Sentence examples for concert off from inspiring English sources

Viva Viva kicked the concert off with their mix of lo-fi grittiness and stripped down rock 'n roll stylings, only to have us realize afterwards, when Black Bananas hit the stage, what rock 'n roll is really all about—having long, flow-y hair filled with musical secrets.

Anthony's concert, "Off to Broadway," at Madison Square Garden sold out and the cast of "The Capeman" came to see his farewell performance.

Mr. Parks, one of pop music's notable eccentrics, got the concert off to a shaky start with a chaotic arrangement of "Let's Face the Music and Dance" that sounded like an orchestra tuning up.

So Percussion got its concert off to a clangorous start with Dennis Desantis's "Shifty," a work built of the hard sounds of struck brake drums, the bass drums of trap sets and bongos played with sticks rather than with the hands.

Tweeting, taking pictures, texting - is anything audience members might do at a concert off-limits for you - where you'd put down your baton and walk off?

A few parts of Friday's concert came off beautifully, and a few more felt respectfully undercooked.

So on to Sunday afternoon and a free concert kicking off a daylong open house at the hall.

The centenary of his birth falls next year, and this concert kicked off the South Bank's tribute.

The stunning concert, spun off from his spare voice-and-piano album, "Simply Broadway," was a benefit for the Actors Fund, of which Mr. Mitchell is the chairman.

The concert got off to an underwhelming start with bits and pieces of Verdi's I masnadieri and Luisa Miller trotted out by husband-and-wife team Nicolas Testé and Diana Damrau.

The Congress Theatre concert started off strong: Berry serenaded the standing-room crowd with hits such as Roll Over Beethoven, School Days and Sweet Little Sixteen.