The performance I went to at Arts Fest was the Alliance Brass Quintet. I was able to get three of their names. Their French horn player, Kelly Langeveir, started on the trumpet, and switched to the French horn so that she could be in a higher chair placement. Mary Linguini, who was a trumpet player, grew up in Chicago, and started trumpet in 4th grade. William, who played the euphonium was born in Louisiana, and teaches music as a private lesson teacher. There was one more man, who was large, and another woman, who both did not introduce themselves.
All of their music sounded amazing, and it was all in sync. The combination of the trombone, trumpets, euphonium, and French horn gave a connected and grand feel to the music. One of the most important things that I learned from the performance was how nice the brass instruments could sound. I don’t usually hear instruments sound that nice, like in our band it is not usually tuned and you hear lots of imperfections. The way they played it sounded perfect. Another thing I learned was that German Opera music sound’s melodious and pleasant, not loud and ear-shattering like I thought it would be when they announced it. I didn’t even know you could play opera on instruments, I thought it was something you did with your voice, and singing. I also learned that a coronet is a song which sounds very royal, it sounded as if I was walking in a castle, at a ball or a formal party.
I had many favorite parts to this performance. Overall, I enjoyed how they played in sync, with beautiful tone, and how well the performance was. However, the part when they played Bohemian Rhapsody was my favorite by far, but it also contained my least favorite part. The song has been one of my favorites since my childhood, so I immediately liked it. The song was accurate for the most part, but some places sounded too quiet compared to the real song, or too loud. Some of the tones I heard were not the same either, but it still sounded fantastic. There was very little to scrutinize in their performance, but the one thing I would say that I disliked was the trumpets at some times. The trumpets sounded great on the fast notes, but in the Bohemian Rhapsody, the guy(who did not say his name) played way too loud, and it ended up hurting my ears even. The performance was pleasing to hear, and if I had the chance, I would hear it again!