Concert Report

The concert is on YouTube.

Guidelines for the Concert Report

Concert Report = 3-4 pages long, (approx. 750 – 1000 words). Formatting guidelines are specified on the Assignment tool for each music paper, on an attachment. Please use the following formatting conventions:

a. A title to the file that follows this convention: Lastname_titleofpaper#. Here’s an example of a title I might create for myself: Holzer_ ConcertReport

b. Page numbers and your name in headers on all subsequent pages (see here for instructions on making headers in MS Word).

c. Double-spaced, readable, 12-point type.

d. Save the paper. Submit the paper in .doc or .docx (MS Word) as the preferred format. Example: Holzer_ ConcertReport.docx

If you used Google Docs to write your paper, download it in MS Word. For a summary of steps on How to Download Your Paper in Google Docs to MS Word, please read Using Google Docs to Turn in a Paper.pdf

Attend 1 concert from the approved list. The music paper is a concert report, not an analysis of an individual piece or pieces. It is intended to be more descriptive than analytical. You must verify your attendance by taking a selfie holding the concert program at the concert, and including it when you turn in your concert report.

Use the Concert Observation Form.docx

for the concert. Before the concert, answer as many questions on the form as you can from examining the program of pieces to be performed. Publicity usually lists what composers/pieces are going to be performed ahead of time. The Concert Observation Form should guide your note-taking during the preparatory phase of working on your paper.

At the concert itself, listen, and shortly after a piece is played, take notes for the Musical Description part of the observation form. In the days following the concert, study relevant material from course reading assignments (those that make reference to a musical style, and to a composer whose works you heard), consult music reference books if needed, refer to your class notes. This material provides the foundation for developing your paper.

Writing the paper. Use your notes from the Concert Observation Form to structure your music paper. At the beginning of your paper, identify the concert you attended, and the performance medium. Who performed? Then summarize the program. What composers and pieces were performed? What musical style periods were represented? Items 5, 6a, 6b from the Concert Observation Form, that information may be incorporated into your paper in any order you find meaningful. Your paper should discuss details about the concert in objective report style.
Diagram

From Sound Ways of Knowing

4. Part of your paper, the closing, may be more subjective and relates to item 7 of the Concert Observation Form. This is the place to share about such things as your reaction to the musical performance. Did you enjoy the concert? What were some of your favorite things and why? If you didn’t like the concert, what were some things that you didn’t care for, and why? If you would prefer not to share your personal opinion, you may consider the overall audience response to the program. Which selections seemed to be audience favorites? Which selections were not enthusiastically received?

5. Take care to apply terms accurately. Remember that Blackboard has a glossary, and the library has biographical information about composers. Program notes (in the concert program) include information about composers and musical style. You may also use your NetID to access reference material through Ottenheimer library online, such as the Naxos Music database that you used for Composer Quest during Week 7. These hard copy reference books in Ottenheimer Library also have information on composers and musical terms: The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians ML100 .G8863 1980; The New Grove Dictionary of American Music ML 101 .U6 N48; Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th ed. ML 105 .B16

A link to the campus library is included on our Blackboard site. Some of these reference books are available online. Web links > Ottenheimer Library > Databases > Music > list of scholarly music resources. (Using the library is preferable to simply doing a Google search on a term, because the library provides verifies scholarly resources.)

You may go to the University Writing Center in-person or online for assistance https://ualr.edu/writingcenter/

Qualities of an A Paper.pdf

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Formatting guidelines are specified on the Assignment tool for each music paper, on an attachment. Please use the following formatting conventions:

a. A title to the file that follows this convention: Lastname_titleofpaper#. Here’s an example of a title I might create for myself: Holzer_ ConcertReport

b. Page numbers and your name in headers on all subsequent pages (see here for instructions on making headers in MS Word).

c. Double-spaced, readable, 12-point type.

d. Save the paper. Submit the paper in .doc or .docx (MS Word) as the preferred format. Example: Holzer_ ConcertReport.docx
If you used Google Docs to write your paper, download it in MS Word. For a summary of steps on How to Download Your Paper in Google Docs to MS Word, please read Using Google Docs to Turn in a Paper.pdf