Concert Report Instructions:
• Choose a concert performed by a professional jazz or blues group. You may
choose something from the pre-approved list of concerts (below), or ask the
instructor to approve another performance that strongly fits the guidelines.
• For full credit, you must turn in a program or other paper signed by a musician
who performed on the concert you attended. In this age of smart phones, it is also
acceptable to attach a photo including you and the performance to the paper,
instead of the signed program (paste into the paper). Minus 5 points if proof of
attendance is missing.
• Format: Your concert report must be typed, Minimum 2 FULL pages, maximum 3
pages. It must be saved as doc., docx. or pdf. format.
o Double spaced 12 point. font—Arial, Times New Roman, and other
“reasonable” fonts
• If it helps to get the ball rolling, think of this assignment as a concert review for a
newspaper or music magazine.
Form:
• Paragraph 1 should describe the basic info about the performance:
o Date of performance
