Most touring concert equipment is provided by specialised companies that provide both sound and lighting equipment or specialise in one or the other. The decision of selecting companies like this depends on location, performer’s requirement, venue size, and most important budget. The budget usually dictates all decisions and is determined by the popularity of the performers and their ability to attract more and more of an audience. Various organisational roles are involved with the concert production
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I think the only appropriate behavior from the Altamont concert was from the musicians. The audience demonstrated bad behavior at the Altamont concert. They were fueled by LSD and amphetamines and became very antagonistic and unpredictable. They attacked each other, the Angels and the Musicians. LSD is a drug that makes you hallucinate and amphetamine is a drug that makes you act crazy. Drugs are very bad and at a concert can really make you do things that you will regret. One member from the audience
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Concert Review: The Richmond Symphony Orchestra featuring The Richmond Ballet Amber Hisaw Regent University – Music 101 On the evening of Sunday, December 16, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending a concert I’d wanted to see for quite a while. I was delighted to attend Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, performed by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Ballet. The performance took place at Carpenter Theatre in Richmond Virginia. As I entered I felt a bit out of place. I’d never attended
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Bob Jones University had a symphonic wind band that I attended on Friday, February 12, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. The name of the woodwind ensemble was European Travelogue which was of moderate size, and was conducted by Dan Turner. The group of performers collectively played a grand total of 18 different instruments which included the following: Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, English horn, B-Flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium
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On September 25th, 2017 I attended the concert of Evan Mitchell, a well-known pianist from the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. In his recital he played a total of five pieces all ranging from the Baroque Period to the Twentieth Century, it’s this wide variety of music that allow us to have some different insight to the various music styles of that time. For instance, Mitchell’s first piece was that of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor by J.S. Bach. It’s to mention that the first half
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CNN.com Story highlights Albert Maysles was a pioneering documentarian Best-known films include "Gimme Shelter," about Rolling Stones Altamont concert The filmmaker also did "Grey Gardens" (The Hollywood Reporter)—Albert Maysles, who collaborated along with his late brother David in a documentary film career that included the troubling 1970 concert documentary "Gimme Shelter," has died. He was 88. The director and cinematographer, an Oscar nominee, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan of natural
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In today’s society, where people of all classes can freely attend any public concert, the symphony nevertheless seems to attract predominantly middle– and upper–class patrons. Most people consider classical music as an important part of an overall expressional representation for a cultural group; while others regard classical concerts as being the overall sphere of influence to a pretentious élite class of people, and yet there are still those who could express a form of indifference, as classical
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The Williamsburg Symphonia Masterwork Concert #3 was breath taking. This concert was located in the Kimball Theater in Colonial Williamsburg Virginia. The concert of the Williamsburg Symphonia is Janna Hymes. The concert master for the Williamsburg Symphonia is Akemi Takayama. There was three please of music that was selected for this masterwork; the first peace was Symphony in G minor (Murray A42) Antonio Rosetti that was followed by Orchestral Suite: Incidental Music Pellets et Melisande, Op.80
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I attended a small concert on Friday October 13th in Fullerton California at a bar named the Slidebar. The bands that performed were Livication, Special Blend, and the main performance was by Brewfish. These bands are all of the reggae/rock genre with Brewfish also containing a little alternative and pop as well. The Slidebar’s setup is very organized having a stage down a hall in the back room separated from the bar, which makes for a decently spacious event for a bar. The Slidebar’s purpose was
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Sina Valizadeh Concert Report 2 03/19/14 Classical Music Concert Report The concert took place in Balboa Park at Spreckels Organ. I was there for about an hour and they played 7 songs. #1: Jared Jacobsen: Toccata from Symphony No.5, Opus 42 from Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) From the start of the song tempo was presto. It has a 1,2 rhythm and it is very simple overall until it goes toward the end of a song and you hear more different melodies. it had an amazing finishing. during the middle
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