The event was to for me to understand, experience Jazz music and know the instruments used.
The piano plays the main themes, and it was absent from playing before. The piano plays two octaves in the treble register. There is a viola in the background playing a counter melody, which slows towards
...ength in themselves and their love of jazz fusion music. The last song of the night played was their hit single, “Free the Toronto Nine”. Each musician had their own solo that kept true to the original song, but with fresh improvisation that created this incredible tune. This song has it all, swing feel, syncopation, improvisation, and enticing the rise and fall, but with a dramatic and modernized twist that just leaves you wanted more. This tune was definitely my favorite song of the night.
Elaine Leighton on drums. It started off with an incredible beat, the guitar, piano and the
up of five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, and a four piece rhythm section (composed
The first song played was from a genre that I had previously taken a test on, Sonata. The musicians played the song by the book. There were three movements and polyphonic texture. It was even fast and jerky. Nonetheless, this is the part where my rollercoaster was going down. In my opinion it was boring. Although very well played, the song itself did not interest me. I did not like the roadrunner, coyote essence of the song. The piano accompaniment would sometimes play the melody and let the clarinet follow and then they would switch. This to me seemed force instead of like the Sonatas that I listened to in class. However, apart from the musical aspect of the first piece there was a certain intensity expressed by the performers. I had never seen a
... began the piece, and the beat of the drum was frequent. After the introduction, the rest of the musicians joined. The pianist also had a solo part with the companion of the drum. The pace of the song was moderately fast, and the song ended with a climax.
The majority of the pieces featured a rather slow steady beat, provided by the drum and the piano, while the other instruments (mainly the brass section) were used to play the main motif along with some minor ornamentations. The third song they played, one of my favorites, was simply a steady 4/4 tempo kept by the drum, with some minor variations. The saxophone and trumpets took turns drifting in and out to carry the melody. The saxophone player delivered an entertained solo which consisted of very light and amusing trills, this created a very soothing and relaxing
On Wednesday, May 23rd, I attended the College Choir concert in the Reamer Campus Center. The choir performed a variety of songs, ranging from pieces in Latin to traditional American folksongs. Two of the pieces featured solos, and one even featured percussion instruments. Mrs. Elinore Farnum provided piano accompaniment for each of the songs, and performed beautifully. I was extremely impressed by the talented choir members and their ability to sing such a varied range of songs.
Cheryl Dunye's film, The Watermelon Woman, combines elements from both narrative film-making and elements from the traditional documentary. The film follows Dunye (as a film-maker and as a character) and ventures on the journey of finding the Watermelon Woman. Whereas most of the film follows Dunye as a character throughout her life as she goes through the process of filming her finds, a few of the scenes are filmed as if the film was an actual documentary. The film is based primarily around the character Cheryl's life and adventure in finding the Watermelon Woman than it is about learning about the Watermelon Woman.
The first song played was “Intermellar Tone”, the second was “Midnight Blue” by jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, and the final song was “Moonglow” by Will Hudson and Irving Mills, although written by Eddie DeLange. Each piece was unique in its own way, but they
There were a lot of percussion instruments utilized in this song. Among these instruments utilized are the piano and drums. The piano may also double as a string instrument. It also includes a saxophone and guitar.