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Explore the concepts and techniques used by professional performers to create effective live music performances.
This will be a written essay incorporating links to relevant sources (videos, webpages, book references) that will take 2 live performance examples into consideration. You will do a comparative analysis of 2 different live performances from different artists and genres of which you can find online evidence, discussing stylistic choices, individual and ensemble performance skills, marketing and brand/identity, genre-related choices, performance space, audience connection and the impact that an unsuccessful live performance can have on the career of a performer (providing Industry examples). One should be an acoustic performance.
Performances to compare: Queen’s ‘Radio Gaga’ performance at Live Aid 1985 (can mention other songs they performed there as well)
Arina Grande Live acoustic ‘God is a woman’ at Good Morning America 2018
Explore the concepts and techniques used by professional performers to create effective live music performances
Concepts and techniques:
Innovative performers
Target audiences
Visual tools
Use of technology in performance
Genre expectations
Breaking the mould
Instrumental technique
Use of fashion in musical performances
Identity and brand
Communication skills:
Audience participation
Audience expectations
Visual communication tools
Use of technology
Performance space:
Capacity
Intimacy and proximity
Stadium
Jazz club
Nightclub
Bars/clubs
Age restrictions
Genre considerations
Accessibility
Criteria!:
P1 Assess concepts and techniques used in at least four effective live performance scenarios, each from a different genre.
So talk about the two performances mentioned, but maybe just compare certain aspects to any other performances, how they are similar or different
P2 Explain how an artist’s identity and/or branding can be communicated through live performance
M1 Evaluate the importance a venue/performance space has for effective communication during a performance, using case studies from two different genres
D1 Analyse the impact an unsuccessful live performance can have on career, using industry professional examples
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