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Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble In Concert

Description

�  Title: Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble In Concert

�  Director: ¡  Alfredo Vélez

�  Featuring: ¡  Aaron Martinez, alto

saxophone ¡  Marvin Sparks, percussion

Description (cont.)

�  Instruments: ¡  Woodwinds

÷  Oboe ÷  Flute ÷  Clarinet ÷  Alto/Tenor Saxophone

�  Instruments ¡  Percussion ¡  Brass

÷  Trumpet ÷  French Horn ÷  Trombone ÷  Euphonium ÷  Tuba

Analysis

�  The overall construction of concert: ¡  Two Sections

÷ Symphonic Band ÷ Jazz Ensemble

�  Points of emphasis: ¡  Symphonic Band

÷ Composer John Williams ÷ Heroic, Patriotic themes ÷ Movie scores as well

John Towner Williams Jr

�  American Composer, Conductor and Pianist

�  Film scores: ¡  Jaws ¡  Star Wars series ¡  Superman ¡  Indian Jones series ¡  Jurassic Park ¡  Harry Potter Films

�  Other notable works: ¡  Olympic Games theme ¡  NBC Sunday Night

Football ¡  NBC Nightly News

John William’s Film Score/Olympic Theme

John William’s Film score

Interpretation

�  Expressive qualities of the Symphonic Band: ¡  Triumph (Olympic

Fanfare and Theme/Call of the Champions)

¡  Heroic and Unity (Hymm to the Fallen)

¡  Suspenseful (Catch Me if You Can)

¡  Wonderful (The Empire Strikes Back)

Interpretation

�  The symphonic band part of the concert: ¡  Reminded me of a time when I was in band during High

School ÷ Power of the band as a whole ÷ The precision of each instrument ÷ The Goosebumps you feel after listening to the deep voices of the

Tuba and Trombone

Judgment/Evaluation

�  The overall concert as a whole was a success ¡  Great crowd ¡  Beautiful music

�  Some other thoughts after listening to the concert ¡  Some instruments were out of tune (as you’ll hear in the recordings) ¡  Tempo for some parts of the concert were either to fast or too slow

�  Criteria for judging ¡  Harmony of the band

÷ Are there instruments overshadowing other instruments? ÷ Are the sounds of each instrument balanced throughout the concert?

¡  Instruments tuning ¡  Tempo/pace (too fast/too slow) ¡  Posture of each individual musician

Call of the Champions by John Williams

Here’s a recording of this theme

The Empire Strikes Back (Finale) By John Williams

Here’s a recording of this theme

Work Cited

�  http://www.texasbandmasters.org/about/board.php �  http://www.lhmas.org/404 �  http://jlebaptiste.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/

tuba.jpg �  http://www.jupiterinstrument.fr/jupiter-musique-

france-instruments/cors-harmonie/cors-harmonie-Jupiter.php

�  http://www.last.fm/music/John+Williams/+images/60614903