Musical fountain

To preface this story, I need to explain instruments. I found myself playing mellophone in marching band. The mellophone resembled a bigger trumpet and used by French horn players. Flugelhorns also look like trumpets, but they share the same musical key as the trumpet. They sound most like a trumpet but speak much more mellow and sweet. The mellophone section started as and an awkward piece added to the completed puzzle of the trumpet section. Our official section leader, Brass Captain and…

A study by Charles A. Elliot shows that gender indeed plays a role in the judgement of musical performances, relating instruments to perceived masculine/feminine associations (Elliot 53). While the study is somewhat different because it shows performances of instrumentalists, the same way of thinking can be applied. When an audience member…

remains under the functional chord progression. Assisting to a Baroque Orchestra event, it’s a nice experience, which allows you to get closer to what is music, I have to address with greater motivation to understand and enjoy different forms of musical expression. The work presented containing different elements, which managed to produce a…

The Band and Orchestra room is to the left in the hallway and is filled with lockers, instructional pieces, and instruments. The first instrument I see when I enter the room is a wooden piano. The conductors chair is an old office chair that worn down so we can see the padding inside of it. Looking around the room I see many lockers ranging from small to large depending what is inside them. Each locker is completed with a metal door that resembles a jail door. The room has three short floor…

the Silk Road Ensemble as my song. This group is composed of “distinguished musicians, composers and performing artists from more than 20 countries around the world to celebrate, explore and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances” (The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood). At the beginning of the piece I felt very serene with just a couple of instruments playing. However, when all the instruments joined in. the piece became more exciting.…

the music. The flute plays beautifully in genres like classical, baroque, and romantic. One of the top musician is named Ian Anderson. He was born on the 10th of August, 1947 at Dunfermline, United Kingdom and has one child named Gael Anderson. His musical group is called Jethro Tull which is a rock band. Andante in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 is a famous orchestral music piece. The flute plays beautifully besides the piano and is the main instrument of the song. The flute sounds…

This text to me is about temptation, wanting something when you know you shouldn't have it. I imagined a person secretly and quietly going into the icebox and eating some delicious plums that were crisp and frosty. To me the emotion of this poem, is satisfying along with saddening. I do not find myself happy when I finish reading this poem, thus, I find that there is mostly an instability of emotions. The concept that the person who ate the delicious plums betrayed the person who owned them.…

of the Opera Musical A musical is a work of art that involves the use of various songs during the production of films, television shows, and stage performances. Kenrick, John states that these types of productions usually aim at telling a story as in the case of a book or novel musicals while others are often focused on showcasing the talents and abilities of the writers as well as the performers. There have been many musicals since the beginning of time. Nonetheless, for a musical that aired…

In the past, I want to firstly address that I personally have attended some music concerts on Sacramento State’s campus. However, I had never before attended to a symphonic wind ensemble concert. Before the concert began, I had noticed a large amount of chairs on stage as I found this quite interesting. As it was about to begin, a large amount of musicians wearing black appeared on the stage and were performing a small warmup. As performers, they were a guest group. Once the lights were turned…

13 composed by György Kurtág in 1978. Similar to Serashi Fragments, the piece also seemed to have an ebbing musical flow. However, the movements in this piece felt more contained compared to the entrances and silences of sound in the previous one. The twelve movements that make up the composition were short and simplistic culminating in a ten minute performance…