Choose a video concert from National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Music and write a 3-5 page (minimum 3 FULL pages) review. Include relevant technical vocabulary and discuss the music performed, your impressions of the music, the instrumentation, the performers, and any other aspect of the performance. Use your writing skills and listening knowledge learned from the online lectures/demonstrations and your e-Text to cre

Choose a video concert from National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Music and write a 3-5 page (minimum 3 FULL pages) review. Include relevant technical vocabulary and discuss the music performed, your impressions of the music, the instrumentation, the performers, and any other aspect of the performance. Use your writing skills and listening knowledge learned from the online lectures/demonstrations and your e-Text to create a paper that is clear, concise, and musically informed. Aside from technical observations, remember that this is an opinion-based paper. Feel free to give your opinion on the music and performance, but always state why you like or don’t like something using the knowledge you’ve learned in class.

Once you finish reading through the requirements, please also take a moment to review the grading rubric at the bottom of this page.

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O    Sources       )

NPR keeps an archive of their Tiny Desk Concerts. You can access these on their website, or via their YouTube playlists:

•      Tinv Desk Concerts on NPR.org (https://www.npr.ora/series/tinv-desk-concertsn

•      Tiny Desk Concerts YouTube playlists (https://www.voutube.eom/c/nprmusic/featured1

!    Requirements      )

•    Description of the musical elements (tempo, dynamics, articulation, timbre, etc., referred to as “key features” in the rubric)

•    Your general impression/opinion of the performance

Citations

•   Write in a formal, academic style with proper citation of sources. You may use any citation style you prefer (MLA, Chicago, etc.) but please be consistent.

° All outside sources should be properly cited according using footnotes or endnotes (your quoted material must be acknowledged in-text). Please also provide a bibliography.

Only .doc, .docx, and .pdf files will be accepted. The system will not allow you to submit files saved under any other extension. Should you need to use a University computer to make this happen, there are plenty of labs available for your use.

Please refer to your syllabus for information regarding academic integrity and responsible writing habits. Plagiarism will not be overlooked. All submissions will be checked via Tumltln.