Concert Report Form
Name: Ngoc Vu Student ID#: W208645469
1. DATE OF ACCESS to the video:
2. URL: HCC Honor Recital 2023
3. TYPE OF MUSIC Symphony, Opera, Jazz, Soloist, Concert Band, Musical
Theater, Ballet etc.): Student Concert
4. TITLE of the Performance: Honor Recital Spring 2023
5. TITLE(s) of the piece(s) and composer(s):
Tu, solo tu – Felipe Valdes Leal
Prelude – J.S. Bach
Porqui mi reveillor – Jules Messenet
Intermezzo – Johannes Brahms
Nina – Giovanni Pergolesi
Andante et Bolero – Jules Demerssen
Alma Mia – Georg Frederich Handel
Will There Really Be a Morning? – Ricky lan Gordon/Emily Dickinson
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Arlen/Yarburg arr. Takemetsu
Senza Mama – Giacomo Puccini
Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9 – Alexander Scriabin
I Could Have Danced All Night – Lerner/Lowe
6. PERFORMERS (or organization: Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera,
etc.)
- Amaris Smith (soprano), Jeffrey Zavala (Alto Saxophone), Robert Liu (Tenor),
Hoang Nguyen (Piano), Jaylon Morgan (Tenor), Carlos Perez (Alto Saxophone),
Cheyann Latouche (Soprano), Jui Chai (Soprano), Phillip Zimmerle (Guitar),
Cbristen Caldwell (Soprano), Loc Nguyen (Piano), Melissa Gultan (Soprano)
7. STYLE OF MUSIC (Jazz, Classical, Heavy Metal, etc.)
- Classical
8. Duration of Performance: 2 hours
9. Type of Venue (check one) : Concert Theater
10. Usage of Stage (please sketch and briefly describe) N/A
11. Was there a conductor? If yes, how did the conductor communicate with the
performers? If no, how did the performers communicate with each other?
- This is a solo performance so there was not any conductor.
12. How did the audience respond to the performance?
The performance was well-observed and enjoyed by the audience.
13. How was the overall performance? (Describe in detail)
The performance was excellent, most of the performers prepared the
piece very well. Also, I was impressed by how the vocalists and saxophone work
very well with the new accompanist. Since we changed the accompanist very last
minute, not everyone get to rehearse with him as much but they still did an
excellent job.
14. Describe some improvements you would like to make if you were the director of
the performance.
The performance was amazing, everyone did marvelous job in my
opinion. The only improvements I think the students need is to not rush into the
piece too much because later on, they will tend to speed up and it will get out of
control easily. Also, every performer will make mistakes here and there, it is very
important to know where to pick ourselves back up after mistakes after all.
15. Write a summary of the composer and the piece performed in the concert. If there
are multiple composers and pieces, please select the one you favored the most.
(Research and Reference is required.) Please use the HCC Library online
database “Oxford Music Online.” DO NOT LEAVE THIS BLANK! It’s the
most important part of your report.
My favorite piece was I Could Have Danced All Night by Lerner/Lowe,
and this song appeared in the original film “My Fair Lady” film where the music
written by Frederick Loewe and lyric by A.J Lerner and release in 1956. The first
person to perform this song was Julie Andrews in the original film My Fair Lady.
There are multiple versions of recording by famous artists such as Ben E. King,
Frank Sinatra, Sylvia Syms, etc. and many actresses have also sung the song as a
stage version such as, Lauren Ambrose, Laura M. Kelly, Lisa O’Hare, etc. From
the film, we get the idea that despite the manipulations of a small-minded man,
their musical purpose is about a strong woman trying to retain her identity
despite a small-minded man attempting to control her. In the song, it was about
Eliza Doolittle expressing her excitement after an impromptu dance with her
professor Henry Higgins. However, in the film it was quite the opposite. Higgins
lets Eliza dance with Zoltan Karpathy and then later she feels ignored by Higgins
and acknowledges that he only finds her when he needs her, so she decided to
leave with Freddy, the one who actually loves her and make her feel like a lady.
In this song, Melissa did an amazing job in expressing Eliza’s excitement
after the dance, and I can clearly see her personality resonated through her
character as Eliza.
16. Reflections/Comments
N/A
17. Questions
N/A
