...I went to the Three Way Jazz concert at Diablo Valley College on October 2, 2015. Three groups performed at this concert. They were: DVC Jazz Ensemble, DVC Night Jazz Band, and Rory Snyder’s Night Jazz Band. I chose to attend this performance for my concert report because I wanted to see and hear DVC’s jazz bands as well as learn more about the music department there. The first piece that I will talk about is a funk song called “Get In Line,” composed by Gordon Goodwin. This piece was performed by the DVC Jazz Ensemble. “Get In Line” had a variational form (A B C A D A B1). The beginning of the song began with an introductory melody that repeated at the (A) points in the song. The (B) part is a different, yet similar melody to (A). As the...
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...Department and the Eisenhower administration were considering Powell’s proposal of using jazz ambassadors, the government felt it was of great importance that the jazz ambassadors reach all walks of life. After Powell’s proposal was accepted, the first jazz tour was scheduled to begin in the year 1956 with Dizzy Gillespie and his band members. His itinerary embraced 13 countries, 10 in the Near East and Ceylon, and three India and Afghanistan. The first worldwide jazz tours proved to be highly successful due to sold out shows and the overwhelming admiration that the United States received from the audience. One of the highest forms of praise were delivered through the media, which proved to be beneficial for the United States in their propaganda race with the Soviet Union; such as in newspaper articles, television, and radio. For example, one Gillespie concert attendee in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, was moved when she exclaimed, “What this country needs is fewer ambassadors and more jam sessions!” According to Dr. Curtis Sandberg, jazz diplomacy had...
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...Bhavin Patel Professor Barr Wednesday 3:00 11/22/10 Concert Report I attended the Fall Jazz Band concert at Mt. Sac in the Sophia B. Clarke Theater. The show was on Friday November 19th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. The concert first featured the Latin Jazz Ensemble of Mt. Sac. Followed by the Latin Jazz Ensemble was the Mt. Sac Jazz Ensemble 1. The concert was directed by Jeff Ellwood and Tim Curle. The first piece played by the Mt. Sac Jazz Ensemble was called “Intersecting Lines” which was composed by Les Hooper. After warming the audience up with that piece, they went on to play “True North” by Mike Dana. Next the Ensemble played “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” by Irving Berlin. The last piece the Latin Jazz Ensemble played was “Too High,” composed by Stevie Wonder, which I thought was pretty interesting. After a short intermission the Mt.Sac Jazz Ensemble came out and started off with “Hot and Spicey,” by Jason Goldman. The second song they played was called “Count Me In” by Billy Byers. Next they played “D-Bop” played in D-Flat I believe, and it was said to be a difficult piece for the ensemble, but they still mastered it. After “D-Bop” the piece called “Truth” was played which featured a solo piece from a talented saxophone player. Then they played “And Another Thing,” which is composed by Tom Garling. The last piece played was called “Yes or No,” and this was composed by Wayne Shortner. Jazz music started towards the beginning of the 20th century. ...
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...Cultural Event Report The cultural event that I attended prior to my departure for Afghanistan is a jazz concert at the Richmond Library. The concert was performed by the Richmond Youth Jazz Guild and the event was free. My youngest son has been performing with the Jazz Guild since 2010 and they are some of the most talentant kids. I physical don’t remember the date and time but the start time was 8:00 p.m. This music selection on this night was from Miles Davis; one of the greatest jazz performers of all times. The night was very calm, everyone was very professional, and the kids had black suits with white shirts and black ties. The concert was schedule for one hour and a half but the audience loved the kids so much it went for two in half hours. That night every kid got a chance to perform multiple solos and some kids sound like professional performers. This particular concert had some of the local music professor which invited some the kids to their jazz summer camp free of charge. The whole was amazing to see your men and women below the age of 15 that love the art of music; this program has done wonders for my son and the other kids. Richmond Youth Jazz Guild had received an invite to perform with Wynton Marsalis and open up for his concert at Christopher Newport College. This night was so incredible for the kids; there were sparking all night. It was like Christmas time all over again; Mr. Marsalis took two hours before the concert to speak to each child and...
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...Concert report On May 2, 2013, the Jazz concert at YOSHI’s OAKLAND, my friend and me had their first concert of this semester, the jazz band called The Bad Plus is from United States, and there are special guest drummer Dave King, pianist Ethan Iverson and bassist Reid Anderson. The concert started at 10:00 pm and ended at 11:30 pm. The jazz concert performed five songs during the concert and there were three songs are the most unforgettable for me “People Like You”, “Never Stop” and “2 P.M.” Jazz music, like all music, tells a story and here are the stories “People Like You”, “Never Stop” and “2 P.M.” “People Like You”, written by Reid Anderson .i think it an song for someone they loved. The song was very pretty, and it has a different genre than other songs in the concert. It is honestly hard for me to recommend this song to anyone, for I thought it was dull and lacked the depth of the other songs throughout the evening. It can clean people mind. At the beginning of this song, a piano and bass began to alternate the melody in this song as though they were like two lovers dancing in the wonderland. The rhythm, which was continuously steady, seemed to get faster like a heartbeat by the climax of the song. The bass would pick up strong at the same time and then die down again. There was such an edgy sound to this performance. And really can take people in the song’s wonderland. “Never stop”, was written by Reid Anderson. It was a beautiful song. I...
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...This report will be describing the Birth of the Cool Concert. The Concert took place in the School’s auditorium. All the seating took place on the actual stage allowing the audience to get a closer experience. The some of those in the audience were dressed in a casual fashion while others were dressed in something a little more formal. The performers of the concert were dressed in nice attire. The attire included kakis and nice buttoned shirts. Both the audience and the performers were both respectful and polite. The concert played a few pieces from the album titled “Birth of the Cool”. I liked all the songs that were played. The song that I enjoyed the most was Moon Dreams. Moon Dreams was originally composed by Johnny Mercer and Chummy MacGregor. The song itself can be labeled under the category of cool jazz. The song has a slow and chill feel to the track. The song was played by a fairly small band consisting of five different instruments. The composition of instruments consisted of a trumpet, baritone sax, alto sax, trombone, and the drums. The song at the time sounded as it was in a minor scale. The song also...
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...to increase the students understanding of music, including its elements, structures, and terminology through live performances, students and guest artists; • to increase the students awareness, cultural connections to explore and their understanding of global relationships; how these cultures utilize musical elements, and the role that music plays within that culture; and • Most importantly, to increase the students understanding of the origins of the students’ owns individual music appreciation and the connection to the global village. Course Objectives • To explore and reconsider ideas about cultural contact in the process of musical change • To understand music terminology • To understand, review and write reports on live performances using terminology demonstrating knowledge of musical elements within rhythm, pitch, and structure • To understand and further identify the social, economic, historical, philosophical and psychological elements, which affect the form of the assigned music • To identify aurally and explain rhythm, pitch, structure and style of African, South and Central America, Caribbean, and North American, and at the discretion of the Professor a non-African Diaspora music, i.e., Middle Eastern or Asian using class excerpts • To identify aurally and explain the eras of European music especially Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century as it relates to global music...
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...Leslie Gourse was a writer and a biographer who wrote on jazz musicians and singers. Her first book, Louis’ Children: American Jazz Singers, was published in 1984. Her full-length biographies include Unforgettable: The Life and the Mystique of Nat King Cole, Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan, and others. She had also written for children and young adults. In 1991, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awarded her the Deems Taylor Award for a series of seven articles in the magazine JazzTimes focusing on female jazz musicians. The main ideas of these two chapters are investigating and discussing the women musicians. How women’s role had changed over time in the society and in jazz. This report was recorded from the late...
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...CLASSICAL CONCERT REPORT You must attend 2 concerts this semester. One of the concerts must be Classical the other Jazz. A classical concert is one that features wind band music, opera, orchestra, or choral groups. You must include the ticket or program for this concert, or take a picture of yourself at the concert. You must attach the picture or paste it into the document to receive credit. Write your report in essay format. You must answer all questions to receive credit. Your report should be at least 2 pages in length, double spaced, no larger than 12 point font. 1. Date of concert attended (you must attend a concert during the same semester that you take this class) 2. What was the name of the group(s) that performed? 3. Where was this concert held? Please describe the hall. 4. What type of music was played at this concert? 5. List all of the pieces that were performed, including the composer's names. 6. Select 4 pieces that interested you from the entire concert and write 1 paragraph for each of those pieces (this section will be at least 4 paragraphs long). Provide a narrative of your observations concerning such elements as melody, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, instrumentation, texture, form, etc. Describe the major musical characteristics of each piece, including the solos, tempo, dynamics, instrumentation, or themes, etc. 7. Describe the musicians. What instruments were played? 8. What were your most...
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...Ariana Duenas Wednesday, 17 October 2012 Music Report “Rhapsody in blue” On September 29, 2012, the symphony Orchestra at Moorpark College had their first concert of the fall semester with special guest the horn player, Jennifer Bliman and Esther Keel on Piano. The Symphony Orchestra collectively performed three pieces during the concert. The hall was much more crowded than I expected. At the beginning of the concert, the orchestra was seated on the stage; the men wore tuxedos, and the women wore black dresses or pants. The concertmaster came out to tune the orchestra, and then the conductor made his entrance and gave a brief description of the piece that was about to be played. Alexander Borodin’s piece Symphony No. 2 in B minor was composed in the romantic period. He was a member of the group of composers called The five (or "The Mighty Handful"), who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music. It has a homophonic texture and its genre is classical music. There is a wide variety of instruments used in this piece. Among the wind instruments (woodwinds and brass) heard were bassoon, oboe, French horn, and trumpet. The strings played included the violin, viola, cello, and bass. Finally, the percussion instrument used for this piece was the timpani. This movement is broken down into four sections by tempo: Allegro, scherzo, andante, and Allegro. The allegro section begins with a fast introduction at a forte dynamic. This section is in a B minor...
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...(Gottlieb.) However, he went on the major in music at Harvard University. Although, his interest at college was in becoming a concert piano, but he was also introduced to orchestration. While in college, he conducted his own incidental music to “The Birds,” and directed and performed in Marc Blitstein’s “The Cradle Will Rock” (LB, Inc). After graduation he went to study with the Boston Symphon Orchestra’s summer institute, where he was the conducting assistant to Serge Koussevitsky. In 1943 he was placed in his first permanent conducting position with The New York Philharmonic, during his lifetime over 200 of his recordingings were made with the Philharmonic. In 1943 he was also asked to be a guest conductor at Carnegie Hall. This led to him being sought out as a guest conductor. He had his share of critics because of his dance-like style as a conductor. (Gottlieb) In 1945 he was named director of New York City Symphony. He held other positions from 1945 until 1969, conducting more concerts than any previous conductor. He spent a great deal of his time teaching and composing for non-classical gneres. Although it was known by family and friends a great regret was not being able to compose more music, however, the music he did compose was so invigorating and memorable. He brought jazz to the concert hall and syphonies to Broadway. His concert works was said to “revel the influence of many composers – Hindmith, Britten, Shostakovich, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff, to name...
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...60 m) Mini Biography Amy Winehouse was a five-time Grammy Award-winning English singer-songwriter known for such hits as 'Rehab' and 'You Know I'm No Good' among her other works. She was born Amy Jade Winehouse, on September 14, 1983, in Enfield, London, England to a Jewish family with Russian ancestry on her mother's side. Her father, Mitchell Winehouse, was a taxi driver; her mother, Janis Winehouse (nee Seaton), was a pharmacist. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Amy was brought up on jazz music; she played her brother's guitar and received her own guitar at age 13. Young Amy Winehouse was a rebellious girl. At age 14, she was expelled from Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London. At that time she pierced her nose and tattooed her body. She briefly attended the BRIT School in Croydon, and began her professional career at 16, performing occasional club gigs and recording low cost demos. At age 19, she recorded her debut, Frank (2003), a jazz-tinged album that became a hit and earned her several award nominations. During the next several years, she survived a period of personal upheaval, a painful relationship, and has been struggling with substance abuse. Her 2006's album 'Back on Black' was an international hit, and 'Rehab' made No. 9 on the US pop charts. Her big break came in 2008. Amy Winehouse became the first British female to win five Grammy Awards on the same night, February 10th, 2008, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year...
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...Ayumi Higa Language of Music/MU 122 004 Professor Charsky September 20, 2014 Concert Report Paper The Faculty Favorites Concert celebrating Caldwell University’s seventy-five year anniversary took place on September 20, 2014 at 6 o’clock p.m. in the Alumni Theatre. The Alumni Theatre is relatively a small hall with a theatre-like environment. The seats are set up in a way where they curved around the stage and the ceiling is very high. The stage was already set up with the drum set, piano, and bass form the beginning. In general, the audience was very calm and mindful of the theatre and performers. Some of the audience members were dressed formally while others were dressed casually. The performers were very professional and attentive to their performances. The men were dressed mostly in black and the women in other colors such as yellow and dark blue. All of the performers that performed were extremely talented, but the music I liked the best was “O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)”. The lyrics of the song was written by G. Capurro and the music was composed by E. di Capua. The performance consisted of only the piano and a singer. The song was performed by Dan Yates singing in baritone and Warren Hems on the piano. This style of this song appeared to be a western classical opera. The performer did an amazing job interpreting the song and did an amazing job using the space provided on the stage. He not only looked in one direction but directed his voice in all...
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...product, and ancillary profit centers. EE will own and control the masters (master copies), copyrights and licenses of its product, which will enable EE to create immediate revenue streams while growing its music catalog into a multi-million dollar asset. 1.2 PRODUCTS & SERVICES The company has established three record labels to handle a variety of music genres including AfroPop, Rhythm & Blues, Afro Jazz, Gospel and rap. EE has compiled an exciting and diverse roster of recording artists. Selected over the past year, these highly talented veteran and debuting artists will enable EE to quickly penetrate the music marketplace. 1.3 MARKET ANALYSIS EE will distinguish itself from other independent record companies through its marketing and promotional plan. Intense, calculated and relentless promotional campaigns will enable EE to earn massive revenues through the growing popularity of "singles", as well as traditional full-length albums. EE will utilize the success of its pre-recorded music to develop profit centers in independent distribution, merchandise and concert promotion. 1.4 STRATEGY & IMPLEMENTATION EE maintains strong affiliations in the music industry. EE has been offered international distribution with Maxis Distributing (a distribution arm of Maxis) and the Alaba Group. This provides EE the opportunity to generate revenue from the world's largest music markets including Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and South America. 1.5 MANAGEMENT EE has...
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...Summary: In listening to Louis Armstrong’s “ Satch Plays Fats” album you get a smooth, bourbon street vibe. You get the vibe as if you were in New Orleans at a jazz concert or parade. Armstrong has a very deep voice which is very noticeable in every song. I noticed the instruments played more than he did, which tells me he enjoyed playing his instruments more than singing. He blends his voice very well with his trumpet, the whole album gives off a laid back vibe to relax to. The album “ Satch Plays Fats” was dedicated to “Fats” Waller, and the two artist had many similarities. They both are very entertaining when it comes to there music ,and both are African Americans who sing from there soul. Evaluation: In listening to the smooth, trumpet sounds of Louis Armstrong it made me understand the strong meaning behind his music. Just through his lyrics I could feel the pain and struggle in his music of what he was going through in the song “ Black and Blue”. After listening to his CD, I realized how others could possibly start to like his music, it can touch you in a certain way. Overall I did actually like the album, in the beginning I never would have gave jazz a listen or even thought about actually liking some of the music from it. After taking the time to review and listen to Armstrong’s music I found a new interest. What I would like to know is how did he come up with his powerful lyrics, I would like to know if he was in the moment when he wrote his lyrics. They’re...
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