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Music Performances
Organizations that offer music performances which feature an ensemble of musicians playing woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. Also included are programs that arrange for band festivals and band competitions that are staged as public performances.
Organizations that offer musical performances which feature blues, an African American musical form whose roots stretch back to African musical and dance traditions. Blues emerged as a rural, acoustic tradition in the deep South in the late 1800's, later migrating to urban areas and adapting to electrical instruments. The blues forms the backbone of jazz, was a crucial influence on country and western music, and was the predominant force in the birth of rock and roll. Also included are programs that arrange for blues festivals and blues competitions that are staged as public performances.
Organizations that offer music performances which feature choirs, gospel singers, barbershop quartets, glee clubs or other vocal groups. Also included are programs that arrange for choral music festivals or choral music competitions that are staged as public performances.
Organizations that offer musical performances which feature symphony orchestras, chamber groups or instrumental or vocal soloists or ensembles who play pieces whose style and structure are based on Western European traditions. Specific concerts may feature early medieval religious music that included masses and motets; suites and concertos from the baroque period; symphonies in sonata form and piano sonatas from the late 18th and 19th centuries; and pieces from the 20th century that are representative of serialism, neoclassicism, neoromanticism or other contemporary traditions. Also included are programs that arrange for classical music festivals and classical music competitions that are staged as public performances.
Organizations that offer musical performances which feature individual soloists and groups who play songs which often are a part of the oral tradition of different cultures including early America and frequently consist of poetry set to music with simple accompaniment, often by acoustic guitar. Folk music may include social protest content. Also included are programs that arrange for folk music festivals and folk music competitions that are staged as public performances.