Assignment
Concert Attendance Report
For this project you need to plan ahead. You will need to attend a symphony orchestra concert, opera, or musical in order to complete it. As long as it is a symphony orchestra concert, opera, or a musical, any event is OK. If you go to a musical, if possible, try to find a "professional" rather than "community" production. In any case, you must find a way to be able to see the orchestra at some point in the performance (they are usually in the "pit" - yes, that's what it's called).
Your Assignment
Suppose you are to write the equivalent of a 2-3 page report giving a review of the concert you attended. Your review must include the following:
What kind of listener were you at the concert? Why?
What pieces were performed?
What was the style of each of the pieces performed?
What was the instrumentation of the orchestra?
Draw out the seating arrangement of the instruments in the orchestra.
Analyze each piece played in the concert with following criteria from the course:
Unity and Variety
Structure of the Music
Purpose of the Music
Tempo
Volume
Rhythm
Melody
Harmony
Form
Historical Period
Did you enjoy the concert? Why or why not?
Please submit your report online, by clicking Submit on the Submit Web Query Assignment page. You must include the concert program and your ticket stub to receive full credit. You can come by the college and leave them in an envelope in your instructor's mailbox. Or you may mail them to your instructor's college mailing address.
Have fun!
Important Hint
We highly recommend you type your answer using any word processor (PC Users: You can use WordPad or NotePad. Mac Users: You can use TextEdit.). Please make sure you save your work as you go along. When you are done, CUT and PASTE your answer into the empty box. That way, if for any reason you lose your internet connection in the middle of typing your answer, you won't lose all the work you have done up to that point.