Jeffry Hutabarat

Rossette, J

Music Appreciation

22 March 2018

39th Annual Dr. Lawrence R. Sutherland Wind Festival

3/18/18 through 3/21/2018

I had never really been to a big concert that involve so many middle high schooler and

high schooler. About weeks before the concert I got some information about it, but really didn't

think much of it cost me about $5 to get in as student. I talked with a friend of mine about the

Concert band in Fresno State and we all casually decided to go get tickets for it. Little did I know

what an spectacular time I would have. Yosia and myself arrived at the Fresno State College of

Arts and Humanities building. We arrived about half an hour early so the place was just starting

to fill up with High School student carries instruments. As I walked closer and closer to gate they

make us pay $2 for the program and told us we can sit whenever we want. I noticed inside the

hall above us where we are sitting all the Director of Band from all over High School and

Colleges from different State.

List first 5 Concerts that we are listening before we take a break for lunch. 1st Concert start at

8:30 am from John F. Kennedy Junior High School Symphonic Band conductor by Michelle

Schofield. List of music they played: “Sandy Bay March” writer by Bryan West, “Salvation is

Created” writer by Michael Brown and “Cyclone” by Michael Oare. Second Concert start at 9:00

am from Hanford High School Concert Band conductor by Janet Levine. List of music they
played: “Travelin’ Music” by Robert Sheldon, “Such Small Things” by Narthan Daughtrey and

“Foundry” by John Mackey. Third Concert start at 9:30 am from Bullard High School

Symphonic Band conductor by Barb Shinaver. List of Song they played: “Onward” by Gary P.

Gilroy, “Horkstow Grange” by Percy Aldridge Grainger, arr. Michael Sweeney and “Encanto”

by Robert W. Smith. Fourth Concert start 10:10 am from Selma High School School Wind

Ensemble conductor by Alex Lima. List of songs they played: “Fanfare and Flourshes” by James

Curnow, “Rippling Watercolors” by Brian Balmanges and “Spitfire” by Gary P. Gilroy. Fifth

Concert start 10:50am from Kingsburg High School Wind Ensemble conductor by Michael

Schofield. List of songs they played: “The Redwoods” by Rossano Galante, “Pacem” by Robert

Spittal and “Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo” by Malcom Arnold, arr. John Paynter divided into 3

part (Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo) and “Homeward Bound” by John Philip Sousa, ed. Loras

John Schissel. After we come back from lunch we continue listened 2 other concerts. Sixth

Concert start 1:30pm from Clovis East High School Wind Ensemble conductor by Shannon

Weber. List of songs they played: “Divertimento for Band” by Vincent Persichetti divided into 6

parts (Prologue, Song, Dance, Bulesque, Solilquy and March), “Sheltering Sky” by John Mackey

and “Bayou Breakdown” by Brant Karrick. The last concert we listened that day start at 20:10pm

from Sunnyside High School Wind Symphony conductor by Michael Angel.

In my opinion throughout 7 Concert Band that I observed, concert from Sunnyside High

School Wind Symphony is best performance when they played Variations on Korean Folk Song

by John Barnes Chance. The piece starts with a slow tempo flute soloist and followed by tringle

with clarinet and flute section playing the melody. The next piece starts with fast tempo where a

combination music instrument of clarinet and trumpets and joined by the rest of the band. The

Larghetto piece start with soloist of flute with a slow tempo and become duet of flutes. The last
piece which is Allegro con brio is fast tempo where the trumpets leading with the rest of the

band. The piece start with fast tempo goes to slow tempo and ended with fast tempo.

At the end of my experience from the concert makes me feel uplifted, contented, and can

improve my mood that day. Listening to the music carries me through varies feelings, such as

happiness, excited, sad, and depressed.