Symphony No. 94

At one point in their career, most music students are met with a rather difficult choice: whether to join concert band or a symphonic orchestra. While both are ensembles with a conductor that play music arranged into different parts together, there are several important differences to take note of when deciding which one fits each musician perfectly. First of all, not every instrument is represented in every ensemble. A concert band, often called symphonic wind band, consists, as the name…

infant to sleep, to something more dark, then cheery and full of energy. Although, I still do not feel as though it was good enough for my particular taste. In other words, I would not attend a concert in the future if they were playing these same 2 symphonies. But, I still have hope that one day I will find something I will fall in love with. For my particular style, I think I would enjoy a piece that kept me on my toes, with more intensity. I long to attend an Opera, with actual vocalists.…

For this assessment, I attended the prometheus symphony orchestra’s 51st seasonal concert. Which was directed and conducted by Eric Hansen. As Eric Hansen mentioned in his introduction speech, The Prometheus Symphony Orchestra is a community-based all volunteer orchestra which is devoted to bring beautiful symphonies to the community. This orchestra is currently associated with Merritt College in Oakland. This is their 51st season of offering concert to Oakland Community. The performance took…

Of particular significance is Holst’s fifth movement, entitled Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age. Alan Leo’s book on astrology described those born under Saturn as having the potential for long life but inclined to plod through life slowly and steadily, often being unresponsive. Interestingly, Holst’s own personality is quite similar to Leo’s description of a person born under Saturn. Saturn was Holst’s favorite movement of the planets; perhaps Holst recognized its similarity to his own…

Fact VS. Fiction Movies are created to be enjoyed. Some pay tribute to famous people throughout history, while others are merely used for our amusement. Some movies about a particular person contain nothing but the truth about that person’s life. Others contain some truths while the rest is left up to the writer to fill in, to keep the movie from being too boring. Because movies are for our entertainment and not necessarily to tell us the truth, (that’s what a documentary is for) I can see why…

“Human Shaped Objects” The show of electronic music that I attended was Telemetry music series featuring Rob Mackay, Human Shaped Object, Grand Banks on November 9th at the Bridge progressive arts initiative. The concert began with Rob Mackay’s performance. He is a composer and a sound artist and a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Hull. He has received numerous accolades and awards internationally. The music he played explored repetition and was very interesting. However, the…

The Power of Music: Classical Vs Comical The text “Rebel Music” by Daniel Felsenfeld and the text “Weirdly Popular” by Sasha Frere-Jones deal with the main idea of music and the affect it has on people. “Rebel Music” is about Daniel Felsenfeld’s transformation and discovery as a musician. It discusses his time as a child playing piano and listening to punk music, to later finding classical music and dreaming of becoming a composer, he even says in his article that “..., having long ago…

Borodin was speaking of the famous Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky. Mussorgsky is most known for works such as, "Night on Bald Mountain," "Boris Godunov" and "Pictures at an Exhibition." He first began composing in his teens but it took awhile for him to devote his life to music and music alone. The story of “Modest Mussorgsky is one filled with a few twists and turns, but it would prove to be one that would produce music that is still played even today. Early life: Mussorgsky was born…

Chopin's first Piano Concerto in E minor was born in the early Baroque period of the seventeenth century (). The concerto is divided into two performance groups: a lead group with professional musicians, and a group with amateur musicians. Chopin is a great composer known as a piano poet. His genius created the beauty of music that only the piano had. Chopin's piano is one of the representatives of the European romanticism. The most prominent feature of romantic music is the emphasis on the…

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…