Concert report based on watching the video.
Concert Report 2
Question 1 (25 points total)
State the event you attended. Describe your expectations for the concert. Briefly describe the concert venue, atmosphere, and any other environmental factors that impressed upon you. Make sure to discuss the where, when, what you saw, and the list of the pieces that are on the program with their corresponding composers.
This should be no more than 250 words (exception will be made if there are many pieces on a program).
Rubric
Location (if unclear, mention what website you watched it on): 5 points
Time (if unclear, mention when you watched it): 5 points
Name of Recital: 5 points
Composers (those who wrote the music, not performers): 5 points
Titles of Works (these must be
Italicized): 5 points
Question 2 (60 points total)
Discuss your observations for the first piece on the program and the last piece on the program. If any of those pieces involve movements, you must discuss
each individual movement as well. You must use
specific musical terminology as we have studied in the elements of music section of the class.
Keep in mind the following elements of music and categories:
Melody (contour: conjunct, disjunct, range: wide, narrow), Harmony (dissonant vs. consonant), Texture (monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic), Dynamics (
pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, fortissimo), Changes of Dynamics (
crescendo, diminuendo), Tempo (
adagio, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto), Change of Tempo (
accelerando,
ritardando), Instrumentation (what performance forces are used?), Text setting (syllabic, neumatic, melismatic- text setting must have text, cannot use this category for instrumental music). Etc.
Each piece
must mention:
·
The title (
Italicized): 5 points each
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Composer full name: 5 points
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Musical era the piece was written in: 5 points (if unsure, make the most educational guess and write an argument to defend your point) – ex. Mozart was a Classical era composer. DO NOT WRITE 1756-1791 as the musical era.
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Your choice of musical elements from at least three different categories: 15 points (Foreign/Italian terms must be
Italicized)
More helpful questions that might help guide your writing:
What musical period is this piece from (check the composer’s dates)? (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, late Romantic, 20th century, etc.)
What musical elements in this piece justify the musical period? (instrumentation, use of dynamics, tempo, genre, etc.)
What dramatic effects does the piece have? What specific musical elements achieve that?
Make sure you mention specific musical vocabulary instead of saying that the piece got faster, slower, higher, lower, etc.
Question 3 (15 points)
Conclude your report with your review of the experience. What is something you enjoyed about the performance or did not enjoy?
Minimum 50 words, maximum 250 words.
You may include a work cited section here as well which will not be counted towards the word count.
