Camille+M

Musical Scenery

My family and I walked through a large market in Mexico City. Bright, vibrant colors splashed the scene. Hot pink, firey red, cool turqouise, and lemon yellow surrounded us. The spicy smell of Mexican food was thick in the air, as well as the warmth of the sun. Hundreds of people were crowded together in the market, and many were shouting loudly in Spanish, "Cuanto?" "Que quieres?" At every turn there were things for sale, everything from backpacks to corn cakes, wallets to watermelon. Some vendors even had mariachi music playing from portable boom boxes, with blaring trumpets and smooth guitars. The market was lively, busy, and beautiful. media type="file" key="michelotti_Musical Scenery 1.mp3" Symphony


 * For my symphony, I originally wanted to do a mix of classical and modern music. However, I decided to go in a completely different direction. I really like low instruments, so my new theme is going to incorporate lower tones. I want to have a warmer, deeper effect in my symphony. In many pieces, instruments in the lower register do not have the melody and often have repetitive and, for lack of a better word, //lame// bass lines. In my symphony, I gave lower instruments a chance to shine.**

 My first movement starts out with a round effect. You can hear different octaves of strings starting the sames melody line at different times. This is an introduction to the bass section. I wanted this to be sort of like a bass concerto, in that the other instruments back up and support the bass soloist. This movement also incorporates the rondo form, because it starts with the string melody and switches back and forth from a different bass solo to the familiar string melody. media type="file" key="revisedmichelotti_mvt1smphony.mp3"

This is my second movement in my symphony. It incorporates the low instrument theme, with a lot of bass lines. Also, you can hear some guitar as well. This movement, similar to the first movement, incorporates the rondo form because it goes from the repeated guitar line, heard in the beginning of the piece to several different low instruments, including low mallets and an upright bass. I added the mallets to give some textural interest to the music, because it easily cuts through the string sound and is very diverse from the guitar and bass. This movement is relaxed and laid back. media type="file" key="michelotti_mvt2.mp3" My third movement is the dance movement. The beginning starts with a strumming bass and then continues with a steady beat to keep the tempo moving. There is a small introduction to the melody played by the guitar, and then the melody is heard in the bass and then handed off to the low woodwinds. This continues back and forth until there is a key change. This creates a balance in the movement and a good finale for the piece. To sum up the movement, the bass and steady beat finish the movement. media type="file" key="michelotti_mvt3 1.mp3"