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Additional Extra Credit Opportunities

Please attend one or more of the following concerts and write a review.

Upcoming Concerts

All events take place in the Fine Arts Theater, UOG, except the symphony concert:

Sunday, November 25 at 5:00 PM – AVANT-GUAM, a recital of contemporary music and poetry with Stephen Bednarzyk, piano, P.K. Harmon, poetry recitation, and Jeffrey Meyer, tuba

Featuring poetry and music for piano, solo tuba, tuba and piano, tuba and electronics, and solo electronics.

Works by Crumb, Hindemith, Gamboa, Ginsberg, Glass, Meyer, Penderecki, Ruggiero, and Wiley. Admission is FREE

Wednesday, November 28 at 7:00 PM – UOG Music Departmental Recital featuring UOG students. Admission is FREE

Featuring the music of Brubeck/Desmond, Liszt, Mozart, Pryor, Rachmaninov, Telemann, and more.

Friday, November 30 at 7:30 PM – UOG Music Departmental Concert celebrating the UOG’s 60^th Anniversary, in conjunction with the UOG Theater Department.

$7/Adults, $5/Seniors/Students, UOG Students get in FREE, $20/family

Featuring the University Singers, Randall Johnson, director, and the UOG Jazz Ensemble, Jeffrey Meyer, director, Michael Frazier and Jayke Mafnas, assistant directors.

Saturday, December 1 at 7:30 PM – UOG Music Departmental Concert celebrating the UOG’s 60^th Anniversary, in conjunction with the UOG Theater Department.

$7/Adults, $5/Seniors/Students, UOG Students get in FREE, $20/family

Featuring the University Singers, Randall Johnson, director, and the UOG Jazz Ensemble, Jeffrey Meyer, director, Michael Frazier and Jayke Mafnas, assistant directors.

Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 PM – Guam Symphony Holiday Concert – Ypao Beach Park Amphitheater. Admission is FREE.

Live Concert Critique

You may obtain extra credit by writing a critique of a live concert that you attend during the 2012 Fall Semester. While there is a broad range of concerts that you can attend, the concert must have the instructor’s approval. The program must be attached to the written critique and it must be turned in by the last day of the semester, Thursday, December 6. Critiques should be typed, 2-3 pages, single spaced, and must be turned in no later than one week after the event was attended. Electronic submissions to jmeyer@uguam.uog.edu are encouraged.

Guidelines for Extra Credit Music Critique

Whatever concert or musical event you choose to attend, you will be participating in and observing a social situation in which music is an integral part. Rather than focus solely on the music presented (the sound), you should regard the entire event as the subject of inquiry.

Music as sound

·      What music is presented (styles, repertoire – i.e. selections of works or songs)

·      How does the music performed compare to examples discussed in class?

·      Make specific comparisons, mentioning titles of works, composers, and styles.

·      Does the music encourage certain kinds of behavior?

Music as concept

·      Why do you think the performers have chosen the repertoire performed?

·      Why do you think the organizers have chosen these performers, this music, and

        this locale?

·      Does the music, or its location, or the audience (or any combination of these

       conditions) project a particular attitude or perspective?

Music as behavior

·      How do people (all categories) act at this event?

·      Who interacts with whom and when? (performers among themselves,

       performers with other participants, participants among each other, etc.)

·      What role does the music play in encouraging (or discouraging) interaction?

       (dancing, sitting, etc.)

·      Does there appear to be any prescribed or expected behaviors (rules)?

·      What role does the locale play in determining musical behavior?

·      Are there important props for this event? (printed materials, decorations, etc.)

How do people respond to them?

·      How are people dressed? Does their dress match other features of the event?