Explain the genre, music culture and time period. Is it traditional, or is the composer / are the composers unknown? Traditional but reworked/arranged? Is it the same composer for lyrics and melody?

. In detail, explain how the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Carribean Festival, and The Tragically Hip are connected to Toronto. Identify them fully, with as much information as you can find, in full sentences. You might want to focus on an artist, a genre or an event you think is too marginalized in the city and explain your perspective, and how you would change things. 2. Choose one of the items: (Toronto Symphony Orchestra) If the chosen is a: Piece/genre: Explain the genre, music culture and time period. Is it traditional, or is the composer / are the composers unknown? Traditional but reworked/arranged? Is it the same composer for lyrics and melody? Check carefully: sometimes the artist is mistakenly credited as the composer of the lyrics, the melody or both. Where and when was it composed, or if traditional, what is the earliest recording you can find? Are you discussing a live music occasion or a recording/livestreamed? Has it been performed and/or recorded by artists other than the one/s in the version you originally listened to? One or two others? Many? Is there another recording/live performance you prefer to the one you first heard? Why or why not? What history do these genre/s and music culture/s have in Toronto? One of the songs in the first week of class was originally written about a city in France, then altered to Quebec City and finally adapted for Toronto. Was the piece you have chosen related to Toronto initially? Is it known to musicians and audiences outside Toronto? Canada? Discuss the piece, or one piece from the genre you are discussing, in terms of musical elements: structure/form; melody; harmony/arrangement; tempo, dynamics, lyrics/text; performance style, for example, vocal timbre, use of different instrumental timbres.

What are your own approaches to listening: were you thinking about lyrics, instruments, colours, emotions, memories, the beat…imagining visuals? How does each member of the pair/group respond – similarities, differences? Do skills from your own major and/or your interests, and/or your background and/or work come into play while listening to and describing music? How does this piece contribute to constructing the city (Toronto), and how does the city (Toronto) construct or affect musical practices (specifically, the performance of this piece)? Artist/Ensemble/Composer: What about this artist/composer led you to choose them? Are they from Toronto, and if not, how long have they lived here or been associated with the city? How is their work connected to the city beyond where they live? Choose one piece from their work and discuss it under “discuss the piece” above. Event. What about this event – e.g. a festival, a concert series, a busking venue, etc., led you to select it? How long has it been taking place in Toronto? Does it take place elsewhere as well, at the same time or in different years, or is it specific to Toronto? For example, jazz festivals take place in many cities and countries – is there something specific about Toronto? How many of the artists and events in the event are from/based in Toronto/ brought in from elsewhere? How is Toronto evident in the kinds of choices made for the event? Not only the content but also the venue, the way it is organized, the food, the publicity, etc. Is there anything problematic or exclusive about this event and its relationship to the city? Those of you who work in design might consider designing – or describing – an alternative digital poster for the event and explaining your choices. Choose one piece from their work and discuss it under “discuss the piece” above. (Optional: if you experienced pandemic lockdowns in Toronto and/or another city, you might want to include these questions. They are optional; no marks will be deducted if they are not included. Pandemic lockdowns and music in Toronto: Timeline of lockdowns and semi-lockdowns with respect to music and dance: classes, rehearsals, performances, informal music-making; indoors/outdoors; livestreaming in empty spaces/from home only, etc. What, if any, studios were permitted to function/when/why? Technological: what was available to independent artists/music and dance students/ formal ensembles; how did people learn to use and develop technological resources? What problems remained unsolved? What effect did masks have on singers/instrumentalists/dancers when lockdowns began to lift? How did organizations help artists? Formal and informal events and series. Communities?(eg pots and pans, porch singing) Specific example/s of an artist/group/event series and how it developed during the pandemic lockdowns and openings. What might last from these developments?) CONCLUSION: What do you conclude about the music you are discussing and how it fits into music in Toronto? Music in cities in general? How might it work differently, or better? 4. References. Please read and follow the citation instructions. Grading will include (these percentages are somewhat flexible) : Content 70% – answer the question – use details from the lectures to support the answer (quotes, reference to specific tunes, etc.) – don’t make broad, sweeping generalizations about particular cultures, music, peoples – go beyond a surface level of understanding to dig at the complexity of the phenomena – try to consider alternative points of view – if the question allows for it, use self-reflection Structure 10% – introduction, supporting paragraphs, conclusion – develop and support your ideas – introduce new ideas in a logical fashion and order Writing 10 – spelling, punctuation, grammar, word use, ease of reading Citations and citation format 10% – in-text parenthetical citations – References: academically acceptable, peer-reviewed sources; quality and use of sources.