part tw of concert review

involved their bodies as well, which I really liked. She seemed to have a very contemporary approach to her music. As the title was raise the roof, you could actually hear what she meant for you to which were people gathering to “raise the roof” and it was quite interesting how music can literally draw a picture for you of what the artist “sees”. It may be that I am a strong feminist, but this was my favorite piece and I think it is not only because she is a woman, but also because it is out of the ordinary. It wasn’t just the brass instruments anymore; it actually involved all aspects of the musician in order to create this piece. After the woman section of the concert here was intermission, and after the intermission there was a part the men in the quintet called the beer portion, because Eric Ewazen was said to be drinking a lot of beer when he composed this piece, naming each movement after a new pub he visited.
Titled the Colchester Fantasy, each of his four movements were named after a pub in which he visited, and you can actually hear how differently he felt in each new surrounding. Some of the movements were joyous and others soft and smooth. Depending upon how he felt in the environment altered the music in which he composed. For instance one piece seemed extremely upbeat and happy, while another seemed to be more relaxed. His pieces all seemed to be so unique, yet they all had the same underlying tones which makes his music even more enjoyable. The last piece titled “Suite Recife” by Jose Ursino da Silva, also known as “Duda”, has five movements each titled with a woman’s name. Duda seemed to be a lover to most of these women and through his music you could actually tell who he was more intimate with as well as those who he seemed not to be in love with. For instance the first movement seemed so loving almost like he was longing for her and he really seemed to love this woman. Whereas in the third movement he seemed