Post concert

Over all I believe the concert was a success. We had a few small mistakes here and there which is to be expected because it is hard to be perfect but we should still work harder to limit the amount of mistakes we have, so that we have even less at the next concert. The other thing we really need to work on is our dynamic contrast. Although we had some we need to improve to make it better and more apparent. So hopefully at the next concert the dynamic changes will be played and clearly heard.

Pre concert

Playing Test Thing

Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem was born in Richmand Indian and attended school in Chicago, but later attended Julliard. he is famous for his art songs and operas. He is also the author or several books on music.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X3B_x2lqHYc

The song is a solo voice with piano accompaniment. The singer is singing in English so it is not sacred. The piece is in 6/8 time and is at a moderate speed as heard in the piano. There is a lot of repartition in the piano but the voice repeats little if anything at all. The voice also has a large degree of dynamic contrast verging from piano and then jumping to forte like at 20-23.