Concert report

Concert Report Guide

· 15 points: Overview Content. For full points students should:

· Present opening and closing paragraphs that cover an overview of the entire performance, noting which musicians/ensemble is performing and any other contextual information that would aid the reader in “setting the stage” for the music description.

· Express personal aesthetic experience.

· Include the source for recording used; a weblink to the recording will suffice.

· 35 points: Music Description. For full points students should address melody, harmony, form, texture, dynamics, tempo, and instrumentation to describe what is heard; show an understanding that elements change as a piece progresses. Students have a choice to describe two selections or one selection in greater detail. (If describing two selections, students only need to describe each bolded element above once. For example, describe the first four elements for one selection and the last three elements for the other selection.) Bullet headings for this section are acceptable. For example:

Beethoven, 5th Symphony, No. 1

· Melody: The opening theme consists of a short four note motive (three staccato repeated notes and one longer lower note) that is repeated throughout the piece by different sections of the orchestra. The theme starts aggressively in a low register, and meanders throughout the orchestra in a wavelike contour. The range of the disjunct melody is quite large since every section of the orchestra plays the short motive in their own register. There is a second, contrasting theme that is much sweeter and conjunct with a narrow range. The second theme is a welcomed relaxation after the tension built up by the first theme!

· Harmony: . . .

· 25 points: Music Concepts. For full points students will use terms accurately and demonstrate comprehension of textbook music concepts and terminology.

· 15 points: Organization and Form. For full points Concert Report will be double-spaced and contain no less than two (2) and no more than three (3) complete pages; 12-point type with margins no less than 1 inch and Times Roman font. Use black ink and include a header on the first page only.

· 10 points: Grammar.

Do not choose a piece of music we have already discussed in class. Please note that you are to write about what YOU hear; I am not looking for things such as background information or some other analysis of the piece you can find via research.

For the list of websites where you can find the approved performances for this report, see the document Approved Concerts for Concert Report via the Concert Report tab.

Submit reports via the Concert Report tab before due date. (Word or PDF Format)