a day with music

LUNCH AT THE DRAKE LIBRARY WITH ADAM LAISON,MICHEAL MENDOZA,SONGUNIN SHIN,KHALI SARIKEY AND THE STRINGS ON MARCH 6TH 2013.[Filmaginares,Tango en skai,little fugue,Granada,Evening at Granada and Homenaje] On the 6th of March 2013, the Eastman Quitar Quartet of the Eastman School of Music(University of Rochester)performed at the lobby of the Drake Library at the college at Brockport(Music at Noon). The programme lasted for an hour and a half .It started with the introduction of the Group to the audience by Mr. Salowey, a Reverend at 12:15.He introduces the four members of the group as Adam Laison, Micheal Mendoza,Songunin Shin and Khahil Sarikey ,they each bowed as their names were being mentioned. Mr. Salowey ended his brief introduction my welcoming the audience which was mainly made up of students and informing the audience about an upcoming concert in April. Songunin Shin read out the programme line up, they collectively played six pieces.The audience applauded as he took his seat. The group started off with a short piece from Roland Dyens’, ’’Filmaginares’’, this piece was neither in a major or a minor(chromatic),It reminded me of the lonely times I have had at cinemas watching movies alone ,Micheal played soo passionately closing his eyes all through the piece and that made me pay closer attention to the piece .It was a bit boring at the start, but later on into it the melody became cool and relaxing .Almost all the audience was quiet and listening attentively as if we were taking a test. “Filmaginaires” ended with a bright and happy melody and a two pattern beat which was noticeable throughout the piece, almost everybody had a smile on their faces as it ended. Roland Dyens is a French composer born in 1965, he is notated in the music world as a guitarist whose pieces unfolds personal experiences and emotionally awaken an audience. At the end of the short piece which Shin referred to as ‘the