percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute) Jazz is a music style with its origin stemming from the black communities living in the US in the twentieth century. Jazz has musical styles from European music, as well as the brass and stringed instruments. It is a mixture of US and Europe music culture. Like its origin, Jazz-Rock fusion is the epitome of the characteristic of Jazz that always combines with other kinds of music and finds its own way to refresh the original style.…
The UT Dallas School of Arts and Humanities presented a concert at the Jonsson Performance Hall titled “A Renaissance Faire.” They held showings October 28th & 29th from 8 PM to 9:30 PM. The show featured the UT Dallas Chamber Singers and students from Advanced Vocal Instruction. The concert singers preformed mainly a cappella, but they were also accompanied by accompanist Michael McVay, who played an electronic piano modified to sound like a lute. Kathryn Evans, the conductor, also accompanied…
under the direction of the soloist. This choice for the soloist to conduct the orchestra aids in the interpretation of the piece since at the time of the piece’s composition there was likely no one conducting separately, just the soloist leading the music through their playing. Also, it must be noted that the orchestra is not one of a massive 20th century size, but of a smaller…
I feel a little more comfortable at classical concerts now than I did the first time I went to one this semester. In terms of broadening my appreciation for classical style music, I was impressed by how upbeat and fun some of the songs that were performed were. It was actually a very entertaining concert. I would definitely recommend someone to go see the UAH choir, because they are a very impressive group and have really nice…
Constantly, music plays a significant role in human society. Music fulfills us and makes us feel and experience emotion. Music can be shared, carried on, modify and brought to the next generation. On Sunday, February 25, the University of Minnesota Duluth department of music offered the night and day mid-winter choral concert featuring concert chorale, university singers, and chamber singers. Attending this concert, I acknowledge an appreciation for the music as it had aesthetic enrichment. I…
While listening to more of Mozart’s music following The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performance I stumbled upon Mozart’s Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338 (1780). This symphony is ideally played with two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. It also has three similar movements to my favorite piece from the music concert I attended, Quartet in A Major for flute, violin, viola, and cello, K. 298 (1786). The first movement is Allegro Vivace meaning lively…
give some brief history about him and incorporate his music and how it connects to our class. The famous classical composer I chose to select was Philip Morris Glass. I feel as though he is an artist that caught my eye and really wanted to talk about. Philip Glass was born January 31st, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. That’s one main reason he stood out to me because he comes from an area that I grew up around. Also besides him being in the music world he also had a moving company with one of his…
composers worked for as long at a single noble court. In 1766, Haydn was named head Kapellmeister and governed a 12 piece orchestra and a assembly of singers. He had the obligation to provide a Sunday Mass, two operas and two concerts per week and other music as required by the Prince. Haydn was extremely productive and innovative during this time. As he described it in a famous statement: "As head of an orchestra I could experiment, observe what heightened the effect and what weakened it, and…
On April 18, I braved the blizzard-like conditions and attended Viterbo University’s Visiting Artists Chamber Music Concert held in the Nola Starling Recital Hall. This concert included celloist Stepan Filipek and pianist Katelyn Bouska. There was a wide range of contemporary music played by the duo including “Cello Sonata, op. 6)by Samuel Barber, “Pohadka” by Leos Janacek, “Klid Lesa, op. 68” and “Rondo for Cello and Piano, op. 94” by Antonin Dvorak, “On an Overgrown Path” by Leos Janacek, “Dos…
Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie was born on July 19, 1965, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Herbert Glennie, Evelyn’s father was a beef farmer, and her mother, Isobel Glennie, was a school teacher. Evelyn also had two brothers. Her mother played the organ and her father played accordion with a Scottish country dance band. When Evelyn turned eight she began having symptoms of hearing loss. Her ears progressively worsened. At the age of 11 she was required to wear a hearing aid. Evelyn was a musically gifted…