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Concert Observation Essay

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I had never been to a musical performance quite like this before. I had only seen an organ once at the Tabernacle Church in Utah, but had never heard it played before. I also had never heard a harp in person. This concert was a new experience for me.
The concert began with a pianist, Eric Paricio. Eric played three selected movements from Courage of Creation: passion, possibilities, and overcome. Passion was a crescendo dynamic piece. It began with a soft piano sound and gradually got louder. The tempo of the piece also changed throughout, it began with a largo temp and gradually moved to a presto tempo. Towards the end there was a decrescendo sound and the tempo also mellowed out. Passion reminded me of a piece that would be played at an elegant event. The next piece was called Possibilities. This piece had vivo tempo. It also had a crescendo dynamic. The third piece, Overcome was much like the other two pieces, the tempo was always changing on the spectrum gradually from largo to vivo. While watching, Eric preform …show more content…

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