Concert Report

Description

This is the link of the video!!! https://austincc.kanopy.com/video/celebration-peace-through-music Use this structure for the report: Paragraph #1.  Introduction (discuss the venue, group and conductor as well as your expectations for the concert)  Paragraph #2.  Musical work #1 – state the title of the musical work and then comment on observations you made about the music (using your musical terms) and the quality of performance. Correct spelling of Titles and Composers can be found on the Program or in the Program Notes.  Paragraph #3.  Musical work #2 – state the title of the musical work and then comment on observations you made about the music (using your musical terms) and the quality of performance. Correct spelling of Titles and Composers can be found on the Program or in the Program Notes.  Paragraph #4.  Musical work #3- state the title of the musical work and then comment on observations you made about the music (using your musical terms) and the quality of performance. Correct spelling of Titles and Composers can be found on the Program or in the Program Notes.  (etc…. covering ALL the works on the program*)  Last Paragraph.  Summary (discuss your overall impressions about the performers and the performance practices and quality of performance you observed).  *If you do not write about each and every musical work on the concert program, you will receive a significantly lower grade for your report.  Items that must be addressed within the text of your narrative:  Through the report, you must use a MINIMUM of ten (10) musical terms describing what you heard and observed.  Use the terms learned from the Elements of Music and in the discussion forums of music and the orchestra in this course.  Many of them apply directly to what you experienced at the concert.  Appropriateness and accuracy in usage of the terminology will affect your grade. Describe any observation you might have made concerning the different sections of the orchestra (bowings for strings, percussion instruments used, etc.), Include the instrumentation of the ensemble (what instruments were included in the group). Describe the conductor and his/her conducting techniques/patterns, even her mannerisms or how he/she portrayed the spirit of the music during the concert. The music and any particular element of music that you observed in the performance, Talk about your favorite piece and why you liked it.  Speak aesthetically…how did it make you feel?  And finally, provide qualitative observations.  Discuss what you heard in terms of quality of the performance.