On Saturday, May 7th, 2016, the University Wind Symphony held a farewell performance in the Meng Concert Hall. Jean Ferrandis, a flute player and Bill Cunliffee, the pianist were two faculty artists of the night’s concert. The performers were elated to show off the songs they have worked hard on as a group. The show consisted of a variety of songs from classical, jazz, and mash ups of popular songs that entertained the audience and represented how well the orchestra worked together to create the night’s goodbye performance of the spring semester. Jean Ferrandis is a French flute soloist who has performed in numerous concerts, recitals, conventions, and events. His music career has launched him into traveling around the world to show the
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This is my favorite school music concert that I have been to so far. One of my favorites was the mash up of several songs such as Frozen, the Star Wars theme song, “You are my Sunshine” by Johnny Cash, and several other songs that were requested by certain individuals. It was unexpected for me to hear a mash up since the other concerts I have been to at school did not do anything like this before. The symphony band first played “Millennium Cannons” by Kevin Puts which was a great way to start the night. The song was great as a grand entrance of the performance where it sounded bold and magical, which felt as though you were in a ceremony. I could tell the players were into the songs by their body positions and facial expressions. The second song called “Concerto for Flute and Band, op. 39” was enjoyable, especially when flute soloist Jean played because it sounded soften and calming. The harmony for this song was very dreamlike. The third song called West Side Story for Wind Symphony sounded very panic and scary. The flute player Jean was impressive in how he was able to play the loudest while still being heard, even though the orchestra were still very loud as well. The pianist and trombones players were great in how in sync they were when it came the dramatic parts of the
This is my favorite school music concert that I have been to so far. One of my favorites was the mash up of several songs such as Frozen, the Star Wars theme song, “You are my Sunshine” by Johnny Cash, and several other songs that were requested by certain individuals. It was unexpected for me to hear a mash up since the other concerts I have been to at school did not do anything like this before. The symphony band first played “Millennium Cannons” by Kevin Puts which was a great way to start the night. The song was great as a grand entrance of the performance where it sounded bold and magical, which felt as though you were in a ceremony. I could tell the players were into the songs by their body positions and facial expressions. The second song called “Concerto for Flute and Band, op. 39” was enjoyable, especially when flute soloist Jean played because it sounded soften and calming. The harmony for this song was very dreamlike. The third song called West Side Story for Wind Symphony sounded very panic and scary. The flute player Jean was impressive in how he was able to play the loudest while still being heard, even though the orchestra were still very loud as well. The pianist and trombones players were great in how in sync they were when it came the dramatic parts of the