Blog #6: Vox Arcana Performance

  The performance on Tuesday was really good and very interesting.  Vox Arcana did not sound very jazz to me, but that is what they are considered.  There was one song that they played that had more of a swing rhythm to it.  All of the songs had a different feel to them though, and they never sounded like the same thing.  Jazz musicians try to do different things and be unique without ever doing the same thing over again.  There were many times when I was reminded of John Cage during their performance.  Some of their compositions did not have much of a rhythm at first, and many of the people we have discussed in class might not coinsider it music like John Cage would.  I could definitely hear other cultures musical influence in some of their music.  I really liked that the drummer used different instruments to play the drum and moved around to play the large xylophone as well.  It was very different, and I have never seen that used in a musical performance other than the ones I put on with my class in elementary school.  The cello was really neat to hear as well and all of the musicians seemed like they really enjoyed playing and just wanted to share their music with all who wanted to hear it.