Toronto Symphony Orchestra
On Tuesday November 3rd the Toronto Symphony Orchestra preformed at the Roy Thompson Hall. This concert highlighted the brass section in the orchestra and even included the world famous tuba soloist, Øystein Baadsvik from Norway. He is the only tuba virtuoso to make a career out of being a tuba soloist. The conductor for this performance was Sameer Patel, who is known as one of America’s best young conductors. Sameer Patel is newly appointed the position of assistant conductor for the San Diego Symphony and has had previous experience with many other symphonies’ including Fort Wayne Philharmonic where he has conducted the symphony in over 100 performances. I thought Sameer Patel was a good choice to conduct the Toronto Symphony for this concert,
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I liked this piece because it showed everyone that music is suppose to be fun and individualized. Instead of playing normal rhythms and notes, he also sung into the tuba at the same time to create multiphonic sounds. He also used what he calls “lip beats” to create percussion sounds while playing. After a while he brought up tuba player for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Henry Paterson, and his student Braydan Pelley to play a trio. Together they played “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainer. I thought it was a good song to play because the concert focused on the bass section. Although I thought this was a good song to play, I think they should have told us what song they were going to play first, because it was difficult to pick out the tune at the beginning and I feel as though people would have enjoyed it more if they could have had the tune in their heads from the …show more content…
The reason I liked this song was because of how upbeat it was from the start. The song highlighted the trumpet, like the original. The tempo was fast and had a very happy vibe to the piece. I thought putting it in the middle of the concert was a good idea to get peoples energy level up again after some of the slower songs. This was a great song that featured the brass section and got peoples
I liked this piece because it showed everyone that music is suppose to be fun and individualized. Instead of playing normal rhythms and notes, he also sung into the tuba at the same time to create multiphonic sounds. He also used what he calls “lip beats” to create percussion sounds while playing. After a while he brought up tuba player for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Henry Paterson, and his student Braydan Pelley to play a trio. Together they played “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainer. I thought it was a good song to play because the concert focused on the bass section. Although I thought this was a good song to play, I think they should have told us what song they were going to play first, because it was difficult to pick out the tune at the beginning and I feel as though people would have enjoyed it more if they could have had the tune in their heads from the …show more content…
The reason I liked this song was because of how upbeat it was from the start. The song highlighted the trumpet, like the original. The tempo was fast and had a very happy vibe to the piece. I thought putting it in the middle of the concert was a good idea to get peoples energy level up again after some of the slower songs. This was a great song that featured the brass section and got peoples