Performance Response

Select a video from the approved list HERE and write a reflection on the music. Include the answers to the questions below, but be sure to write in the form of a review for a newspaper, website, or magazine. DO NOT merely answer the questions in bullet points.

Time and Place (5 points)

Describe how you created a time and a place for your concert viewing experience. Where and when did you watch? With whom did you watch? How did you create an environment that helped you to focus on the music?

Repertoire (5 points)

After watching the concert as a whole, how would you rate the order in which the pieces were performed? Would you keep everything the same? Why or why not? Would you change any of the pieces? Why or why not?

Personal Critique (15 points)

Which work did you find most enjoyable and why? Which work did you like almost as well and why? Which work did you least enjoy and why? Was your like or dislike due to the piece itself, or the way it was played?

Connection to Course (15 points)

Choose one piece from the program, identify it, and answer the following question:

To what musical elements that we have studied do you see any connections? Explain your choices.

Sound: timbre, texture, dynamics

Harmony

Melody

Rhythm: meter, tempo

Growth (form)

Personal Reaction (10 points)

Give any other reactions to the experience as a whole. Feel free to mention images, feelings, emotions, mood and the effect of the overall spirit of the music. If you honestly didn’t have any emotional reactions to the music, then explain why you think that is. Be self-reflective and honest.

Select a video from the approved list HERE and write a reflection on the music. Describe how you created a time and a place for your concert viewing experience.