Concert Review Essay

Daniel Harris Professor Nissen Music History 100 February 4, 2015 Ann Arbor Concert Review It was January 18, 2015, and my dad and I had arrived in Ann Arbor, MI to watch the Ann Arbor Concert Band. Today’s concert was called the “Wilkommen: A tribute to Ann Arbor’s German Heritage” concert held at the Michigan Theatre. This concert featured some of the most famous German composers from the Baroque, Classical, Early Romantic, and Romantic eras of music. The program included “Vienna Philharmonic

Concert Review: The Richmond Symphony Orchestra featuring The Richmond Ballet Amber Hisaw Regent University – Music 101 On the evening of Sunday, December 16, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending a concert I’d wanted to see for quite a while. I was delighted to attend Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, performed by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Ballet. The performance took place at Carpenter Theatre in Richmond Virginia. As I entered I felt a bit out of place. I’d never attended

Fall Concert Review At 7:30 P.M. on October 17th, the Sartell Wind Ensemble performed in the Sartell High School gymnasium. The three pieces that the Sartell band played were Imaginarium, Buenaventura, and Baba Yetu. Imaginarium is a dream like program piece and it resembles a person imagining or daydreaming. Buenaventura is a world Latin piece and it begins with a slow Latin beginning and then it featured an up tempo finish. Baba Yetu was performed by the Wind Ensemble and with the Sartell choirs

Writing of a Concert Review Bob Dylan’s songs are filled with inspirational messages. The songs were composed with inspiration and creativity being the main elements of the song. The obvious messages that are presented in the songs make them some of the most inspiring and creative pieces that have ever been produced. While he was performing in the Aver Fish Hall, Dylan presented a performance of 22 songs that were performed by 21 different groups. The performance was meant to be a non-profit show

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

Holiday Coffeehouse Review The annual Flower Mound High School Holiday Coffeehouse started out with a bang. The first song that Azure, the women’s jazz and pop a cappella group, performed was the popular tune Tainted Love. Even though they've performed this song at multiple other concerts, this rendition was no disappointment. Azure also sang The Sound of Silence, another hit that they've sang at previous concerts. After these two selections, they performed two Christmas carols. It was obvious that

Concerts are music performances in front of a live audience. Concerts usually are performed by an orchestra, band, or choral ensemble. The concert discussed for the purpose of this paper is the Young People's Concerts under the musical direction of Leonard Bernstein. The performance in the Young People’s Concert is performed in front of a crowd of younger people to learn. The concert is performed at the New York Philharmonic, in New York. This paper reviews the concert, providing a description of

Concert Review 2– Bearden H.S. Band, April Showers Concert realized in Knoxville on Bearden High School auditorium. An Event realized annually during one week at April. In one day of this week, it is the concert day when is featuring the Bearden High school Jazz Band, Clarinet Choir, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band performed at the same day. The Bearden Band is composed by 200 students of school and is a traditional band from Knoxville. My second choice for review was this concert because of all

thought he should be good. Therefore, when I got into the arena I was excited to listen to him, but it was awful. He was so loud and he didn’t really sing. I would never want to go back and listen to him again. This got my expectations down for the concert. I definitely

For my second concert review, I attended the Wind Ensemble in the Moores Opera House. The previous concert was somewhat disappointing because there were one or two performers who did not meet my expectations (i.e. squeaking on the saxophone, failing to play a note, etc.). Hence, I did not have many expectations for this concert either. Both performances occurred in the same venue, however, this time there were some brass performing off-stage. The majority of the instruments on stage were woodwinds