Mariam Concert Report Sample

I choose to free write a concert to follow the life of Mariam. Mariam would be best represented by a piano keyboard, since among the piano instruments the keyboard is a misfit and a lower class instrument compared to the piano and organ. A piano is a grand instrument used in concerts and the upper class, events such as weddings, performances and churches. The organ is the backbone of a church used in holy ceremonies and only churches can afford and maintain such an extravagant piano. Even the higher quality midi or digital computer music pianos are tuning out obsolete keyboard. The keyboard fits Mariam since, they are outcasts from society and are a source of shame to their families. The beginning of both her life and the concert would reflect …show more content…
The piccolo is a high shrilled instrument which will eventually turn into a flute, which will represent ladyhood. The piccolo and flute are associated with feminine instruments and since the piccolo is a younger version of the flute it fits the young Azazel. The random noises of the accordion injects itself once in a while and then leaves. Which represents the coming and goings of Rasheed and influences on Mariam. Then another alto sax comes along. The alto sax is a higher quality and more expensive instrument that the others in the concerto. This masculine and loud instrument represents Zalmai’s mischievous and immature nature, and is usually played with the accordion. This represents the close relationship between Rasheed and Zalmai. As the time and the piece goes on, the instruments are slowly getting out of tune. This represents the poverty the family is facing and eventually the louder and happy piccolo disappears. This is when Azazel gets put into the orphanage and is separated from the family. The whole concerto is getting out of tune, especially the theremin which represents the beatings Laila is receiving trying to meet Azazel. The drum noises in the background becomes louder and louder representing the increasing tensions in Kabul. Out of the blue, a sly and more energetic wind accordion comes in and disrupts the music. This represents Tariq’s sudden intrusion into the family and the …show more content…
The wind accordion and the saxophone have conflicts and eventually their sounds are drowned out. This is the conflicts between Tariq and Zalmai, but the music stops because they leave Kabul. The lonely keyboard is faced with the steady drumbeats of the court and the solemn music of pianos and accordions. This part of the piece represents the courtroom full of males and the final judgement of Mariam’s manslaughter. The finale is finished with quiet songs of locked up and out of tune keyboards and the music fades away. This final ending is Mariam’s time at the prison and her execution. The other keyboards in the music are the female prisoners that she is living with and how they are in the same predicament she is in. They are out of tune because, like Mariam, the prisoners are all tired of war and the conditions that they live in. The piece is called The Concerto of a Spark as Mariam’s story is extremely small in the face of a universe, but it is meaningful spark of change of the author by showing the injustices in the middle east from the perspective of an afghan