40th Anniversary of UT Dallas Concert

The UT Dallas Music Faculty Concert pulled off a thrilling performance last Friday night. Though the weather was a bit chilly, that did not stop some students from attending. The students seemed to have enjoyed it as well based upon how frantic their applause were. There was a wide variety sounds that I never would of expected to come from Latin music. Ranging from the eerie distortions from The All-Purpose Rag to the smooth sound of How Insensitive.
The Tango di Tango was the last piece they performed for the night. Before they played the tune, they informed us how this type of music consider a taboo for some religions many years ago. From what I heard that night, I can see how someone feel "dirty" listening to this form of music. The song felt like the violin had the main lead and the piano supported the melody while the accordion kept up with a slow, monotonous pitch throughout the piece. Most of the song was loose and kept the violin player from overthrowing the piano piece.
The students remained stiff throughout each piece that played until the violinist got off stage and plucked the string into some random student's face during the Jig. Everyone had a hearty laugh afterward and swiftly reverted back to their natural state. I like that they portrayed well their love for music and as well in their enthusiastic audience.