Music Night Research Paper

Looking back, I never thought this day would arrive so fast. Not the day of writing the self review, but Music Night. I can remember looking at the white-board as Mr. Snodgrass was writing down the date of the performances, and thinking about why he was bothering to tell us about them so soon. The two months really did pass quickly though, and before I knew it, it was December 6th, and Music Night. While I would normally not be pleased about time moving so fast, in this case I really cannot say that I have any complaints; Mr Snodgrass informed us of what was coming very early on, and he worked with us every day to prepare for it. All those hours practicing with the class paid off and I am very proud of my Music Night performance. I performed the three pieces, Innovation, Whispers, and …show more content…
This piece required the saxophones to blast, without squeaking, the first and last quarters of the song, which is just what I did. I tried to emphasize on the accents as much as possible without sounding like a duck shouting ( I do not know if that is the greatest example but a duck shouting, in my head, sounds like normal duck noises mixed with the sound of the horn of a big truck). Then came the part we had the most issues with in the rehearsals. The famous “are you rushing or dragging?” part. I played my part well and everyone played theirs. It sounded nice and had good timing (my opinion). Then, at bar 74, I tried to be as musical as possible, meaning applying the right dynamics, keeping the phrases, and giving a direction to every bar. It sounded nice. Not the greatest I had done, but I was happy with it. (my hands moved, and that means I did a good job…). Then came the saxophone blasting part again, and then the ending, which was also done very well (by me and everyone else). We ended the performance very nicely, walked off the stage and felt good about ourselves