Friday, April 9, 2010

First for Me and First for BYU

Last night our family was invited to the Amanecer String Quartet concert at the Karl Maesar building at BYU. Our friend Sini-Tuulia studies violin at BYU and is part of the quartet. Unfortunately, I was the only one who could attend the concert.

When I arrived at the Karl Maesar building, I realized that even though I had studied for 5 years at BYU, and a couple of years right next door to the building, and had taken multiple tests at the testing center that was also right next door, that I had never stepped inside the Maesar building before. That was truly a "first" for me.

I climbed to the 3rd floor to the balcony of the lecture hall where the concert was going to be. I settled in my seat so I could see better to down below. The program indicated that we would be hearing Jean Sibelius' "String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56" and David Balakrishnan's "Spider Dreams".

Before the concert started, we were told that this was a first for BYU when a string quartet also included a drummer. The drummer came in when the jazz portion of the concert started with Spider Dreams.

It was an incredible concert and it was great to see Sini-Tuulia in full action. What a talent! The other ladies and the drummer were excellent as well.


Sini-Tuulia is the blonde on the left.

3 comments:

Dianne said...

Wow! Look how close you are! Was the music familiar to you? I love classical music especially when it is a little familiar. Thanks forcoming today. The pictures we took didn't turn out very well. I'll see if I can get a decent one out of the bunch.

Amber said...

I love how you are doing all these culture building activities!

Katie said...

The Maeser building is one of my favorites. I got ti go to church there one year. I'm glad you enjoyed the concert!