Fall Orchestra Concert Reflection

Aniela Crayton

Dr. Wang

Symphony Orchestra/ II Violin/ B4

Sunday October 9th, 2016

Fall Orchestra Concert Reflection

Marchz:

Group

-I thought that individually this piece was good, but when brought together it could have been cleaner.

-I really liked the style choices that were made, it sounded like a march, with the short bows, and on beat and off beat passages.

- I thought that the dynamics were good, but some of the other pieces had better dynamics.

-The clapping was a good idea, excepted the audience clapped the whole time and so at times it was confusing and hard to play.

Personal

-I felt that at times the rhythm was tricky and I messed up some parts.

- Intonation wasn't a big issue in this piece so that was good.

- At times I had trouble sticking with the right bowing.

- The unique struggle for this piece was just knowing where in the music to go next.

Holberg:

Group

- Same with this piece, each person was good on their own, but when we came together as an ensemble the piece was necessarily played together.

- I though our dynamics in this piece was really well done.

- Thought that as a group there were some trouble spots, like at the bottom of the first page, that if fixed would have made the piece a lot better.

- Felt that overall this was one of the best pieces we played.

Personal

-This was one of the pieces I though I personally played the best, I put the most at home effort into it.

- Thought that my bowing was off at times.

- In general would have liked to add more musicality to my playing.

Slavonic Dance

Group

-  Along with the Holberg thought that this piece was one of the best that we played

-Thought that our intonation was a little off at time, especially going out of first position in the violin sections.

-Really liked how much dynamic contrast we had.

Personal

-Thought that my intonation on this piece could have been better, just with the key signature and all.

-Though that the style of bowing that I used wasn't always correct, and the type that the rest of the ensemble was using.

- Especially in this piece my violin teacher highlighted that I over vibrate my vibrato, so that was something that could have been better in this piece.

Olympic Fanfare

Group

- I loved that the harps were part of this piece, they added a unique element to the piece!

- Really like our style and just the piece in general, it had the feeling of a song that would welcome the whole world to the Olympic games.

Personal

-Wish that I would have practiced this piece more, I thought it was easy, and it was, but I wish I would have put more artistic time into it.

-Sometimes, the rhythm was a little tricky at times, and I messed it up.