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Essay Instructions: Concert Report Format Guide:
1.Briefly describe the setting for this event.
2.Who was/were the musician/musicians involved? What instrument(s) were used?
3.Choose one or two of the music works you heard. Briefly describe at least these characteristics of the work(s) : the style, form, subject-matter. Who was the composer? Is there a particular aspect that you found interesting and worth discussing?
4.What were your personal reaction to the event and work or works you've chosen? (e.g., like, dislike, disgust, boredom, ecstasy, etc. ) Why do you think that you react that way? Discuss. Do you think it was performed effectively?

Please write a report exacly about "Tragedie de Carmen"- the event which take a place in Chicago in Harris Theater, a lot of information about this event you will find at http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/tix/season/carmen.html#
The rest of information about music, characters, plot, etc. you can use from general information about the opera "Carmen" which you can find everywhere. This reportbis for "Intro to music history" class, so main aspects of the report have to be told about music.

Essay Instructions: Hi.

I need you to write me a report of 5 pages about a concert. The concert must be something like chicago synphony orchestra , not something like a band or a singer. Orchestra must be included. I did not have time to go to a concert, so please make some reseach abour chicago synphony orchestra and write the report about a concert that happened between september 16th, 2008 and october 26, 2008. Bellow are the instructions:

Concert Report

Attended performances are to be totally live with the music being the main focus of the event. Live performance venues are to be within a sixty-mile radius from the corner of State and Madison. Reports about Grade School / High School ensembles, rap, wedding bands, cocktail/private parties and DJ’s are considered unacceptable and will earn a grade of zero. Performances at Symphony Center, The Jazz Showcase, by the Lyric Opera of Chicago are considered pre-approved

Each report is to be key-stroked, twelve point font, double-spaced, five full pages minimum / seven full pages maximum.
The following six topics are to be addressed in the concert report.

1. THE CONCERT EVIRONMENT
1. Describe the setting / physical surroundings.
2. Describe the behavior, dress and general demeanor of the audience.
3. Describe the behavior, dress and general demeanor of the performers.
2. THE MUSIC: the composition I liked best (If the concert consisted of one large work, chose the section or movement you liked best):
1. Title and Composer (If applicable).
2. Style (medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, twentieth century, jazz, rock, rap etc.) and why you feel it is of that style.
3. Why you like this composition best.
4. Describe the music: how did it make you feel? Did the music evoke any particular images or pictures in your mind? What emotions did the music evoke?
3. THE PERFORMANCE: the performance I liked best:
1. How did it sound to you?
2. Was there sufficient energy (or calm) to bring across the music?
3. Did the performers seem comfortable with the technical demands of the music?
4. Was there good ensemble communication among the performers?
5. How did the conductor fulfill his/her role (if applicable)?
4. THE MUSIC: the composition I liked least (If the concert consisted of one large work, chose the section or movement you liked least):
1. Title and composer (If applicable).
2. Style (medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, twentieth century, jazz, rock, rap etc.) and why you feel it is of that style.
3. What did you dislike about this composition?
4. Describe the music: how did it make you feel? Did the music evoke any particular images or pictures in your mind? What emotions did the music evoke?
5. THE PERFORMANCE: the performance I liked least:
1. How did it sound to you?
2. Was there sufficient energy (or calm) to bring across the music?
3. Did the performers seem comfortable with the technical demands of the music?
4. Was there good ensemble communication among the performers?
5. How did the conductor fulfill his/her role (if applicable)?
6. General reactions to the experience of attending this concert:
1. Was the experience new to you?
2. Was it different from what you expected?
3. Was it like or unlike other concerts you may have attended?
4. Did you enjoy the experience?
5. Would you go again if it weren’t a requirement?

Essay Instructions: After the concert, write up the concert report on this form and submit it to the “Assignments” section of the course website. A typical report will be 4 pages long on this form (including the instructions, etc.)
Concert Report
Concert and Location: The Grand Tour: Paris, Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood, CA

Type of Concert (Symphony, classical)



Some Information about the Concert that might help you to write the report.

Artists:

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Program:

Rameau: Overture to Naïs
Haydn: Symphony No. 85, "La reine"
Davaux: Symphonie Concertante on French Revolutionary Airs
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, "Paris"
Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonic take a musical trip to 18th-century Paris in this stop on their Grand Tour, featuring music written for the city.
Soloists for this evening:
Davaux: Symphonie Concertante on French Revolutionary Airs
Elizabeth Baker, violin
Kristine Hedwall, violin

Some sites.

http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tix/performance_detail.cfm?id=3254
http://www.laphil.com/press/press_detail.cfm?id=2035



Concert Summary:
[For each work on the program, note the title and composer and describe the piece. To describe the piece you might consider the tempo (whether it was slow, medium, or fast—each movement of a single piece might be different), the character of the music (was it bold and brash, mellow and contemplative, quirky and spastic, etc.) and when there were contrasting sections. Try to use language we learned in the Elements unit that we just completed.]


Personal Reflection:

[First, describe your overall response to the concert and explain why (if you were bored, why were you bored? If you were thrilled, why were you thrilled? Second, Choose your favorite piece and explain what you liked about the piece and why. Third, would you want to attend another concert of this type (orchestral, chamber music, solo recital) and why or why not?]

Essay Instructions: [Reminders:
1. Please go through the “Concert-goers Guide” on the Multimedia CD-ROM under the “Resources” menu before attending the concert.
2. After the concert, write up the concert report on this form and submit it to the “Assignments” section of the course website. A typical report will be 3–5 pages long on this form (including the instructions, etc.)

Here are some information about the Concert that I have to attend :

Artists:

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Pacific Chorale, John Alexander, director



Program:

Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, "Zadok the Priest"
Handel: "His Mighty Arm" and "Waft Her, Angels" from Jephtha
Handel: "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from Solomon
Handel: "Where'er you Walk" from Semele
Handel: "Sound an Alarm," "See the conqu'ring hero comes," March, and "Sing unto God" from Judas Maccabaeus
Haydn: The Storm ("Hark, the Wild Uproar of the Winds"), Cantata Hob. XXIVa/8
Mozart: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16
Mozart: Concert Aria "Va, dal furor portata," K. 21
Arne: Suite from Alfred
Revel in the nobility and grandeur of 18th-century London when star tenor John Mark Ainsley joins Nicholas McGegan as he and the Phil begin their Grand Tour of Europe's classical capitals.

(Concert Report)<--- this is what the professor asked us to do.

Concert and Location: The Grand Tour: London, At Hollywood bowl, Los Angeles , California

Type of Concert: Classical, Symphony


Concert Summary:
[For each work on the program, note the title and composer and describe the piece. To describe the piece you might consider the tempo (whether it was slow, medium, or fast—each movement of a single piece might be different), the character of the music (was it bold and brash, mellow and contemplative, quirky and spastic, etc.) and when there were contrasting sections. Try to use language we learned in the Elements unit that we just completed.]


Personal Reflection:
[First, describe your overall response to the concert and explain why (if you were bored, why were you bored? If you were thrilled, why were you thrilled? Second, Choose your favorite piece and explain what you liked about the piece and why. Third, would you want to attend another concert of this type (orchestral….why or why not?]


This is the link to the information about the concert
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tix/performance_detail.cfm?id=3248&back=%2Ftix%2Fseries%5Fclassical%2Ecfm%3B