Assignment:
Concert Review:
All writing submissions must contain no LESS than 500 words - typed and organized into FIVE paragraphs (each paragraph must be at least five sentences long). Each essay must also utilize musical terms learned in class.
1. Students are required to include at least 5 musical terms per essay. Students will need to watch an approved full concert on Youtube.com or any similar streaming website.
2. Students are required to watch and listen to the entire concert, and WHILE TAKING NOTES, select three songs to analyze. Students must be able to hear the various parts (elements) of the music and describe them using APPROPRIATE MUSICAL terminology.
3. Paper must be written while following all of the typical guidelines and rules used when writing an ACADEMIC paper.
4. The overall layout of the paper is as follows: Paragraph 1 Introduction. Describe what you see... Set the scene for the reader. Who's performing? How many musicians are on stage? How are they dressed? What/where is the venue? Are there a lot of people in the audience?
Paragraph 2 Using musical terms, describe the 1st song you chose to analyze Paragraph 3 Using musical terms, describe the 2nd song you chose to analyze Paragraph 4 Using musical terms, describe the 3rd song you chose to analyze Paragraph 5 Conclusion.
WITHOUT WRITING
IN 1 st PERSON, share your overall opinion of the concert. How do you think the audience responded to the concert? Would you listen to or go see this artist or a similar artist again? Make sure to provide support for your comments!!!