Post 3-Faculty Performance

The song from the performance I chose was how insensitive and Lamento, and I chose this for several reasons. Going from the outside in, I'll start with the time and space. The UTD auditorium, although fairly small, has excellent acoustic which brings the music to you louder and with greater ‘life’. The stage is completely surrounded with wood which reflects sound very well and helps project the sound waves. The lighting is also very bright so it is easy to see the musicians without the distraction of flashes and strobes. Moving to the audience, the majority of the audience in this performance consisted of students who were at the show not by choice but were there mandatorily. This brought many people into the audience who did not care for the show and clearly did not have any respect for it either. People were talking constantly and showed no respect for the other people in the auditorium or the musicians. This song also came right before the intermission, and, after the intermission, approximately half of the auditorium had emptied. It is very hard for anyone to actually pay attention to the music when so much is going on in the audience. That said, the song was still a loud, vibrant one. With piano, electric guitar, bass, and drums, it was a fast paced cycle of a mix of jazz and Latin music cultures. One could tell that the musicians playing the song had very different personalities: the guitarist and drummer were very enthusiastic and moved about during the song (even though they were seated) while the pianist and the bass player were more silent with their body movements.