Undoubtedly Chaos
Last night's Chaos Theory performance at Nazareth Academy seems to have drawn quite a response from the audience.
First off, the musicians gave it everything they had -- the director, Eric Beltran, totally GETS this piece, and he does not shy away from a fortississimo! I don't have any official way to measure it, but I think that last night's performance of Chaos Theory WAS the LOUDEST performance yet. And I think that they really enjoyed playing the piece...
There were quite a few audience members who came up afterwards and were very complimentary of the music and the performance... but there were also quite a few who walked out. Was it too loud? Were they upset? Angered? Scared? Disgusted? I've also heard unconfirmed rumors that there were some pretty irate parents... and another rumor that some people thought that Chaos Theory was "the devil's music".
I would encourage anyone who was at this performance and didn't approve of the piece to please contact me at jimbonney@aol.com, or here on the blog. I would be very interested to hear from you -- I promise you I will be respectful of your thoughts, and thoughtful in my responses.
I want to thank Eric Beltran and the musicians at Nazareth Academy for playing TranZendental Danse of Joi, Courage & Compassion, and Chaos Theory with such heart and conviction, and thank them for allowing me the chance to perform with them.
First off, the musicians gave it everything they had -- the director, Eric Beltran, totally GETS this piece, and he does not shy away from a fortississimo! I don't have any official way to measure it, but I think that last night's performance of Chaos Theory WAS the LOUDEST performance yet. And I think that they really enjoyed playing the piece...
There were quite a few audience members who came up afterwards and were very complimentary of the music and the performance... but there were also quite a few who walked out. Was it too loud? Were they upset? Angered? Scared? Disgusted? I've also heard unconfirmed rumors that there were some pretty irate parents... and another rumor that some people thought that Chaos Theory was "the devil's music".
I would encourage anyone who was at this performance and didn't approve of the piece to please contact me at jimbonney@aol.com, or here on the blog. I would be very interested to hear from you -- I promise you I will be respectful of your thoughts, and thoughtful in my responses.
I want to thank Eric Beltran and the musicians at Nazareth Academy for playing TranZendental Danse of Joi, Courage & Compassion, and Chaos Theory with such heart and conviction, and thank them for allowing me the chance to perform with them.
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Didn't your mother tell you to stay away from diminished fifths?
As one of the horn players of the Nazareth Academy band, I thought the whole concert went extremely well. Whoever thought that it was the devil's music needs a reality check; having teenage kids constantly play Mozart, Bach, and other composers of the era, slowly diminishes the appreciation of music for young people. Now I'm one of few that enjoy those composers, but playing exciting pieces, like Chaos Theory, fuels the mind even more for music appreciation. The people that walked out or didn't like the piece need to see that music is a constantly evolving medium. When the medium changes, so do the people that write the music, as well as the people that enjoy the music. Our generation appreciates creativity and talent like past generations, just in a different way. Instead of violins, we have electric guitars.
I'm reminded of your post here at BCM, Jim:
http://www.bcminternational.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=970
As a parent of one of the band members, I thoroughly enjoyed the concert, especially Jim's compositions. It was such a dynamic perfomance and I would rate it on the level of a John Williams number. (Not everyone appreciated Elvis' music either.) Keep up the fantastic work Jim!
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