Performance

young boy, music has been a very prominent part of my life. My parents believed being involved in musical performances and fine arts events were just as important as sports or anything of that sort. I can’t thank them enough for inputting this view into my life as it has given me a true appreciation for music, theatre, and any other live presentation of the arts. For some, attending a live performance could be a drag, but to me it is quite the opposite. Tuesday at the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital…

The Atlantic Music Festival is run by Little Feather Works, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the empowerment of artists. The Festival has a mission to cultivate originality, independence, and innovation in the American musical performance arena. During the event, hundreds of emerging artists gather in Waterville, Maine to celebrate the work of musical masters. AMF Institute offers programs for composers, conductors, instrumentalists, and singers. Those admitted to the AMF…

The production of Handle with Care helps me to understand active audiences because even though the audience in that show may not actively participate they are moving along with the show. Passive audience is an audience that just watches the show progress while always being separated from the stage. Whereas with the audience in Handle with Care they moved with the show to different places and floors as the main character grew up and her storyline progresses, like they were someone in Chloe’s life…

that during each performance, people in the orchestra would switch instruments, and the instruments that were the most important were towards the front if possible. During the performance of Cajun Folk Songs: I. La Belle at le Capitane, the saxophones were in the front, and after the performance, the alto saxophone soloist stood up and bowed in recognition of his excellent playing, as did the flute players who played the theme from Sunayama, by Keiko Yamada after the performance of Fantasy on a…

the play, I was really excited to be seeing it for the first time. Once the play started I told myself to calm down and truly enjoy and observe the show. While I was watching, some of the typical questions that people ask themselves during any performance or movie popped in my head like, “What is going on?”, “When is this supposed to take place?”, and “How old are these people supposed to be?”. One big question I had was “Where is the pit orchestra or is it recorded music?”. This was because I…

Within a performance: Choreography, Communication, Perception, and Interpretation. Choreography Every single movement in a performance play a significant role on the Dance as a whole. As stated in “Evolution of Music, Dance, and Drama” “Dance moves or Dance steps are the building blocks of many dances” (Dance moves or Dance steps 128) Is is the basic unit of dance as Do Re Mi are the fundamental notes to a song. Upon contemplation of which aspect is specifically to be analyzed within the…

perform it on stage in front of all my peers, I never thought I’d be able to do it, especially with all the trouble I had in the beginning. I am glad that I tried something new and did not quit. With the help of my partner I was able to execute a performance that was satisfactory. I know that next time I will do better since I have acquired knowledge of all the aspects that still need improvement. This experience…

1. What is this play about? Consider textual, subtextual and contextual layers of the dramatic text. Consider all of the elements of drama. Textual: Both Marion, an eighty-year old women, and a young girl also named Marion, sit in a park as they both do every morning. Through conversation, it becomes apparent that they are in fact the same person at the opposite ends of one shared life cycle. The younger Marion, simply referenced as ‘girl’ in the playtext, represents the beginning of their…

Wind Orchestra Concert performed on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 8pm. Continue reading to learn about the concert hall and the environment, the musicians, the music performed, and instruments used. Concert Environment and Audience Reaction The performance was in Fresno State's Concert Hall. It was a large room with about 300 seats that extended upward facing the stage floor. They had rows of chairs set up for the orchestra to perform on the stage, with music stands in front of the chairs and…

Fuller had her first theatrical performance at two and a half where she attended Sunday school. This is where she had described to start realizing her power over influencing her audience by performing a “spontaneous and unconscious” recital of “Mary had a Little Lamb”. After this experience, Fuller would continue to be involved with various performances, such as dramatic…