MUS 110CL
Live performance Critique
Pointers and Rubric
After both attending a stay live performance or watching a full size live performance on-line, write a critique of the efficiency following the format under.
Listed below are a couple of examples of full size concert events yow will discover on-line (by conducting an internet search utilizing the factors under) that may very well be used for this task:
• Coldplay Stay In Boston 2012 (Full Live performance DVD)
• Sting: If on a winters night-Stay from Durham Cathedral 2009 (watch all 14 songs on live performance)
• Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Web page, Ron Wooden, Invoice Wyman, Jan Hammer, Charlie
• Duke Ellington The Nice Paris Live performance
• Richard Galliano/Winton Marsalis – Billie Vacation meets Edith PIAF
• Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Jazz Heart Orchestra @ The BBC Proms 2004 Johnny Money & Willie Nelson, Wonderful stuff!
• Loretta Lynn — You are Trying At Nation – Legends In Live performance
You could select a special live performance video to observe, however be certain you embody the URL of the live performance you selected in your critique, or scan this system of the stay live performance you attended and connect it. The musical type of the live performance ought to embody a minimum of one of many genres studied on this course.
The Live performance Critique needs to be 2.5 pages lengthy, double spaced. It ought to include 5 paragraphs that describe the next features of the live performance you attended:
1. Who’re the performers? Give the title of the live performance and write one thing concerning the performers. Is it an orchestra? A choir? An ensemble? Solo artists? Why did you select to attend this explicit efficiency? Inform as a lot as you understand concerning the musicians that carried out – are they professionals? College students? Academics? How lengthy have they been performing? And many others.
2. Describe the music that was carried out on the live performance. Use the musical traits that we’ve been studying at school. What style is the music (opera aria? Jazz music? Normal tune? Solo instrument piece? Symphony?)
three. What type interval was the music written in? What was the tempo, dynamics, texture, and so on.? Generally the music in a live performance can be just one style. Generally there can be a number of genres carried out. Connect this system to your critique, after which confer with the titles in this system. For instance: “Autumn Leaves” was carried out by a small instrumental ensemble (guitar, bass, and percussion). It’s a customary modern tune. The tempo was a reasonably sluggish ballad. It had a really mellow sound…
four. Inform how effectively you suppose the performers interpreted the music that was on the live performance. Had been the singers in tune? Did the piano participant play musically and rhythmically? Do you suppose the performers communicated the music because it was meant to be communicated by the composer?
5. Inform which items or a part of the live performance was most shifting or pleasant for you. When you didn’t benefit from the live performance very a lot, inform why you didn’t take pleasure in it. What may have been higher? Be as particular as you’ll be able to when expressing your opinion of the efficiency – don’t simply write generalities like “It was good” or “it made me really feel like dancing”. Inform why the music made you’re feeling like dancing. Homework help – Write about why you significantly loved that a part of the live performance.
6. Conclude your critique by summing up the efficiency and telling us in case you would go to listen to these performers once more – or would invite your mates or household to listen to this efficiency/performers.
Submit the Live performance Critique to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 5.
(This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)
Grading Rubric:
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Describes the Performers and their background. (10 factors attainable) |
Doesn’t describe the performers or their background in any respect. zero |
Offers solely obscure description of performers with little or no background.
10 |
Lists performers’ names and offers some expertise and background.
16 |
Offers a whole description of the performers and their backgrounds.
20 |
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Describes the music that was carried out utilizing music phrases. (10 factors attainable) |
Doesn’t describe the music that was carried out in any respect.
zero |
Features a partial checklist of the music, or solely offers titles with no description. 10 |
Lists the music and offers some description of it that makes use of musical phrases. 16 |
Offers a whole description of the music together with style, type, tempo, devices.
20 |
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Critiques the efficiency and offers affordable clarification. (10 factors attainable) |
Offers no goal critique.
zero |
Offers little goal critique and doesn’t again up opinions. 10 |
Offers affordable critique and states musical causes for opinions. 16 |
Critiques the music in depth utilizing musical phrases and reasoning.
20 |
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Offers private opinions/preferences. (10 factors attainable) |
Consists of no private opinions or preferences.
zero |
Consists of solely obscure feedback about whether or not or not the author likes the music. 10 |
Describes their favourite and least favourite moments within the live performance and states why. 16 |
Offers in depth private descriptions of why the music both does or doesn’t enchantment to the scholar. 20 |
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Concludes with acceptable feedback. (5 factors attainable) |
Ends the critique with no concluding statements.
zero |
Ends the critique with solely a quick concluding sentence.
four |
Ends the critique with an ample abstract and suggestions.
eight |
Ends the critique with a abstract and suggestion for future listening or enchancment. 10 |
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Makes use of good grammar and acceptable sentence construction. (5 factors attainable) |
Grammar has apparent evident errors and/or an inappropriately informal tone.
zero |
Pupil used correct grammar, total, however didn’t proofread and included many errors. four |
Pupil used good sentence construction and total grammar, however nonetheless had some errors. eight |
Grammar and spelling has no errors, and the paper is logical and well-structured.
10 |
