2008 Woodie Awards
Music department provides alternative
Jimmy Faseler
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Gallery
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The Southwest Baptist University Department of Music held a concert unlike any other in Pike Auditorium Tuesday, April 24.
The lights were dim, as usual; the podiums and piano were sitting on stage, just like any other night. But this time something was different, everything seemed so relaxed, there was no sense of tension, no uncomfortable feeling one gets when sitting in an uptight concert. No, this night was fun and simple.
The relaxed setting was represented by the performer's comfortable dress, as compared to the typical tuxedo and black dress.
The idea was to mix music people shared and enjoyed along with music composed by SBU's own faculty and students. The cherry on top was the media slide show during each performance to aid in the mood the music is attempting to create.
The first song of the night was senior Chie Komamiya's piece entitled "Sorezoreno Namida," which means "Different kinds of tears."
While this very beautiful and complicated piano piece was being performed, video clips of Komamiya's favorite anime movies were displayed on the two projector screens on each side of the stage. The anime movies being displayed were what Komamiya credited as inspiration for her piece.
I was most impressed with how complicated and beautiful the piece was, by the end of the song, performer Tammie Kelley let out a huge sigh of relief for getting through the entire piece.
The next piece, "Contrapunctus I" from The Art of Fugue by Johan Sebastian Bach, was performed by the SBU Brass Ensemble. While the song was playing, a slide show of factual and historical information of Bach was displayed.
After Bach's "Contrapunctus I," Dr. William Brown, dean of Geneva Casebolt of Music Arts and Letters and senior professor of music, performed another piece by Bach called "Invention in A Minor" on the harpsichord.
While Brown was performing the piece by Bach, Department of Music Chair and Professor of Music Dr. Jeff Waters, Coordinator of Music Theory and Professor of Music Dr. Renee Waters, Marc Baker and Bolivar High School Director of Bands Steve McClard, waited patiently for the end of "Invention in A Minor."
The lights were dim, as usual; the podiums and piano were sitting on stage, just like any other night. But this time something was different, everything seemed so relaxed, there was no sense of tension, no uncomfortable feeling one gets when sitting in an uptight concert. No, this night was fun and simple.
The relaxed setting was represented by the performer's comfortable dress, as compared to the typical tuxedo and black dress.
The idea was to mix music people shared and enjoyed along with music composed by SBU's own faculty and students. The cherry on top was the media slide show during each performance to aid in the mood the music is attempting to create.
The first song of the night was senior Chie Komamiya's piece entitled "Sorezoreno Namida," which means "Different kinds of tears."
While this very beautiful and complicated piano piece was being performed, video clips of Komamiya's favorite anime movies were displayed on the two projector screens on each side of the stage. The anime movies being displayed were what Komamiya credited as inspiration for her piece.
I was most impressed with how complicated and beautiful the piece was, by the end of the song, performer Tammie Kelley let out a huge sigh of relief for getting through the entire piece.
The next piece, "Contrapunctus I" from The Art of Fugue by Johan Sebastian Bach, was performed by the SBU Brass Ensemble. While the song was playing, a slide show of factual and historical information of Bach was displayed.
After Bach's "Contrapunctus I," Dr. William Brown, dean of Geneva Casebolt of Music Arts and Letters and senior professor of music, performed another piece by Bach called "Invention in A Minor" on the harpsichord.
While Brown was performing the piece by Bach, Department of Music Chair and Professor of Music Dr. Jeff Waters, Coordinator of Music Theory and Professor of Music Dr. Renee Waters, Marc Baker and Bolivar High School Director of Bands Steve McClard, waited patiently for the end of "Invention in A Minor."
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