I am always one for supporting my fellow students, musicians, and artists when it comes to performances and shows.  Ever since last year’s Dominant 7 concert featuring student composers, I’ve had a new found respect for music composition.  Talking to my peers in the music program at the Aaron Copland School of Music, I’ve come to realize exactly how rigorous a music career is, and how complex the writing process can be.  Tonight’s concert, presented by the Queens College New Music Group, featuring Talujon (a professional percussion ensemble) did not disappoint!  The group mentored Queens College composition students for the past several weeks of this semester, culminating with the amazing feat of writing sixteen phenomenal works of art!  I was, yet again, blown away by the talented musicians and composers that my school fosters. Continue Reading »

LeFrak Concert Hall’s tracker organ is not merely a pretty backdrop for band and orchestra concerts, operas, and choirs.  With 49 pipe groupings, each containing 56 notes, the musical giant hides 2744 pipes behind it’s decoratively elaborate exterior!  Having only heard this particular instrument once, accompanying a Woman’s Choir concert, I was excited to see the American Guild of Organists‘ flier hanging around the Aaron Copland School of Music, inviting everyone to a concert dedicated to organ music composed by J.S. Bach.

John A. Wolfe
Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541

Janet Chung
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530
Vivace
Lento
Allegro

Joyce Chen
Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 879
From the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547

Eric Birk
Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529
Allegro
Largo
Allegro

Noriko Kumada
Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552
From the Claveir-Übung III Continue Reading »