6A21: Freshman Advisor Seminar
"Classical Music Performances in Boston"
Fall 1998
Description:
A live classical music performance combines many things which cannot be
experienced by listening to recordings -- the performance space, the performing
group, the live audience, the live music, the selection of program, the
performance style and execution. Boston is blessed with a rich variety
of musical groups, concert halls, and programs, many of them free.
In this Freshman Advisor Seminar, we will attend 6 (or more) different
LIVE performances: chamber music, orchestra, opera, voice recitals,
choral works -- a broad range. We will go to some as a group; others
by individual choice. And we will go to different performance spaces:
Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Kresge Auditorium, and others.
In addition, we will meet regularly as a seminar group to learn about the
specific music, about the concert halls, the performers, and where appropriate,
libretti or song texts. Each student will keep a journal of "reviews",
which we will discuss as a group, and will be responsible for developing
material for one seminar presentation.
