NAME ____________________________________
CHOIR/PERIOD _______________
CONCERT MISSED _________________________
CONCERT DATE ______________
CONCERT REPERTOIRE ESSAY
Your essay will be graded and the grade for the essay will be your grade for the concert.
Absences require a written note or an e-mail from the parent/guardian. Phone contact is
permissible if the parent/guardian speaks with me directly or leaves me a detailed voicemail. If a
student is absent from school the day of the concert and the absence has been called in by the
parent, the phone-in message will suffice. Excused concert absences will receive full points for
the essay.
ALL ABSENT STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THIS
ASSIGNMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR THE ABSENCE, IN ORDER
TO RECEIVE A GRADE FOR THE CONCERT. IF THE ASSIGNMENT IS NOT
COMPLETED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO (0) FOR THAT CONCERT. YOU
WILL HAVE ONE WEEK FROM THE DATE OF THE CONCERT TO COMPLETE
THE ESSAY.
ASSIGNMENT:
Please select two of the pieces your choral class prepared for this concert and write an essay
comparing and contrasting the two pieces. Make sure you include the names of the pieces in
your essay. As you analyze the pieces ask yourself these questions pertaining to music: “what is
the ...” tempo, key signature, time signature, form, voicing/texture, genre, tonality, dynamics,
articulation, subject matter, time period, composers, year the piece was written?
Your essay should be typed, double-spaced, and be between 400-500 words long. The paper will
be graded on the following:
Comparisons/contrasts Correct
Spelling
9-10 total – 75 points
90% +
5 points
5-6 total – 70 points
80% +
4 points
4-5 total – 65 points
70% +
3 points
2-3 total – 60 points
60% +
2 points
Correct
Grammar
90% +
5 points
80% +
4 points
70% +
3 points
60% +
2 points
Correct
Form/Punctuation
90% +
5 points
80% +
4 points
70% +
3 points
60% +
2 points
Length of Essay
400-500+ words
10 points
300+ words
8 points
200+ words
6 points
100+ words
5 points