Name ______________________________________           Date ____________________

• Attend a musical performance, watch one on TV or video, or listen to one on the radio or online, then follow the directions on the Writing a Music Review worksheet.
• Answer the following questions about the performance to help you shape your thoughts. You may need to do additional research to answer all of the questions.

1. What is the name of the artist or group? __________________________________________________

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2. What style of music do they play (rock, pop, jazz, blues, soul, Cajun, zydeco, bluegrass, country, rap,

classical, etc.)? ________________________________________________________________________

3. If the artist or group has released recordings, what are the titles and the labels? __________________

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Dates? ________________________________________________________________________________

4. How long has the artist or group been performing? ___________________________________________

5. What are your first impressions of the performer? ___________________________________________

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Of the music? __________________________________________________________________________

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6. What are your impressions at the end of the performance? ____________________________________

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7. What type of person might like or dislike this artist or group? __________________________________

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8. What song(s) did you like best? __________________________________________________________

Why? __________________________________________________________________________________

9. What songs(s) did you like least? _________________________________________________________

Why? __________________________________________________________________________________

10. Overall, would you recommend this artist or group to someone else? ___________________________

Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________

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