Lauren Love 15 April 2013 Professor Dewey Music 1306 Concert Critique #1 I have never been personally a fan of the romantic orchestra music but going to listen to a concert live is breathtaking. I attended the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra‚ Masterpieces concert with music director Fouad Fakhouri performing Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.1 in D major. There was a full stage of musicians and a complete choir to back it up. The first half of the performance
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“The Firebird”‚ is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor. This ballot was first performed on the 25th of June in 1910. The Firebird was Igor Stravinsky’s first project. Igor Stravinsky who composed the final excerpt of the ballot “The Firebird” uses repetition‚ using one melody‚ forming diversity and distinction through alterations
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New Orleans Jazz Band: Dag "They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into a crowded dive at 1:00 AM‚ where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge granite‚ and the sweat flows down from the stage like the cloudy waters of Pamlico Sound. There’s a word for how you feel when you hear live Jazzy-funk music so sweet and hot‚ you
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make by a saxophone. The baritone saxophone and the alto saxophone‚ most call them the bari and alto sax. Most every concert and marching band has at least one of each. They are chosen mostly by boys‚ but sometimes are girl slips into the section‚ the saxophone is also one of the bigger sections in the band. The saxophone section branches off into three most common simi sections‚ the altos‚ the tenors‚ and sometimes the bari. The bari and alto saxophones are very different‚ but they are also closer
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To be clarinet section leader‚ it would be a privilege‚ no‚ an honor. Being the student leader would be an accomplishment for me. A section leader must stay on top of everything in their section. So if I become clarinet section leader‚ this will help me be a role model for the incoming freshmen clarinetist. My vision for next year would make sure that everyone in the clarinet section is on time to rehearsals and performances. To make sure that everyone stands on top of what they are supposed
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How to Play a Flute In this paper I am going to explain to you how to play my musical instrument‚ a flute. The flute is a woodwind instrument that has been around since before 4‚000 BC. There are many types of flutes; some are made of wood and others of medal. The kind I play is a c instrument made of medal. This instrument is considered a woodwind because it is non-directional‚ which means that the sound goes in all directions at about the same volume. It also is considered a woodwind because
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Lab Questions Visit A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments and read the articles. 1. The following answers are located in the articles. Read through the articles to answer each question: a. Which instrument looks like a snake? The Serpent b. Which instrument is played by winding a crank? The Hurdy-Gurdy c. Which instrument "is a loud reed-cap instrument with a double reed"? The Rauschpfeife d. Which instrument has been called the most versatile of Renaissance wind instruments
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The Rite Of Spring. The Rite Of Spring is broken into two parts‚ the Adoration of The Earth and The Sacrafice. Each part is then broken up into movements which are chapters in the story of a sacrificial rite where a young girl dances herself to death. These movements do not have a strict form‚ but definite changes in mood can be observed‚ for example; the piece opens with a peaceful bassoon solo based on a folk melody‚ but it lasts for no longer than thirteen bars before darker themes are presented
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Helen M. Music 101 Professor Coppola 11 May 2010 William Grant Still’s Mother and Child Composed in 1943 by William Grant Still is Mother and Child‚ a beautiful classical piece that consists primarily of string instruments with brass undertones. While listening to this piece‚ one can almost imagine themself on a picnic with their mother‚ as the song unfolds a story that most depicts the loving bond between a mother and her child as each measure of the piece progresses. This makes the piece
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The Los Altos City is located at the South end of the San Francisco Peninsula‚ in the San Francisco South Bay Area; its exact situation is in Santa Clara County‚ California. Overview Los Altos is an affluent commuter community; its residents live in the city‚ although they commute to their places of work. The community is upscale‚ and the residential area encompassed with beautiful greenery and large mature trees. The city follows a green space layout; it designates its commercial activities
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