2007-03-22 13:59:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
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2007-03-23 04:18:34 · update #1
I went into a department store in Norway when I was on holiday there. There was a piano in one corner.....nobody around....so I sat down and started to play. I was facing a wall. I finished in a 'blaze of glory' with a piece of Bach.....and then the applause started. There must have been 300 people who had quietly gathered behind me....and I never heard/saw a thing....I guess I was concentrating on the music. It was fun!
2007-03-22 14:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by levatorlux 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was in my early 20's I sang in the finals of a BC vocals competition. I have memory problems so I can no longer tell you the name of the song. what I can tell you is I was first up by draw and something went wrong with the sound system. I kept going though I could not move from the spot I was on or tremendous feedback would occur. When I finished my performance, I got a standing ovation. I will never forget that, nor the feeling that came with it. BTW I took second place in the judging as well, (the only prize was for first place, however) but that was nothing compared to how it felt. They fixed the problem before the next performer was up.
2007-03-22 21:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was closing Evita and had played Eva. I put six months of research in to this character/real person and had worked another 2 months on the music so that I could find out how Che and Eva are related (I actually believe they are the same person). We had just gone through the 9/11 attacks a week and a half before closing and were collecting for the NYC Fire Department. I came out after my final death scene to this massive standing ovation (it's not like a never had one before but this felt so different) and just started sobbing. I was literally doubled over. Mind you, I had been performing for over 15 years but the show had a different poignancy after 9/11. I had to announce our collection before the patron's left the theatre so as soon as I started to speak I just said "I'm a mess....." Everyone laughed and donated very generously.
It was incredible.
2007-03-23 09:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by Yogini 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Finishing my Wind Ensemble's concert at the 2006 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. There were thousands of music educators from around the world just packed into this ballroom hearing us play, and they gave us a 6 minute standing ovation. I will NEVER forget it.
2007-03-23 00:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a piece of music I composed performed by the string orchestra of my alma mater. Even though the audience was mostly supporters of the soloist, who was my junior, I felt that they were cheering me as well as her. When she looked good onstage, I looked good offstage.
2007-03-23 08:50:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Graduating.
2007-03-22 21:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by b97st 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I scored the winning goal for scotland schoolboys against england at ibrox in front of 20.000 people in 1985.
2007-03-22 21:07:10 · answer #7 · answered by gary r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋