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media type="file" key="vittoren_hawksgame.mp3" width="240" height="20"__Hockey Preview__: This song is about my first Chicago Blackhawks hockey game last March. My cousins got tickets, so I got to go to my first game with them! The minor section describes the defeat to Colorado, 4-1, but I still had a great time at my first game. We took an hour and a half car ride to the United Center, and traffic took up most of that time. It seemed that everyone near the arena was wearing Blackhawks red. My day at the United Center was a day I will never forget.

__//Hockey Introduction//__: This is a pure introduction to the symphony. It features clean notes from the winds, and there is a steady drumbeat in the background. For a few measures, you hear me, an inexperienced pianist, playing a short improv. along with the other sounds. The tempo was slow, but it was in a major key. I hope you hear a sustained harmony because on the solo, I played a B- flat at the start of the phrase when the background instruments correspond. The winds are the main instruments used, as they are used throughout the entire song, as the percussion ends early. It quickly ends with an expression of continuation, which was what I am using for the following movements. media type="file" key="Hockey symphony- pt. 1.mp3" width="240" height="20"

media type="file" key="Hockey game.mp3" width="240" height="20" __Hockey Game:__ This is the 2nd symphony about when the game actually started. Other than the disappointment of my fandom, the game itself was very cool to watch. I saw two competitive teams that gave their best efforts for sixty minutes, and the atmosphere of the game showed just how strategic it is on the ice and how passionate the fans were in the seats. The music of it was supposed to be a flowing style of some electronic instruments that created an upbeat rhythm. This especially applies near the end, where you hear different kits at a forte. I tried to add a sound for the phrases near the end. Various sounds were grouped together as the piece progressed. .media type="file" key="Losing.mp3" width="240" height="20" __Losing:__ In the 3rd movement, the fading energy is recognized as the Blackhawks lost the game here. I used guitars to start the piece, and drums entered about halfway through the piece. I used string instruments at the very end with near ritardando dynamics, and the piece dragged on toward the finish. I tried to get this to emphasize the bitter loss in my very first game in Chicago. There is a build up near the end that involves the piano. Regardless of the outcome, I had fun at the game.