SHENECA SHARPE
Staff Writer
Rosch Recital Hall has begun the annual Constellation Concert Series during which students and community members alike could enjoy Fredonia’s own performing special classical pieces.
With instruments ranging from the piano to the bowed vibraphone, the performances showcased the range of skill these students possess. It was not just the students who performed but also their professors, who gave the audience a special treat working alongside their students.
“Everyone was phenomenal. It’s really hard to single out anything because all of the performances blended together really well,” said Kimberly Gernatt, a junior economics major.
Even though the pieces were completely different from each other and were performed with completely separate instruments, there was a sense of harmony and flow throughout the evening.
“My favorite pieces were the sax ensemble and the silent movie piece. The sax ensemble always brings their best to every performance,” said Gernatt.
The Charlie Chaplin “silent movie piece” was a surprise, with professor Roderick MacDonald performing on cornet and professor James Welch on the piano alongside the film “The Circus.”
It was an amazing decision to perform live music to a silent film because usually in classical music performances, there are certain unwritten rules that you have to follow, and one of those rules is to not speak during a performance. During this specific performance everybody could not help but laugh at Charlie Chaplin’s silly, troublemaking antics. Rules were broken that night in the spirit of fun, and the live music just made it so much better.
“I liked all of the variety of the pieces that they performed, and they were all extremely talented. My favorite performance would have to be ‘Sonata in G minor.’ I’m a huge fan of Bach, and the person who performed the piece, David Rose, is my professor,” said Tess Kremer, a freshman music education major with a concentration in viola.
It gives testament on how talented not only the professors are, but the students as well. Most of the students are not even graduating yet, and the skill set that they showed that night was inspiring.