Summer Concert Review: Fox 8 Holiday Concert

On Friday December the 16th, my friend diego and I went to a holiday concert in Greensboro. To be more specific, it was the Fox 8 Holiday concert, being played at the Greensboro LJVM Coliseum. The Band performing, is the Winston-Salem Symphony. This concert was held, to help feed the hungry and homeless. The Triad used to be number one in hunger in the nation, but this concert and countless other charities and efforts have helped to bring the number of homeless and hungry down drastically. This year alone, the holiday concert as a whole raised almost 600 thousand cans of food for the hungry and homeless.

One of the first songs the symphony played, was ‘the night before christmas”, but with a twist, they played it in a minor key, not major. They played quite a few songs like this. And it was very cool, as it took a while for me to recognize each song, it sounded like something out of the movie, “a nightmare before christmas”. Playing like this, really caught my attention, and got me more invested in the music, as its sound was so unique. The band blended on and off so well, between the people in the band and orchestra. The first song was a kind off nice blend of instruments, highlighting each section. …show more content…
The singalong songs, really bring the audience and the band together, and it's a really cool feeling when they are in sync. One song, was rudolph the red nosed reindeer, where it was either a trumpet with a mute, or a horn, was extremely overpowering sound, and not a great one at that. I'm inclined to think it was a trumpet due to the in general “blat” or blaring of the noise, and the distortion it receives when playing at higher volumes. The symphony also played a piece called sarajevo, which was an excellent song, and a good example of blend and balance, especially between low and high voices eg. trombones and