Write a paper on a piece of music of your choice that you can relate to this class’s topic of Music in Global America. You may select a purely audio example but preferable might be a video from YouTube for instance that offers visual contextualization. :
– Describe the social setting of the music.
– Describe the ensemble set up and instrumentation.
– If a live performance, describe the basic social organization of the performance including the interaction between the performers and audience; how is the audience reacting to the music?
– Construct a brief time line of the linear form of the performance (opening theme, vocal verse 1, vocal chorus, verse 2, chorus, trumpet solo, etc, etc,)
– Based on this video performance speculate on the musics social function.
