Timpani

I attended the American Landscapes performed by Oklahoma State University Symphony Orchestra and Dr. Thomas Dickey conducted the orchestra. The concert was held at the Serentean Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. At the concert, I was an amateur, listener to this type of music. I had never witnessed a live performance of this musical style before. I would consider myself to be a passive listener. I listened to the performance with…

If Van Gogh wants to draw a hand in his painting, he would draw a thousand hands and pick one from his samples to use. On the other hand, composers uses the similar idea with Van Gogh, but they do use the samples as what we call motivic development to shape the story of symphony and manipulates the emotion of their listener. Like Brahms said in Henschel’s diary entry: “ There is no real creating without hard work.” The success of Amy Beach’s Gaelic symphony was not only because she was a women…

brief times when only one is playing and each has a point when it is featured, or at least highlighted by the gentleness of the others while one crescendos. b. What instrument(s) are playing? Piano, flute, Oboe, trumpet, bass, cello, French horn, timpani, violin, trombone, bassoon, clarinet, and piccolo. Having watched I now actually recognize the sound of an Oboe and have wondered what made that sound for years just never searched to know. c. What is the overall mood of the sound? That is…

Beads of sweat begin to collect on my forehead, and I wipe my clammy palms repeatedly along my pants. My cue line meets my ears. I prepare myself for public humiliation. A timpani pounds inside my head, but I force my brain to be positive. Through this process, I realize that I have put months of dedication and hard work into this performance that lead up to this very moment. Every one of my lines hang at the tip of my tongue…

A wide range of instruments were used in this piece -- violins, violas, cellos, double basses, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, horns, oboes, trumpets, trombones, timpani, and alternative percussion instruments – the musical ensemble that performed this piece is called a symphony orchestra. The stringed instrumentalists were set up at the front of the stage just in front of Michael Stern, the woodwinds directly behind…

Orchestra from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. The conductor was George Rothman and the Orchestra manager was Timothy Barrus. There were 29 performers who played violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, and timpani. They performed three representative pieces of compositions from the twentieth-century, which were “Washington 's Birthday”, “Summer Day, op. 65,” and “Symphony No. 4 in A major, ‘Italian,’ op. 90.” “Washington’s Birthday” was performed first,…

IMRO are an organisation set up to copyright the music of their members. IMRO’s role is to promote their member’s music and look after the royalties involved in the music industry. Some examples of who they represent are music publishers, composers and songwriters. Three functions of IMRO: • IMRO copyright’s the music of their members, which usually consists of a music performance. IMRO want to protect the work of their members both nationally and internationally. The money earned through…

“When words fail, music speaks.” ~ Anonymous Music, known as the world’s “universal language,” is something that is used in many different forms to convey various forms of emotion. For example, music can convey emotions through the usage of the film industry with the composition of film scores. Furthermore, orchestral music serves as a form of music in which emotions can be conveyed as well. Though rarely seen, music can also convey emotion to those who sneak illegal drinks, such as men and…

Music is an art form that we as humans listen to because it engages our brains. It gives us a sense of euphoria, much like a drug. Throughout history, music has always played a large role in our lives, whether we recognized it or not. One reason we are attracted to music is because “it is the rhythm of the human species” (Music moves the world: The power and passion of rhythm, melody, and dance [Video file]. (2004). Through the use of rhythm and melody, we as humans use music as a way to…

I decided to rent Doctor Atomic by John Adams. Doctor Atomic is an English language opera that portrays the anxiety and tension felt by the scientists involved in the creation of the atomic bomb in 1945. I read the synopsis of several concerts and operas and they all were appealing, but then I read the description for Doctor Atomic and knew I should critique it. I am a chemistry major and the summary of this opera intrigued my scientific side. I also felt that I would enjoy this English language…