Non-western concert report

MUET 3030: Assignment #2
CONCERT REVIEW

Attend a musical event featuring non -Western music and write a 2-3 page review.  Be
sure to identify the concert you attended.  These reviews should be written from an
ethnomu sicological perspective.  A helpful guide in writing your reports is to refer to the
music-culture model (p. 16-17) in Chapter 1 of your textbook.

Extra credit (5 additional points) :  Read one outside scholarly article or chapter from a
book about the music culture represented in the c oncert. Use material from this source in
your paper and cite it in the body of the paper and at the end in a “References Cited”
bibliography.  You may not use chapters from the textbook or readings posted on
Blackboard.

The following suggestions are intended to serve as guidelines for your review.  These are
only suggestions and you may add or omit things as you see fit:

1.  Give a general background of the style of music and where it came from.

2.  What was the setting for the concert and how did it affect the performance?  Was the
setting different than traditional performance contexts for this kind of musi c?

3.  What kind of people came to the concert?  Was it mainly college students, young
children, a mix, etc.?  Give reasons why these groups might have come to the concert—
for fun, a spiritual experience, to be seen, rabid fans, etc.

4.  How was the performance received by the audience?

5.   What kind of musical instruments were used, and how did they function in the
ensemble?  Were some lead instruments and others supporting instruments?

6.   Who did the singing? dancing? drumming?

7.  As best you can, describe musical features.  If possible, relate this to class material.

8.  How was this concert different/the same from other concert you have attended?

Do not make your review a rewrite of the program notes.