ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on performance and present music as it might be heard in concert, that is, in musical events where the music itself is the focus and in which the audience sits and listens rather than actively participates. It begins with a mock program by a symphony orchestra. The chapter downsizes and looks at chamber music, works written for small ensembles. It then explores an improvisatory South Indian musical form called kriti. The chapter looks at typical concert pieces from three different traditions: Western art music, South Indian art music, and jazz. It closes with a selection from a mock jazz concert, a performance of trumpet master Miles Davis's modal composition 'so what'. The chapter explores the variations in musical styles, performance space, and expectations of behavior. Musical event reaffirms their social history and legitimizes interests and beliefs.
