Music Concert Paper

Emily Scott Music Appreciation 28 Feburary 2013 double-u Michigan Concert Winds Concert On February 24th, I attended the watt Michigan Concert Winds Winner and Winds concert. West Michigan Concert Winds is a volunteer group that performs instrumental music to the community. This ensemble contains a gigantic range of musical talents from all different backgrounds. many members are college students, rough teachers. There was also many current or retired band directors unconnected of the ensemble. They performed all different genres of music from a Sousa march to an Irish combust by A.J. Potter. There was also a scholarship acceptance operation by a local high school junior who was awe-inspiring at the clarinet. The first song was titled Fanfare for Saint Cecilia. This go was composed for Saint Cecilia on a special occasion called ternion Countries Day. This is an example like we talked closely in class where a composer had a job of composing music for a certain event beca use record music wasnt available at that time. The song had a splendiferous and triumphant feel to it with many brass heavy parts specifically trumpet.Woodwinds played the accompaniment underneath but were not heard exclusively. Some parts I liked about this establish was the overall passion that it had and the energy that the ensemble put into it. It was very easy to tell that the instrumentalists enjoyed play the song. Polka and Fugue from the Opera Schwanda, The Bag Piper was another second I found fascinating. It was a Chek Folk tale which told the story about the lonely bag piper and his adventures. It started out with the woodwinds playing the theme of a cheery thrill note and triplet.The feel of the music was cheery and you were closely able to hear the story being told. I also enjoyed tryout the Fugue part of the song because that was also something we discussed in class. The fugue was characterized by imitation and variation on the imitation by different sections e nd-to-end the band. The band also played a Sousa but surprisingly this piece was not a march but a waltz. Although this song was characterized as a waltz, I felt like it had the elements of a march in it like clearly defined beats and ascending and descending affluent ensemble runs.The music was very bouncy and you could almost picture the dancers waltzing on stage. I was very impressed with the brass section because of their strong smack and intensity. I throughly enjoyed my experience of listening to The West Michigan Concert winds. I was impressed with the talent of the ensemble and the professional way they looked on stage. They provided a wide variety of music compositions and kept me entertained throughout the concert.