On December 14, 2017 I attended the CVHS Christmas Concert “The Joy of Christmas” in the Canyon View High School auditorium. The production was put on by the Canyon View High School Music Department and featured bands, orchestras, and choirs. The Concert began with the Marching Band and tuning their instruments in preparation for the concert. The Marching Band was also joined by the Colla Voce. The Marching Band and Colla Voce consisted of about 30 students for each of the two groups. The Marching Band was all sitting in a semicircle with their sheet music placed in front of them while the Colla Voce was standing behind them on elevated steps with no sheet music. All of the students involved in the production were dressed very nicely wearing …show more content…
There were several reithes embedded with Christmas lights placed on the walls, a small decorated Christmas tree on one of the sides, and red ribbon lining all around the base of the stage along with Christmas lights. This also helped you truly feel the Christmas spirit as you enjoyed the concert. The orchestra and band were directed by the most amazing music professional to ever come through Canyon View High School thee Mr. David Jordan. Mr. Jordan got very into his conducting by constantly moving his hands while holding a conductor stick in his right hand. The Colla Voce and other choirs were led by Mr. Alex Byers. He also took his job very seriously and got very into it giving specific instructions to sing a certain note to a specific part of the group just by a swift movement of his hand. The first section of the concert began with the Marching Band playing “Joy to the World.” It was then followed by the Colla Voce who sung “Carol of the Bells” and “The Sussex Carol”, it then reintroduced the Marching Band and they played “Greensleeves”, it then ended with a bang by the Jazz Band playing “Frosty the Snowman.” After each performance or section one group would leave the stage and anew one would enter replacing them. The choir group would also do the
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...
George Helmholtz, as the head of the music department at Lincoln High School, is very determined with his regular students and the gifted musicians of the band. Each semester and year at school he dreams of “leading as fine a band as there was on the face of the earth. And each year it came true”. His certainty that it was true was because he believed there was no greater dream than his. His students were just as confident and in response, they played their hearts out for them. Even the students with “no talent played on guts alone” for Helmholtz.
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.
I attended the Los Angeles Philharmonic classical music concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday 29 November 2013. The classical concert started at 8:00pm to the enjoyment of the huge audience that had been waiting for this amazing music extravaganza. Classical music concerts always offer magnificent entertainment and the audience in this concert was expectant to derive such entertainment or more. In attendance were Christian Zacharias who was the conductor and Martin Chalifour who was the LA Phil commanding Principal Concertmaster and Bach violin player. In readiness for the concert, I enjoyed a special dinner prepared for the audience. More specifically, LA Phil staffer introduced us to the evening classical concert amidst cheers from the audience. It was such a refreshing and joyous feeling to be part of this audience.
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.
The seasonal songs popular in western music, especially in conjunction with the Christmas season, known as carols, have a rich and complex history full of tradition and controversy in the realms of both sacred and secular music.
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.
Over Halloween weekend, Dance TCU in concert, performed at Ed Landreth Hall on the TCU campus, was a mid term showcase performed by the students in the TCU School for Classical and Contemporary Dance. The overall mood was very professional. These college level dancers performed various pieces from Giselle to video edited versions of dance to contemporary dances inspired by swing dancing. Each piece was unique and whether the style was classical or contemporary, the execution was very good. The quality of the performance was spectacular and showed all the work that everyone involved in the production has put out to perfect all the aspects of the show come together. While there were some minor technique errors, the staging, costume design, lighting,
During the concert the pianist, drummer and saxophonist did a great job, making the rhythm unforgettable. One of the songs that was performed was "Wrapped around your fingers" it contained a romantic melody. While the piano and saxophone then alternated the rhythm, as the passion of the song was motivating everyone to fall into the rhythm of it. The melody which was steady seemed to get faster like a heartbeat by the climax of the song. The sounds were increasingly getting louder until all instruments met at the top with a ban...
In the Winter Concert: sound of seasons, every singer sang a song together at final stage of performance. The name of song was “Deck the Halls” that is one of very famous piece of christmas song in U.S. I was very impressed by how singers feel the music and get into the rhythm together. It seems every people in the concert enjoy the song together. I haven’t heard this song before I listened in the class. However, the song rapidly became very familiar to my ear and body through singing just several times with others.
There were not many people coming to the concert. The audiences were mostly like professors, friends or families of performers. The stage was set up with basic jazz instruments. There was a basic drum set including: kick drum, snare, floor tom, ride and crash symbols, and a high hat. The director of this concert is Mr. Edward Smaldone.
There were a lot of people that dressed up as multiple characters throughout the games and they all were yelling and hollering at the end of every segment showing that they performed wonderfully for (possibly) their favorite game. This event did make me feel that I would enjoy more classic concerts that played very strong orchestra songs like Lux Aeterna, O Fortuna, and Strickland’s
The concert had multiple performers. It started with the sixth grade at ACYI they played four songs. Then the eighth grades at BEMS played four songs. Third, was the ninth grades at again BEMS. Lastly, was the High School students and they played three songs.
Since it was a piano concert, there was only a single instrument – the piano. The room was setup so that the audience would be facing the stage which a featured a grand piano with towering white boards behind it. The boards were arranged in such a manner as to seemingly cup the piano and emphasize it. The room was clearly designed with acoustics in mind as displayed by the hetero-shaped wooden panels on the walls and the ceiling that started out flat and would sharply rise at regular intervals, eventually filling out a wavy form.
There is an event that I just can describe as one of the most unique and memorable in my life: attending my first concert. After years of listening to Ron Pope’s music, watching his YouTube channel, and following all of his social media accounts, the satisfaction of seeing someone whose music has been the soundtrack to my life for so long was unreal. There were moments that I had to internally remind myself that this is, in fact, happening in real life. Being a dedicated (some may say eccentrically so) fan is tough work – and I was rewarded with two hours of pure magic for one night. Attending my first concert was a unique event that I will always remember fondly because of the atmosphere, the amazing performance and the sense of connection