Blog Post #3

After attending "An Evening of Latin Music" Friday night I have chosen to write about the first song group, Suite. The music was written by a French composer with a Latin theme. It's function would be Art or Classical because it is more about the expression than trying to sell it commercially and it was created by a professional. The piano was mainly used as an accompaniment and for the harmony. The clarinet and violin took turns playing the melody. In different parts one took the melody and the other accompanied, other parts they both played the melody (homophony), they both played the same melody but at different times or with different ornamentation (heterophony) and in other places they each played different melodies(polyphony). The performers were teachers at the University of Texas at Dallas. They were less formal with their performance (ie interacting with the crowd, telling jokes, etc) than say a professional orchestra. The audience was made up of mostly UTD students, mostly from arts classes completing the requirements set forth by their teachers. There were several older audience members, presumably other teachers, family members and friends. I do not recall seeing any children attending the performance. It was a Friday night in a relatively small theatre and it was almost full. It was a suggested donation concert, and I believe if it would have been a "pay for admission" event then there would be a lot fewer students attending and perhaps more people from the community or the more dedicated music lovers.