Music Concert Review Essay

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Music has a powerful impact on people, and can change people in a dramatic way. When people go to concerts, they don’t only listen to the music being played, they also look at what music and songs they are playing or singing, and the order of the songs. The order of the concert has an effect over whether the audience will enjoy the music or not. Above, I listed what I think the order of the songs should be. The concert repertoire should be in this certain order, based on our concert’s intended purpose, what our audience is feeling during the concert, and what Christmas means to each individual in the audience and performing. In order to have an order for our concert music, we must first no the intended purpose of our concert. What do we want …show more content…

In this concert, the audience is most likely going to be feeling a multitude of feelings, because of how different the songs we are singing are. For this reason, I tried to space out the upbeat songs from the ballads. This is why I have “Where Your Barefoot Walks” right after “Tiny King”. The audience will also be in a very “Christmasy” mood. “The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.” Around this time of year, people are having “visions of sugarplums” dancing in their heads. They are in the Christmas Spirit. This is why I have “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” right after “In the Bleak Midwinter”. People always enjoy the story of Santa Clause, because of his generosity and jolliness. “He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf”. People enjoy the story of Santa Clause, because it makes them feel good. Putting “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” right next to each other allows for that connection of the jolliness of Santa Clause and the desolation of the