Weber Music Hall Concert Essay

On Friday night, November 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. I attended the Manhattan School of Music for the Jazz Orchestra that performed by Jazz vocalists and MSM alumni Jane Monheit and many other musicians. That place is unlikely the ordinary place, people have appropriate dress on and have nicely etiquette toward the performers, unlike me, many of audiences seem like that they come to this concert with certain knowledge of Jazz orchestra. And its musical venue was the ideal spot for the concert, so I sat in a decent spot spot that located at midst of the concert hall where I can view all the performers and hear performers’ music clearly. And the conductor informally began the show was quite nicely and politely which made me feel really comfortable

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.

The concert was performed on the Southam Hall stage at the NAC; this is a large hall with extremely good acoustics. It is a nationally known stage, so the quality of the hall is very good. Generally, the audience was very receptive as it was composed of adults, who were all silent. The acoustics were very good as the hall spread the sound throughout the hall without making it echo. This had a positive effect on the performance, because it was possible for the orchestra to be clearly heard from any point in the entire hall. I was impressed by the large number of students that I saw that night because the show deserved to have been heard by many young people.

The first question I asked myself at the beginning of the quarter was how much do I actually know about jazz? I have always characterized jazz music as a rhythmic and instrumental form of music. My impression on the basis of the jazz has always been portrayed with the African-American race. I think this was build up from the rhythm ‘n’ blues era and meaning according to the dictionary (“style of music that was invented by African American musicians in the early part of the twentieth century and has very strong rhythms and often involves improvisation”). But Louis Armstrong’s famous reply was “if you had to ask, you’ll never know”. Whatever else he meant, he was at least saying that jazz is noticeable, but not necessarily understandable by

As stated before I was blown away to see the talent here, I had no idea. However, I am not sure if it was the room or the speakers, but everything seemed a little too loud. I have a hard time hearing, I am a bit deaf in my left ear, but I sure could here what was being played that night. So much so that it made my eyes squint a little. Especially, when the band was in full swing and really feeling the music. Like I said it didn’t sound bad it was just loud and I was even sitting towards the back of the room. So I could only imagine how blown away literally the front row was.

I was very familiar with the environment because we have class in their every week, but this time the room felt very different. It felt much more formal for the concert. The stage was up at the front with only the piano on it. The lights dimmed and then the first solist walked out, this gave it a very professional feeling. The voices sounded incredible in the recital hall, there was no microphone needed. All of the performers were wearing very nice clothes and looked very professional. It was a very intimate concert and there was about 30 people there I would guess, I noticed that a lot of people were there to support their friends that were singing.

To open the first of the two marathons of the program, whose concerts take place in different venues spread across Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, I chose the guitarist David Torn, who performed solo at the beautiful New School’s Tishman Auditorium, whose stage was reserved for artists who recently have been recording under the prestigious German label, ECM, well represented on both days by its founder Manfred Eicher. Mr.Torn stepped onto the stage bringing two distinct guitars, but only played on one of them. He was more concerned with manipulating the multiple sound layers (created through electronic) that could better suit his guitar strokes. Inventive and contemporary, without a doubt, but never able to impress me with his textures devoid of time and space, whether calm and floating, whether abstract and painful, whether occasionally explosive and powerful. It was a lukewarm start that triggered some impatience among the attendants.

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

This essay serves as a succinct analysis of “Satire, Fantasy and Fiction”, a concert performed by the Wind Ensemble on April 1, 2017, at the Lorimer Chapel at Colby College. The essay grounds itself in the work of Christopher Small and offers up an explication of the social cues and conformities that shape the musical operation of the ensemble.

As I was being led into the concert hall, the only thing that really stood out to me was how deep the stage was. The jazz ensemble was seated in the upper most level, but still needed an acoustic shell to really project their sound to the audience. The concert hall was a lot larger than expected, with the seating plan a lot steeper than I had imagined. The audience was mostly a mix of different ages, there were a lot of (what I could make out) parent there to see their sons and daughters on stage,

The music played throughout all of the concerts adhered to be diverse. The instruments, the individuals performing, and the conductor all proved to be outstanding. The concerts proved to be interesting as I witnessed them, first hand.

On September 21st, 2017 I attended a classical concert at the Organ Recital Hall located in the UCA building on campus. The first piece of music was performed by Tony on the bassoon and Dan on the organ. This piece also had two movements, the first was Der Gartner composed by Hugo Wolf and the second movement was Ma Rendi Pur Contento composed by Yincenzo Bellini. Der Gartner started out with a four-measure intro and then the rest of this movement was in a 6/8 meter. The bassoon and the organ both have incredible range. I enjoyed the sound of the organ in this movement because the notes had a more pleasant melody than the bassoon. This performance was my least favorite out of the three performances because there wasn’t harmony between the bassoon and the organ a majority of the movement. Since they didn’t have harmony, this movement sounded like there was two different pieces of

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

The Concert Hall at DePaul University is an old church were concert and plays are held. I expected the concert hall to be larger when people spoke of it. I wasn’t expecting it to be held in a church hall. The Concert hall had about five to six rows on each side. The seats had an old antique feel to them as far as having a red type of carpet fabric on them. The lighting of the hall was dim and the light fixtures seemed had been updated with very nice fixtures. The audience that had attended the opera was a mixed crowd of ages and I would assume that most were in their upper thirties. Not a lot of young college student attended; maybe around five to ten were there to support their friends that were in the opera. The older audience were dressed business casual where as to the younger audience were just very causal/ street wear type of attire. Some audience member’s demeanors seem to be very neutral and others seem to be excited for the opera to start. The performers that were in the orchestra were dressed in black tie or semi-formal wear. The cast members were dressed like 1930’s or 1940’s in New York City costumes. The cast members seem to have excited demeanor and ready to perform.

This afternoon, I went to the music concert hall where is located in the music building for the listening hour, a small noon-time concert which is performed by the staff and students from the music majors. Since it is a free noon-time concert, most of the audiences just wear the t-shirts and jeans to the concert. Dresses are not required for the concert. The performance today is given by the Ananda Jazz Ensemble. They have played “Running Away”, composed by Bob Marley; “Madalena”, composed by Ivan Linz; “Conejitos y Ananda”, composed by Abi Romero; “La Bikina”, composed by Ruben Fuentes; and “Chukaro”, also composed by Abi Romero. Because this is a Latin Americdan Journey, all of the music performed is jazz music. All pieces played in the concert are an ensemble of piano, bass, and drums. During the concert, I was trying to be a perceptive listener; I enjoyed the music with concentration and paid attention to the music’s unity and variety, such as the dynamics and tempos. I also tried to associate the music with a picture when I listened to it and understand the emotion in the music.