Concert Review
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! – Cahn & Styne (arr. Alan Baylock) This was the opening song. It was played quite well by the Jazz ensemble. I think everything sounds better with the Jazz ensemble. The two solos played on the saxophone were very well transitioned into the song. Each instrument in this small band was heard. As if you could hear each part playing. The director began and ended the song with little direction. The band wore Christmas attire matching the theme of their Christmas Festival concert.
The Christmas Song – Torme & Wells (arr. Paul Jennings) This song had great harmonies that went well with the original melody of the song. It was soothing to hear and relax too. This piece was very well written, because it could have been quite repetitive. The solos made it interesting, and intriguing. The trumpets created a lovely ending when they added some object to the end of the instrument. It made it sound different. I believe there called Mutes. To change their sound, almost sounding like a human voice. …show more content…
They came in to early at a section in time. The trumpets, tubas I think were way too loud overpowering the other instruments. It was a bit repetitive also, I didn’t so much enjoy this arrangement and performance.
A Cartoon Christmas (Arr. Michael Story) This song is complete Christmas imagery. Each song was a was a Claymation cartoon Christmas song. I recognized each song and thought about moments of Christmas that I love and where I’ve heard those songs. Between each song it had great transition, great flow so that it wasn’t choppy. Frosty the snowman, very classical other Christmas tunes that don’t really have an exact cartoon but are always in the air around Christmas time. They picked up when going into the Rudolph which was the last song. This made the ending much more drastic.
Hanukkah Medley Jim
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! – Cahn & Styne (arr. Alan Baylock) This was the opening song. It was played quite well by the Jazz ensemble. I think everything sounds better with the Jazz ensemble. The two solos played on the saxophone were very well transitioned into the song. Each instrument in this small band was heard. As if you could hear each part playing. The director began and ended the song with little direction. The band wore Christmas attire matching the theme of their Christmas Festival concert.
The Christmas Song – Torme & Wells (arr. Paul Jennings) This song had great harmonies that went well with the original melody of the song. It was soothing to hear and relax too. This piece was very well written, because it could have been quite repetitive. The solos made it interesting, and intriguing. The trumpets created a lovely ending when they added some object to the end of the instrument. It made it sound different. I believe there called Mutes. To change their sound, almost sounding like a human voice. …show more content…
They came in to early at a section in time. The trumpets, tubas I think were way too loud overpowering the other instruments. It was a bit repetitive also, I didn’t so much enjoy this arrangement and performance.
A Cartoon Christmas (Arr. Michael Story) This song is complete Christmas imagery. Each song was a was a Claymation cartoon Christmas song. I recognized each song and thought about moments of Christmas that I love and where I’ve heard those songs. Between each song it had great transition, great flow so that it wasn’t choppy. Frosty the snowman, very classical other Christmas tunes that don’t really have an exact cartoon but are always in the air around Christmas time. They picked up when going into the Rudolph which was the last song. This made the ending much more drastic.
Hanukkah Medley Jim