Gateway Chamber Orchestra Concert Report

On November 13th, I attended the Gateway Chamber Orchestra who presented Peter and The Wolf with Black and Jones visual artists, Sebastin Knowles as the narrator. Gregory Wolynec was the conductor. Clarksville Pediatric Dentistry family series presented the story Peter and The Wolf. Instrumentation was the Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, and Percussion. My expectations for this performance coming was very high. After the last concert I went to, I came into this with an open mind. In class one day I remember my professor talking about how this concert would have visual arts, and how it would be a great performance to attend. That right there boosted my expectations even higher, and was my …show more content…
Overall I expected it to be a great performance, and it is safe to say my expectations were met. There was a lot of kids, and babies in attendance which I didn’t expect at all. The performance put on by the Orchestra was great. When the director of the orchestra entered the stage everyone in the audience gave him an applause as he starts to greet the audience, and talk about the performance. The projector behind the performers had videos, and drawings displayed that was turned into amination, and it brought the drawings to life while making the story more entertaining. While the video would be playing in the back a performer would play their instruments to go along with the video. The cat was played with a clarinet, bird with a flute, grandfather was the bassoon, the wolf was played by the French horns, and Peter was played by the strings. The narrator would say a couple lines then music would play, and a video would start playing so the story truly came to life. The narrator would use a very distinctive voice to make things more interesting. He put great emotion into his lines. The wolf always had loud, dramatic, scary kind of dark music being played for