Recital Concert Critique

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On April 29, I went and critiqued the spring 2016 Honors Recital. This recital consisted of nineteen performances and took place in the Tyler Recital hall located on the Northwest Florida State College campus. This performance started at 3:00 and ended at 4:30. During this time, there were two piano pieces and sixteen vocal pieces and one drumming piece. Hunter Brake started the recital off by playing Bolt composed by Kirk Gay on the drums. I had never heard a drumming piece before, so this was a nice little surprise to me! Although I have no expertise in drumming, I noticed he had fluent motions and a quick exchange of sticks towards the middle of his piece. The second performer, Alexis Guessford, sang Caro mio ben composed by Guiseppi Giordani. …show more content…

2 composed by Claude Debussy. Parry played her piece without music and had a very consistent flow throughout the entire piece. She was very lively while playing and entertaining to the crowd. Finishing the piano portion of the concert was John Hencinski. Hencinski played Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor composed by Edward MacDowell. John, much like Brittany, played without music. However, Hencinski played with Professor Henry for the entire time. His playing was smooth and very long for without piano music to look at! The next performer, James Meadows, sang Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific. This was composed by Richard Rogers. He was very loud, which showed his string resonant voice. During the middle of the piece, there was an amazing decrescendo that stunned the audience. Eliette Rogers performed a piece composed by Richard Rogers called A Wonderful Guy from South Pacific. Eliette was very entertaining, for she talked to the crowd. She had amazing breath support and a great tone to go with her voice. Home from Beauty and the Beast was performed by Abigayle Ferguson and composed by Alan Menken. While singing, Ferguson put raw …show more content…

She also had fantastic crescendos and decrescendos. Ashlyn Stevens sang Just You Wait from My Fair Lady composed by Frederick Loewe. She was very amusing and entertaining to the crowd. She also had a wonderful resonant tone. Climb Ev’ry Mountain from The Sound of Music was performed by Emily Cristopherson and composed by Richard Rogers. She had a great tone and a delicate voice; however, at times it seemed as if she was using a little bit too much vibrato. It’s Hard to Speak from Parade was performed by Derek Raynaud and composed by Jason Robert Brown. He put a very heartfelt and sad emotion into his piece. He was loud enough for everybody to hear and hit a wonderful resonant high note towards the end of the piece. Arin Walker performed Tell Me On a Sunday from Song and Dance composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Arin was very quiet; however, had a great tone and loud crescendos. Kelley Dunn performed a fantastic fun piece named 100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man from Wonderful Town composed by Leonard Bernstein. She was very entertaining and had a great resonant tone. Tristan Allen sang Shiksa Goddess from The Last Five

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