Flute

On April 10th, 2018, I attended a concert performed by three talented performers: John Carlo Pierce (Tenor), Michelle Stanley (Flute), Jeff LaQuatra (Guitar). The performances were at The Griffin Foundation Gallery in the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. The performances were part of the Music in the Museum Concert Series, which is a performance based on the art that surrounds it. The art installment in the museum is called Pompeii Archive: Recent Photographs by William Wylie. Pompeii was once a…

in Peter in the Wolf all represented by different Instruments. The flute represented the bird, the oboe represented the duck, the clarinet represented the cat, the bassoon represented the grandfather, three french horns represented the wolf, the string section represented Peter, and the tympany and big bass drum represented the sound of gunshots. The first instruments to begin playing are the strings (Peter), then enters the flute (bird), the oboe (duck), and eventually clarinet (cat). As…

It is played by two flutes, two horns, two violin parts, and a part for viola, cello, and bass. The symphony has a lighter sound than other symphonies of the time because of the choice of flutes over oboes. The opening of the symphony is a briskly dancing, compact sonata form, which is opened by the first violins. It gives way to the dominant and is followed…

played incredible together as well as the brass and percussion. Ryan Briley, the music major who came to our class one day to demonstrate the digeridoo, was a conductor one of the pieces played in the concert. My favorite part of the concert was the flute soloist Nicole Wells, who was the winner of the ONU Concerto Competition. The performers were dressed in all black. Men wore suits and women wore dress or skirts which ever they preferred. La Forza Del Destiono: Overture (The Force of Destiny)…

solos and much of the instruments having to coincide with each other to carefully listen for the melody. The first performance, was from Mosaics, by Eric Ewazen, only introducing the first movement: I. Barcarolle. The performers Dr. Susan Berdahl (flute), Dr. Xiaohu Zhou (bassoon), and Dr. James Moyer (marimba), all played outstandingly and show cased exactly how Chamber Music is meant to be played. Honestly, a wonderful way to open the concert, and if they would have continued to perform the…

When it comes to music, every musician knows it’s all about the instrument and the quality of it. People might need different music instruments at different stages of their learning or professional careers. Over the long history of music, instruments have evolved from the very historic variations of beat drums to the much more advanced electronic guitars. The modern patters of music and advancements in the way people take music lessons have enabled multi instrument talents in individuals who are…

has a dance rhythm of reel. Reel is the most popular dance rhythm; it has an even rhythm with duple meter. Its form consists of AA’BB. The Dingle Set, the chieftains used different instruments such as the tin whistle, fiddle, accordion, wooden flute, banjo, concertina, and bodhrán. The Chieftains also used the uilleann pipes like Seamus Ennis. This song also has a dance rhythm of reel. The last song I listened to was Gravelwalk. Eileen Ivers and her band used a lot of electrophones in this…

about different cultures from a child who belongs from a favored family, who has never encountered how cruel life can be and a child from a slum who is familiar with the brutality experienced due to a poverty. Whereas when the slum boy takes out a flute, the rich boy drowns its sound by his loud toy-trumpet, when the slum boy switches to a home-made mask and spear,” the rich boy pondering over his unspoken defeat, given that the slum boy gives up trying to be friends with the rich boy and the…

that leadership and learning go hand in hand. Learning shapes how you lead as a person, and I can attest to that through my senior year in the Montour Spartan Marching Band. This marching band season, I applied and became the section leader for the flutes and piccolos. Like section leaders before me, I learned through their experience within the marching band to be outgoing and responsible. Roll-stepping, marking time, and guiding are all techniques I learned as a freshman that I was able to…

to my elementary school and performed for us. I watched in awe as students, not that much older than me, played music with their instruments. The flute players in the front row especially caught my attention; they were right next to the band directors and held their instruments up to the side, rather than down in front of them like the others. The flute had a high pitched melody and a bright silver color that appealed to me. That day, I signed up for the beginner band on the Coppinville Junior…