Extra Credit response

Carterf/HUMANITIES Art Music Concert Guidelines

General approach: Note treatment of basic elements, describe overall impressions, focus on 2 pieces in detail, compare, interpret, and assess them.

A. Basic information: 1. Record date you attended, where production took place. Describe the environment and audience. 2. Record the name of the company performing, production title, length of performance, intermissions. 3. Explain the order of the program (is it laid out in historical, narrative, thematic manner?). 4. Take notes on the program pamphlet. Note key elements of the performance and how they worked. B. Respond to the performance and to the pertinent music concert questions below. 1. Describe, generally, the type of production you attended (symphony, quartet, etc.). a. What kind of space was it performed in? What was the audience like? b. Was there a theme to the concert? c. Summarize the composers and the types of pieces performed ( no more than 150 words).

2. Focus works: Which two stood out for you? a. When were the pieces written? If there are no dates, guess, then look it up later. b. What kinds of instruments and/or voices were used? What was most outstanding? c. What cultural styles did you encounter? (classical, gospel, jazz, folk or ethnic music, etc.). d. What key formal style(s), key musical elements, and compositional forms did you notice? e. What kind of musical patterns did you notice? (rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, etc. . . ). f. If there was a story, costumes, movement, lyrics describe them and their relation to music.

3. Were there soloists? What instruments were featured? What was the relation between the solo instrument and the rest of the group? Like a conversation? Call and response? Soloist starts theme, then joins the group? Solo instrument with other instruments as accompaniment?) Please explain.

4. Interpretation: List some adjectives to describe the mood this music created in you and the thoughts you experienced during the performance or in retrospect. What did you hear in the music that suggested these moods and ideas?

5. Expectations and Assessment: Why did you choose to attend this production? What did you expect? Describe anything you liked or enjoyed. Use musical terms and ideas from the questions above. Describe anything you disliked or did not enjoy. Did the music suggest a situation you could recognize or to which you could relate? Compare to other forms of music you know.

6. Expansion: Reflecting back, what connections or comparisons would you make to arts and ideas related to our studies? For example, if you could illustrate this music with a work of art from our text, what would it be? Why? Who do you think would appreciate a performance of this piece of music (your friends, adults, children, dancers, musicians, etc.). Why? Implications: What cultural values does this performance suggest?

C. Write up your Report! Follow General Instructions of the Performance Report.

NOTE: Before you start the project and once again before you finish your final draft, consult the Criteria and Grading Rubric. Proofread for spelling, grammar, clarity of meaning before you turn it in.