Music Concert Paper

Emily Scott Music Appreciation 28 Feburary 2013 West Michigan concert Winds design On February 24th, I attended the West 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 wide range of musical talents from all diametric backgrounds. Some members ar college students, some teachers. There was too many current or retired gang directors apart of the ensemble. They performed all different genres of music from a Sousa certify to an Irish wake by A.J. Potter. There was also a scholarship espousal performance by a local high school petty(prenominal) who was amazing at the clarinet. The first tune was titled Fanfare for beau ideal Cecilia. This piece was composed for Saint Cecilia on a special function called Three Countries Day. This is an example like we talked about in class where a composer had a job of composing music for a certain lawsuit because prer ecorded music wasnt available at that time. The song had a magnificent and triumphant feel to it with many brass heavy move specifically trumpet.Woodwinds played the accompaniment underneath but were not hear exclusively. Some parts I liked about this piece was the general excitement that it had and the energy that the ensemble put into it. It was very easy to secernate that the instrumentalists enjoyed playing the song. Polka and Fugue from the Opera Schwanda, The Bag Piper was another(prenominal) piece I found fascinating. It was a Chek Folk tale which told the invoice about the lonely bag piper and his adventures. It started out with the woodwinds playing the proposition of a satisfied thrill note and triplet.The feel of the music was cheery and you were almost able to hear the story being told. I also enjoyed hearing the Fugue part of the song because that was also something we discussed in class. The psychogenic fugue was characterized by imitation and variation on the im itation by different sections throughout 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 fall full ensemble runs.The music was very bouncy and you could almost flick the dancers waltzing on stage. I was very impressed with the brass section because of their muscular tone 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.