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Symphony Orchestra shows heroes are still among us
Eric Nigosanti
Issue date: 10/13/08 Section: Focus
"I enjoyed the piece a lot," said Chris Novac, a 5th-semester finance major. "It is amazing that the university is so involved with a story like this."
Others were also impressed by both the performance and the story, like Konstantine Miraliotis, a 3rd-semester nutrition major.
"It is a great and wonderful story," said Miraliotis. "It is not often that people sit down and listen to an old man's story anymore."
The Symphony Orchestra did an equally wonderful job with the other two pieces they performed that night. The opening piece, "Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey" by Wagner, proved a good introduction to the band as it started on the bottom with the lower strings and eventually section by section entered, culminating with the trumpets. The other piece was "The Firebird Suite" by Stravinsky, which was in six movements.
Overall, the strong performance by the Symphony Orchestra and the enjoyable pieces showed that heroes and heroism are always worth celebrating.
Others were also impressed by both the performance and the story, like Konstantine Miraliotis, a 3rd-semester nutrition major.
"It is a great and wonderful story," said Miraliotis. "It is not often that people sit down and listen to an old man's story anymore."
The Symphony Orchestra did an equally wonderful job with the other two pieces they performed that night. The opening piece, "Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey" by Wagner, proved a good introduction to the band as it started on the bottom with the lower strings and eventually section by section entered, culminating with the trumpets. The other piece was "The Firebird Suite" by Stravinsky, which was in six movements.
Overall, the strong performance by the Symphony Orchestra and the enjoyable pieces showed that heroes and heroism are always worth celebrating.
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Ronald
posted 10/16/08 @ 9:50 AM EST
Of course it is not like your average high school concert band. IT IS AN ORCHESTRA. Seriously, was the author of this article even at the concert, or did he have someone else take notes for him?
Also, the author refrences the orchestra as a band later in the article. (Continued…)
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