Program Selections

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

10:00 AM and 12:00 Noon

The Sesquicentennial of the start of the Civil War

and a Tribute to Veterans Day

(PROGRAM from the following:)

                     

                   

Echoes of the 1860s

Donald Hunsberger

To Heal a Nation

Gettysburg Address

James Hosay

Variations On America

Charles Ives

Salute to the Armed Services

arr. Richard Hayman

                                                     The Stars and Stripes Forever March                                                  John Phillip Sousa

   

    Primarily there are three things that fight for our attention when we listen to music - the melody, the rhythm and the harmony, but there are many other things such as dynamics, tempo and the use of instrumentation that also affect our reaction to the music we hear. All of the music on today’s program is descriptive of something – be it a place, a thing, an event, an emotion or mood. We will explore and analyze the various ways these composers used the elements, or building blocks of music to help create an image of something as we listen to music that is descriptive.