This capstone Concert Report allows you to demonstrate your overall knowledge of the musical elements, historical time periods and instrumentation that you’ve learned about this semester into one report.
Choose one of the four online performances below to watch.
1. Write the equivalent of a 2-3 page report giving a review of the concert you watched. Your review must include the following:
a. What kind of listener were you during the concert? Why?
b. What pieces were performed and whom composed them? What were the movements entitled, if there were different movements within one work?
c. What was the style of each of the pieces performed?
d. What was the instrumentation of the orchestra?
e. Draw out the seating arrangement of the instruments/musicians in the orchestra to demonstrate that you know which instruments are which.
2. Analyze 3-4 pieces or the different movements played during the concert using the following criteria from the course–specifically write about each piece or movement in terms of each of the following musical elements. Take notes as you listen so you create a thorough report.
-Unity and Variety
-Structure of the Music
-Purpose of the Music
-Tempo
-Volume
-Rhythm
-Melody
-Harmony
-Form
-Historical Period
Choice Number 1: Proms 2016 – Gustav Holst – The Planets [Edward Gardner, National Youth Orchestra]
Choice Number 2: Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra – Hilary Hahn, violin; Leonard Slatkin, conductor:
Choice Number 3: Astrud Gilberto ZDF Jazz Club 1988
Choice Number 4: Duke, Dizzy, Trane, and Mingus–Jazz Titans–Jazz at Lincoln Center
