Evaluation On Musical Performance

Throughout this Semester I had the task of going to three musical performances and reviewing them. The first performance I attended was Hairspray, this took place at North Central College at the Red Horse Theatre which my friend invited me to see with her. Overall this performance was very organized and the tempo sustainability was upbeat throughout the entire time. I was very impressed how drawn the audience was and how there was never a dull moment. These things fall under the category of musicals that we have learned about. My favorite part of this performance was when the main character broke out of her shy shell and showed everyone who she really was through song. The Musical aspect of this show was highly impressive since they mainly …show more content…
The Second musical performance that I attended falls under the category of world music that we have studied in the classroom and I saw brought to life. I attended The Harper Guitar Ensemble on May 2nd that took place at Harper College performing arts center.
My general reaction to this performance was first surprised because I had never been to a musical event at my college and the past concerts I’ve seen like this were more packed with people and on stage there were more performers. The structure of this ensemble was broken into separate performances which I found intriguing because I got to see the different talent of students and styles of music that they had prepared for the evening. The auditorium also impressed me itself it seemed bigger than my previous school. Overall the building was very …show more content…
Two guitarists performed this worldly piece of music. As I listened to this song I felt my culture coming alive. The tempo seemed to be slower but as the second guitarist performed it was clear that this was a more upbeat tempo that made the piece uplifting. This song was created to be played in the streets during a festival of some kind. The overall mood of this piece in my opinion was calm because there were only guitars. I feel if there were other instruments the piece would be livelier. The piece begins slowly and then it picks up. I enjoyed the melodic way of how the piece brought me to an actual “festival”. Music like this bring the realization of the different cultures and what different individuals celebrate. There are many types of Hispanic music I found this piece to be interesting because it was specially made for festivals and party like gatherings. My knowledge of Hispanic music is that it is usually in a high key and is prone to be danced