Concert Analysis: A Concert Featuring Lola Astanova and Gerard Schwarz

Afterwards, Anderson goes back in time and reveals how the life of a genius, Shostakovich, was affected by a series of war conflicts including a revolution and World War I. Then, in October 1917, he also witnessed the birth of a Communist Russia after Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power. For a brief period, this new government supported and encouraged artists to develop their talents. The city became a place where “new art, new music, and new drama had to be found for a new world where workers ruled” (p. 37).

The concert started off at a quick and stimulating pace with Brahms’s Sonata for Two Pianos in F Minor. The piece starts with descending arpeggios echoing a sensation of distress or confusion. There are frequent slight pauses, creating a sense of suspense for what is to follow and building on the emotions

As a member of the orchestra, Stephen distinguished himself by his solid musicianship, dependability, and leadership. Always on time for rehearsals with his music well prepared, Stephen’s supportive attitude and musical skill inspired his fellow performers. Greatly respected by members of the orchestra, he was appointed concertmaster in his freshman year, a rare accomplishment. In 2005 he won the orchestra concerto competion, and soloed with the orchestra, performing Pablo de Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen. I have engaged him to solo again with

On Friday, July 10th, I chose virtually to attend an online YouTube Symphony Orchestra Concert-2011. Many beautiful pieces were performed by a magnificent orchestra that included more than sixty participants and consisted of instruments such as: flutes, oboes, horn, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, percussions and strings. Concert’s selections varied in length, temperament, mood and dynamics. Orchestra Symphony gave an overpowering, extraordinary presentation and delivery.

Not like a first concert I attended, this show named “a night of Blues” had a little bit small and less impressive. It was not because the show was boring, but just a few people joined this show, the theater is also smaller, too.

More than hundred years ago, in Falls River, Massachusetts, lived a young and wealthy family who will soon be fascinated by many people. The father of two girls was Andrew Borden. His oldest daughter was named Emma Borden and his youngest daughter was Lizzie Borden. When Lizzie was around three years old, Lizzie and Emma’s biological mother died from an illness (Kay, 2014). Soon after, Andrew Borden remarried to a woman named Abby Gray. The new family moved onto second street, in a narrow house surrounded by other people (Rubenstein, 1973). However, the new family will soon be filled with anger and terror.

MUS 110CL Concert Critique Guidelines and Rubric After either attending a live concert or watching a full length concert online, write a critique of the performance following the format below. Here are a few examples of full length concerts you can find online (by conducting a web search using the criteria below) that could be used for this assignment:         Coldplay Live In Boston 2012 (Full Concert DVD) Sting: If on a winters night-Live from Durham Cathedral 2009 (watch all 14 songs on concert) Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman, Jan Hammer, Charlie Duke Ellington The Great Paris Concert Richard Galliano/Winton Marsalis - Billie Holiday meets Edith PIAF Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Jazz Center

On Sunday night February 26, I went to the music center located at New Mexico State university to the Atkinson recital hall to watch the North American Saxophone Alliance region conference concert. The concert only consisted of saxophones and a few accompaniments first to the stage was Jessica Maxfield who played alto saxophone accompanied by Hannah Crevistion on the piano. The duo played accouple of movements from “Garden of Follies” composed by the Andrew Norman. The first movement they played was “Spandrels”, the tempo on this piece as soon as they start was a very fast tempo and lot of accents marks. She goes on to play to play four more movements called “Crossed Paths, Blue Mountains thoughts, Fourth Act and Regarding Crystals”. All the move moments she had played gave a more serious and suspenseful tone. The piano would play notes that were very sharp dissonance notes throughout all the movements and the saxophone would bring it more to a tonic sound but it’s still very textural music, and lots of sharps played.

Each time I set my embouchure on my mouthpiece, I create a mass-spring system with my lips. They oscillate, providing an air current. As my lips transition through a series of motions and contort to control the tension, I scale through a large range of pitches. I produce multiple series of resonance as my trombone resonates, each one creating a different standing wave from the last. I change the frequency of the vibration of my lips, increasing it in order to reach a higher note. I try to sneak in a G above the staff at pianissimo, but clip. Undeterred, I attempt to play a little louder, providing a velocity of air sufficient enough to allow me to reach it. I masterfully move the slide, manipulating the complex closed pipe so that it will resonate at the frequencies I desire. I make sure to achieve a mix of accuracy and speed in order to play the music at the tempo I want and also be in harmony with the rest of the band. Each note has a deliberate and careful style, crafted to share the emotion I feel with the audience.

Sergei Rachmaninoff was born to aristocratic parents in Russia who during his youth fell into financial debt and moved locations multiple times. After his parents separation, his sister Sophia’s death, and his poor academics, Rachmaninoff along with his mother and two siblings moved to Moscow where Rachmaninoff began his studies under Nikolai Zverev’s grueling work

We are comfortable breaking the law when we feel it does not apply to us, that laws such as the speed limit are not real laws because everyone breaks them. In 399 BC, Socrates would have disagreed with this assertion, and died in part to keep this idea from spreading. Socrates was sentenced to death by an Athenian court, though the punishment did not fit the crimes he was accused of. We assume that any knowingly innocent person would have escaped this sentence if given the opportunity and support to do so, yet Socrates refused to and died soon after. Over 2,000 years later, Martin Luther King, Jr. is also imprisoned for a petty crime and saw his actions in line with Socrates, as they were both unjustly jailed for questioning their

I am seeking funding support from the Office of the President for three concerts to be presented by the Bucknell University Orchestra in this spring semester (2016). The three concerts belong to a series entitled The Bucknell Orchestra Semester of Social Justice. The first program, entitled The Struggle to be Heard- Women and the Symphony, will commemorate International Women’s Day, and feature classical works and original film scores of great women composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. The second concert, The Struggle to be Heard– Chamber Music of Diverse Composers, will feature chamber music composed by women, African American, gay and transgendered composers, performed by students from the Bucknell Orchestra and Music Department Faculty. The third and final concert, The Struggle to be Heard¬– Music of Social Justice, will present music inspired by some of the most significant social justice issues of the past and present, most notably Aaron Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait, and Elmer Bernstein’s film score to

This emphasizes her experience after 30 years living through hardships because music enhances her soul emotionally and mentally. The reason is women were obligated to live by cult of domesticity instead of working outside of their homes or pursuing their career. This shows the social issue in that Georgiana has to abandon her life as a music teacher and take care of her family, which creates unhappiness. Cather also uses characterization by Georgiana’s action, in which she cries throughout the concert as the music deepen. This device creates nostalgic quality on Georgiana’s life because the concert reminds her of the time when she actually enjoys her life. However, she realizes that her career life was ruined by marriage and the reality is that she cannot reverse the choices she made in the past. Cather writes “A Wagner Matinee” to show readers the consequences women have to face I marriage. In this situation, Georgiana has to sacrifice her passion of music in her marriage, which shows that women were not able to pursuit their own happiness in

For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see

On Thursday April 25, 2013 , I attended a jazz vocal concert at the Music Concert Hall. The first vocal ensemble opened up the performance with a slow rhythmic song called Blue Skies. It began with vocals and I noticed a light auxiliary percussion and drum rhythm. Also, the bass guitarist used walking bass and the piano and electric guitar joined in as well. The first song also consisted of two soloist Regina and Chantel who took the front stage to show off their chops. After the solo performances they fell back into the vocal sections and finished off the song as a complete band. The second performance had a piano opening which led to vocals joining in at the same time as the rhythm section. This performance