East High School Choirs /90 Points

Concert Make-Up Assignment

TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED
WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE CONCERT

To make up a missed concert, please write your answers and analysis of the following questions for every
performing ensemble and song in the concert. Use complete sentences (3-5 sentences for each song!) and
well-thought musical terms. You should type your report on your own word processing software and copy
the following format in order to fill in your answers and analysis.

Ensemble/Group Name: _____________________

Choral Sound
(Examples of topics to analyze: Posture, breath support, appropriate tone quality, vowel formation, blend, choir
formation (as it relates to/changes the sound), register transitions, intonation, oversinging, etc.)

Song 1:
Song 2:
Song 3:
Etc….

Diction
(Examples of topics to analyze: Consonants, enunciation, understandability, etc.)

Song 1:
Song 2:
Song 3:

Presentational Factors
(Examples of topics to analyze: Group appearance, music memorization, facial expression, staging, etc.)

Song 1:
Song 2:
Song 3:

Most Satisfying/Enjoyable Selection

(Comment on the selection you deemed most successful and why):

The selection I believe was most successful was...

Least Satisfying/Enjoyable Selection

(Comment on the selection you deemed least successful and why):

The selection I believe was least successful was...

Overall Rating of this Performance

(On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest and 10 the highest)

I would rate this performance a...

And repeat everything above this for EVERY ENSEMBLE/GROUP

After you have repeated and filled out the above outline for each ensemble that performed in the concert, in
5-7 sentences, explain why it is important for your performing group to have all students in attendance for
the concert rehearsal or the concert. How did your absence affect the other players in your section? How did
your absence affect the group’s sound as a whole?