Orchestra pit

and counterpoint with other important people as well. In 1905, Griffes left the Stern Conservatory to study privately with Humperdinck. When he returned to the United States in 1907, he had composed many songs and a “Symphonische Phantasie” for orchestra and became a director of the music department at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York. This was his career until he died in 1920. He was a wonderful teacher who was talked about by his colleagues and spent most of his free time composing…

The song I chose to represent the book,”The Lord Of The Flies” was Fragile by Tech N9ne ft. Kendrick Lamar, ¡MAYDAY! & Kendall Morgan. This song is about a boy that is worried because he doesn't think the other kids will accept him because he plays the violin. In verse one of the song Wrekonize & ¡MAYDAY! talk about being so scared that the main kid of the music video stays up all night long, scared of tomorrow, and even breaks his alarm, then in the hook Wrekonize & Kendall Morgan talks about…

concerto no. 2 Op. 126 in the spring of 1966, specifically for Mstislav Rostropovich who was a celebrated cellist and a dear friend. The state Academy Symphony Orchestra of the USSR gave the performance on September 25, 1966 to celebrate Shostakovich’s sixtieth birthday. It was recorded live in the Large Hall of Moscow State Conservatory. The orchestra consists of flutes, piccolo, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, timpani, whip, woodblock, tom-tom, tambourine, side drum, bass drum, xylophone,…

John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1947. Adams began composing at the age of ten and first heard his music performed around the age of 13 or 14. After he matriculated at Harvard University in 1965 he studied composition under Leon Kirchner, Roger Sessions, Earl Kim, and David Del Tredici. He earned two degrees from Harvard University (BA 1969, MA 1972). His piece "American Standard"…

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting the exhibit Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music at the National Gallery of Art. But this was not my first experience with this exhibit, no for I had the opportunity to perform in honor of this exhibit this past summer where I performed right outside the entrance the to the showcase. I performed the roles of the Faun in Vaslav Nijinsky’s Afternoon of a Faun, and Prince Ivan in The Firebird. The two performances…

7th grade, I was in the advanced orchestra; I was no longer a beginner. It was assumed that I would not want, let alone need, tape for my violin. In fact, it was unusual that I hadn't yet taken it off of my old violin by this point. At that point I thought that I would never take that tape off, wherever my violin career went. In my imagination, I could be in a elegant gown, playing the most difficult of pieces in a grand opera house, with a large Symphony Orchestra and still have those thin…

Having minimal background of classical music before starting this class made me a little nervous for attending our first concert. I wasn't sure what to expect. I’ve never really listened to much classical music besides the group, The Piano Guys. However, while attending The Temple for the pipe organ demonstration recitals I was mesmerized. First, I am not from the Kansas City area so I had never heard or saw this Temple before and it was gorgeous. Second, Jan Kraybill played the pipe organ with…

The stage lights blared down on my trembling body as I tried to force a smile onto anxious face. The year-end concert had approached and the moment for the audience to be introduced to the elegant melody of Gabriel’s Oboe had finally arrived. The hours spent perfecting my tone, the repetition of phrases to perfect my rhythm, all led up to my hope of performing a faultless solo. As the conductor nodded his head and the the phrase the band behind my played escalated, the first notes spoke from the…

For this concert report, I attended the Cash Cash concert at Dunnkirk. This was on a Tuesday night and it was very packed. Luckily, I got there early and was able to stand in the very front row, so I had a great view and could hear great. Before Cash Cash performed, ad DJ Matt Molewyk performed. I would say that this was the starting indicator. While he started to play, people starting trickling in because they knew that Cash Cash would start playing soon. When Cash Cash came on, the…

Chroma rest by taking the risk of conducting himself. Chroma knew more about life and about the orchestra and therefore he knew his routine exactly and Milo forgot this and disrespected Chroma’s wishes. Chroma also gave Milo a task for that night. Chroma asked if Milo might watch the orchestra for him and Milo happily agreed. Milo was simply to make sure no harm or anything of the sort came to the orchestra and he failed by trying to lead them. He threw them into confusion and threw them off…