Saucedo. Sky Dance contains a great contrast in mood and pace, beginning at a light, swift speed and falling into a deep, lyrical movement. Overall, I was satisfied with the wind ensemble’s concert performance of the piece, but I think we had a considerable amount of rushing and intonation. For starters, I believe we began the piece rather rushed and continued with that pace throughout the faster section of the piece. As a result, I think the rushing caused us to play rhythms inaccurately. Measures seven to seventeen were fairly discordant and did not run together musically. Likewise, I noticed some uncertainty about notes and rhythm with the flute section at measure twenty-six. Opposite to preceding points, I think we performed the section at measure thirty-seven superior to how we played during practice. Also, the section “Suddenly Slow” made a great transition into the “Expressively” and “Boldly” sections of the song. Unfortunately, there was a great deal of errors with intonation in measures sixty-nine through seventy-five. Conversely, we had a nice, long build up before a very powerful and intense section at eighty-six. Lastly, I thought the timpani feature at measure one hundred nineteen was played perfectly, but thereafter, the band was rushed and imprecise. All flaws aside, Sky Dance was my favorite of the two pieces performed because of the emotion and power felt in the middle
Saucedo. Sky Dance contains a great contrast in mood and pace, beginning at a light, swift speed and falling into a deep, lyrical movement. Overall, I was satisfied with the wind ensemble’s concert performance of the piece, but I think we had a considerable amount of rushing and intonation. For starters, I believe we began the piece rather rushed and continued with that pace throughout the faster section of the piece. As a result, I think the rushing caused us to play rhythms inaccurately. Measures seven to seventeen were fairly discordant and did not run together musically. Likewise, I noticed some uncertainty about notes and rhythm with the flute section at measure twenty-six. Opposite to preceding points, I think we performed the section at measure thirty-seven superior to how we played during practice. Also, the section “Suddenly Slow” made a great transition into the “Expressively” and “Boldly” sections of the song. Unfortunately, there was a great deal of errors with intonation in measures sixty-nine through seventy-five. Conversely, we had a nice, long build up before a very powerful and intense section at eighty-six. Lastly, I thought the timpani feature at measure one hundred nineteen was played perfectly, but thereafter, the band was rushed and imprecise. All flaws aside, Sky Dance was my favorite of the two pieces performed because of the emotion and power felt in the middle