Class Plan for Tuesday, January 28, 2020
How did your Listening Assignment go?
What was challenging about it? What did you learn from the experience?
Let’s review the important vocabulary from the textbook:
Melody: Leaps, steps
Tempo: Accelerando, Ritardando
Harmony: Consonance, Dissonance, Resolution
Dynamics: Decresdendo, Crescendo
Can you hear these concepts at work? (Listen: “That Ever I Saw” Composer: Darmon Meader; Choir: Great Northern Union Chorus)
Getting Prepared for the Concert Review Assignments
Today, we’re going to read Concert Review samples to help prepare you to write your own. It will be a while before your first Concert Review is due in Dr. Pool’s class (week 8), but you will have opportunities to attend concerts well before that due date.
Consider carefully if each piece addressed all 4 bulleted questions in the prompt.
- Describe your reaction to the 1st piece on the program. How did you relate to the performance? How did the performers communicate their music to you?
- Describe your reaction to the final piece on the program. How did you relate to the performance? How did the performers communicate their music to you?
- How would you describe a moment of depth in this performance?
- Using your knowledge of our course thus far, how did this performance relate to what we have studied?
HOMEWORK
Complete your Tiny Desk Concert Review Assignment by Wednesday, January 29th at 11:59 PM. Submit on Bb.
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