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Concert Review and Homework Formatting Guidelines: Concert Report: Failure to comply with the standard formatting will result in an automatic drop of 3 points. Use paragraphs to separate central ideas. Make sure your paper is well organized, written in clear, concise language, and free of spelling and grammatical errors. Make sure your paper contains proper citations for outside resources, including notes from lectures. Poor spelling and sloppy formatting will also affect your grade. (Concert Reviews should be approx. 2 pages in length (around 500 words)
The objective of this assignment is to encourage you to think analytically about the music,
the experience of the performers and audience members, and the larger aesthetic, social, or
political context of the performance. Your reading, listening, and class work should inform
your observations. Do not simply guess at what you are hearing. As you write, think about how to convey these various elements of the performance to someone who was not there. In particular, help them to understand why this performance was important.
The reviews, WRITTEN IN ESSAY FORM, should include:
A) Who performed? Include the name of the performer or group
B) The type and style of music you heard
C) The location, time and length of the performance The type of event (concert, church service, etc.); and the admission price.
D) Context
? Describe the physical and social environment of the performance.
? Is it indoors or outdoors?
? How do the performers and audience fill and use the space?
? Is this a place devoted solely to performance?
? If it is built to serve other purposes as well, how does that affect the performance?
? How would you classify the overall ?feel? of the space: luxurious, utilitarian, seedy?
E) Purpose
? What are the intended purposes of the performance? For example: community outreach, cultural education, dancing, listening enjoyment, political protest, socializing, or religious worship.
? Why are people (musicians and audience) there? Are the musicians performing for pay, for practice, to show off their skill? A student ensemble performing in the DVC Performing Arts Center, for instance, differs greatly from a professional band in a club.
? Did the audience come specifically to this event or is it a street performance where people wander by?
F) Observation of the musicians
1. How many musicians
2. Instrumentation
3. Skill level (in your opinion)
4. Interaction between performers
What does each musician contribute? Who is the leader? How do they communicate? If there is dance, how does the dancer interact with the musician/s? Does the dancer also make music?
5. Musical sound
How would you describe the music, its sound, and its style? You may find that it is interesting to focus on a few songs/pieces or aspects of the performance rather than recounting the entire event. What instruments are played and how do they contribute to the music?
G) Audience behavior
Observation of the audience: size, attitude, mood? How did the audience appear to experience the event? Note any interaction between the musicians and the audience, when people seem most interested or affected by the performance.
H) Socio-cultural background of the music, the musicians, and the audience
To the best of your ability, try to ?read? the appearances of the performers and audience (age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, etc.). With what sort of people is this kind of music most commonly associated?
Some things will be more directly observable than others; some aspects will depend heavily on your interpretation of events. For instance, it is usually relatively simple to note which instruments are being used, how many performers are involved, and when the audience applauded, but determining whether the audience applauded because they loved the music or because they were simply being polite is an interpretive act. Be sure to be aware of such distinctions and make them clear in your report.
? Take notes during the performance (taking into account the etiquette of the performance and being respectful of the performers). Sketches of the performance space, layout of performers, etc. are also helpful. You will need to incorporate specific observations into your report. You must review the whole concert. Describe the music as well as you can. Use terms learned in class. Try to talk with the musicians if possible. Ask them how they felt about their performance. Finally, how did you feel about the entire experience?
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