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Concert Review

The Asphalt Orchestra is a band with 12 musicians who play brass (horns of all kinds), woodwind (flutes and clarinets), and percussion (drums, cymbals) instruments. The musicians are very talented and the music they play makes the people listening very happy. But more than that, the main thing about the Asphalt Orchestra gets right up next to their audience. They took the word "asphalt" for their name because that is often where they play -- on the street and weaving in and out of the crowds of people listening to them. Asphalt Orchestra is a "street band" that parades around while having as much fun and creating as much sound as a marching band at half-time. And they are really, really good musicians -- it is hard to walk around through crowds and play great music at the same time.

The band has not been together for a long time. The first performances of Asphalt Orchestra were in the summer of 2009 and the summer of 2010 in New York. The band played outdoors at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. After that, the Asphalt Orchestra played in many places across the United States and Canada.

An article in The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Asphalt Orchestra plays music that will surprise the audience. The music may be so different because the musicians all have different backgrounds. Some of the musicians in the Asphalt Orchestra have played rock music, other musicians have played jazz, and some of the musicians have played classical music. All these musicians playing together make a very unique sound. Here is an example of the kinds of music that the musicians in the Asphalt Orchestra bring together: Frank Zappa rock, Swedish metal band Meshuggah, pop music from Bjork, jazz from Charles Mingus, and music written just for the Asphalt Orchestra by Yoko Ono and David Byrne of the group called Talking Heads. If it seems like a lot of different music styles to combine, it is -- and it really shows the talent of the Asphalt Orchestra musicians.

A new album called just "Asphalt Orchestra" can be bought on iTunes. Some of the songs on the album include a jazz piece called "Hyper-Ballad" and an electric-metal piece called "Electric Red." But the best way to listen to Asphalt Orchestra is to hear and see them play live. Asphalt Orchestra really knows how to entertain their listeners -- they are a fun and funny group of very talented musicians.

Asphalt Orchestra played in Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College on the evening of October 5, 2011. I learned how hard it is to sit still when the Asphalt Orchestra is playing. Everyone wants to keep time to the music. People tap their feet, clap their hands, and move to the music. Since the band played at a college, most of the people were actually students at Keene State College or were the same age as university students.

Keene State College is located in a small New Hampshire city that likes cultural programs. There is a strong music education program at Keene State College. People from the city like to attend the programs at the college so concerts are often a sell-out. Every seat was sold for the Asphalt Orchestra concert.

Advertisements for the Asphalt Orchestra program said that the concert would be fun with many unexpected and new parts. Asphalt Orchestra has a big group of followers and they were in the audience at the concert. The audience cheered and clapped for the Asphalt Orchestra musicians from the very first musical note that was played. Everyone -- young people and older people -- who came to hear the Asphalt Orchestra play on that night gave all of their attention to the music.