I was really pleasantly surprised by how it turned out. I wasn't sure how many people it would draw, or if it would run smoothly. It was so nice to see the room full of people, and to have no real issues to deal with. I really liked how the shuffle aspect worked out- you never had enough time to get bored with a single act. I also think the use of different lighting was neat. The string quartet in the dark was especially cool. I'm not sure what I would do differently...maybe have another medium sized group? Although the timing worked out nicely- I wouldn't want it to be much longer than it was. I think that I learned that simple is good. Looking back to some of our first ideas, we would have been way over our heads. With this type of event, we were able to work hard to make it come together without stressing too much. We included several types of music, and were able to sit back and enjoy it with the audience. This really was an event, and I think that made the music even more enjoyable.
I have heard nothing but good things about the shuffle concert. People really dug the whole shuffle idea and I'm really stoked about the reaction. The simplicity of the concert really allowed the music to speak to people. The food was great - it seemed to be mostly eaten when I left. The turn out was unexpectedly high and really spoke a lot about our preparation.
I think we could've had another band - something really unique. However, I don't think there was much that could've been improved given our financial/time limitations.
I definitely learned that you have to have a few people that are "in charge" - by that I mean a few members of a group who facilitate the entire event and its setup.
I was pleasantly surprised that this went as well as it did. We had a create audience that helped encourage the performers. The free food and drinks were nice but I think the performers helped bring people in. They all did an excellent job.
The only thing that I would do differently would be the seating and maybe use real lighting. I felt that we didn't have enough chairs out and that adding more in the middle of the concert might been a little distracting for some. If we could have had spotlights and more black lights would have helped with the mood we were creating in the room.
I learned a lot on planing an event and what works. This was fun. I was happy with the turn out.
Hey, everybody! Good job last night! I thought our goal of making this end of the semester project an event definitely worked. The audience seemed to be entertained, excited and full of delicious food the entire time. I would definitely agree that the simplicity of the event aided the appeal, looking back now I can fully appreciate the ridiculous-ness of our original ideas :) Having a few people in charge of the big aspects of the event was great, it meant that the people on that aspect were focused and could handle and execute their tasks well. Matt and Mo did a great job of MCing so that the audience knew what was going on. Honestly, I expected this to go well and have large attendance, but the general mood of the performance was not what I expected. The audience was very respectful and engaged, it turned out to be more like a concert than I expected. Teh lighting was a big factor in keeping the audience engaged and communicating the different genres of music well. Things I Would Have Done Differently: More advertisement in the CLA would have been nice, I don't know about y'all, but I told mostly music kids about this event. I think that the seating was a bit confused, especially for The Dells I felt that people would have liked to move around or have a dance floor.
I genuinely think that concerts like these should be put on more often at DePauw, the student body seemed to respond to it in an almost shockingly positive way.
It was fantastic! I especially liked the arbitrary nature of shuffling things up--that worked really well, I think, to keep people energetic and engaged throughout the whole thing.
Can't think of many different things to do--I think perhaps posters should've gone out earlier, so I'm sorry about that. Maybe we should make it longer and even more varied--one hour is pretty short for a concert, especially a concert with more than one group of people performing.
I learned a lot--mostly about how many people are willing to go outside of their comfort zones and experience differing genres of music. (I was surprised at the amount of people showed up.)
I felt bad I came late due to a meeting... I thought it was rather successful. I talked to several CLA friends and they loved it, even the classical music, and want another concert in the future. I would have had more of a variety of music... worried that audience would get bored with limited artists that reappeared throughout the performance. I learned strategic ways to learn and focus to an audience. As a future band director, I need to know how to prepare an even that will bring in the largest audience.
I loved it. I loved the atmosphere it created and the fact that there were lots of people there! I think people liked the "shuffle" aspect. I thought it went well having the different musicians play at the different times. The awkward pauses in between them weren't ideal but we worked through it. Next time we probably should have the musicians either know the set list or have an mc or someone talk in between so the audience has something to listen to. The thing that I learned about the most from this is that you don't have to do things the traditional way. You can have different genres working together. People don't really care how things are as long as they get what they came for. The music. (and the food) :)
The event was really fun because it embodied the great things about concerts. By investigating what exactly goes into a great "event" we were able to integrate many of the elements into it and really make it work. I loved seeing all my friends come together in one place even if they don't usually attend music events. For me it supported the concept of music as primarily concerned with relationships.
I thought the event went excellently! As I recall someone stating during our last day of class, the event truly did feel like a DePauw event rather than a DePauw School of Music Event which shows that we ha successfully reached the goal of our event. I thought the shuffle idea was great because, as we all know, teenager's attention spans aren't exactly that attentive so the constant shuffle of groups/style of music being played/etc. In regards to what we should've done differently I would probably say order less cookies and more donuts. The donuts seemed to be such a huge hit with the crows, every time someone came over to the food table I would always hear someone go "Oooo, donuts." One thing I learned from the event is that it is essential to make an event appealing to the public through accessibility and connivence of location, in our case being the UB Ballroom.
I was really pleasantly surprised by how it turned out. I wasn't sure how many people it would draw, or if it would run smoothly. It was so nice to see the room full of people, and to have no real issues to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how the shuffle aspect worked out- you never had enough time to get bored with a single act. I also think the use of different lighting was neat. The string quartet in the dark was especially cool.
I'm not sure what I would do differently...maybe have another medium sized group? Although the timing worked out nicely- I wouldn't want it to be much longer than it was.
I think that I learned that simple is good. Looking back to some of our first ideas, we would have been way over our heads. With this type of event, we were able to work hard to make it come together without stressing too much. We included several types of music, and were able to sit back and enjoy it with the audience. This really was an event, and I think that made the music even more enjoyable.
I have heard nothing but good things about the shuffle concert. People really dug the whole shuffle idea and I'm really stoked about the reaction. The simplicity of the concert really allowed the music to speak to people. The food was great - it seemed to be mostly eaten when I left. The turn out was unexpectedly high and really spoke a lot about our preparation.
ReplyDeleteI think we could've had another band - something really unique. However, I don't think there was much that could've been improved given our financial/time limitations.
I definitely learned that you have to have a few people that are "in charge" - by that I mean a few members of a group who facilitate the entire event and its setup.
I was pleasantly surprised that this went as well as it did. We had a create audience that helped encourage the performers. The free food and drinks were nice but I think the performers helped bring people in. They all did an excellent job.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that I would do differently would be the seating and maybe use real lighting. I felt that we didn't have enough chairs out and that adding more in the middle of the concert might been a little distracting for some. If we could have had spotlights and more black lights would have helped with the mood we were creating in the room.
I learned a lot on planing an event and what works. This was fun. I was happy with the turn out.
Hey, everybody! Good job last night! I thought our goal of making this end of the semester project an event definitely worked. The audience seemed to be entertained, excited and full of delicious food the entire time. I would definitely agree that the simplicity of the event aided the appeal, looking back now I can fully appreciate the ridiculous-ness of our original ideas :)
ReplyDeleteHaving a few people in charge of the big aspects of the event was great, it meant that the people on that aspect were focused and could handle and execute their tasks well. Matt and Mo did a great job of MCing so that the audience knew what was going on.
Honestly, I expected this to go well and have large attendance, but the general mood of the performance was not what I expected. The audience was very respectful and engaged, it turned out to be more like a concert than I expected. Teh lighting was a big factor in keeping the audience engaged and communicating the different genres of music well.
Things I Would Have Done Differently: More advertisement in the CLA would have been nice, I don't know about y'all, but I told mostly music kids about this event.
I think that the seating was a bit confused, especially for The Dells I felt that people would have liked to move around or have a dance floor.
I genuinely think that concerts like these should be put on more often at DePauw, the student body seemed to respond to it in an almost shockingly positive way.
It was fantastic! I especially liked the arbitrary nature of shuffling things up--that worked really well, I think, to keep people energetic and engaged throughout the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteCan't think of many different things to do--I think perhaps posters should've gone out earlier, so I'm sorry about that. Maybe we should make it longer and even more varied--one hour is pretty short for a concert, especially a concert with more than one group of people performing.
I learned a lot--mostly about how many people are willing to go outside of their comfort zones and experience differing genres of music. (I was surprised at the amount of people showed up.)
I felt bad I came late due to a meeting... I thought it was rather successful. I talked to several CLA friends and they loved it, even the classical music, and want another concert in the future.
ReplyDeleteI would have had more of a variety of music... worried that audience would get bored with limited artists that reappeared throughout the performance.
I learned strategic ways to learn and focus to an audience. As a future band director, I need to know how to prepare an even that will bring in the largest audience.
I loved it. I loved the atmosphere it created and the fact that there were lots of people there! I think people liked the "shuffle" aspect. I thought it went well having the different musicians play at the different times. The awkward pauses in between them weren't ideal but we worked through it. Next time we probably should have the musicians either know the set list or have an mc or someone talk in between so the audience has something to listen to. The thing that I learned about the most from this is that you don't have to do things the traditional way. You can have different genres working together. People don't really care how things are as long as they get what they came for. The music. (and the food) :)
ReplyDeleteThe event was really fun because it embodied the great things about concerts. By investigating what exactly goes into a great "event" we were able to integrate many of the elements into it and really make it work. I loved seeing all my friends come together in one place even if they don't usually attend music events. For me it supported the concept of music as primarily concerned with relationships.
ReplyDeleteI thought the event went excellently! As I recall someone stating during our last day of class, the event truly did feel like a DePauw event rather than a DePauw School of Music Event which shows that we ha successfully reached the goal of our event. I thought the shuffle idea was great because, as we all know, teenager's attention spans aren't exactly that attentive so the constant shuffle of groups/style of music being played/etc. In regards to what we should've done differently I would probably say order less cookies and more donuts. The donuts seemed to be such a huge hit with the crows, every time someone came over to the food table I would always hear someone go "Oooo, donuts." One thing I learned from the event is that it is essential to make an event appealing to the public through accessibility and connivence of location, in our case being the UB Ballroom.
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