1. ​Listening Journals will be done on Tuesdays and Thursdays every week.
  2. Listening Journals count toward your Assignment grade.
  3. Each week will require a different response. Please check the correct box.
  4. You do not need to answer every question, but use them as a reference. 
  5. You may answer in paragraph or bullet form.
  6. Please use complete sentences.
  7. Be prepared to share your response with the class. 

2019-2020

Marking Period 2
  1. 11/21/19 - General Observations - Marriage of Figaro Overture - Mozart - Stringspace String Quartet
  2. 11/26/19 - Musical Elements -  "Surprise" (Symphony no. 94) - Franz Joseph Haydn
  3. 12/3/19 - Personal Response -  Moonlight Sonata
    - Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 12/5/19 - Performance Style -  Piano Quintet in A major
    - Franz Schubert
  5. 1/7/20 - Musical Elements - William Tell Overture: Final - Gioachino Rossini
  6. 1/9/20 - Personal Response - Symphonie Fantastique, mvt. IV - Hector Berlioz
  7. 1/14/20 - General Observations - Op.49 No.4 Wiegenlied - Johannes Brahms
  8. 1/21/20 - Musical Elements - Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Antonín Dvořák
  9. 1/28/20 - Personal Response - Qu’il la fait bon regarder! - Claude Debussy
  10. 1/30/20 - General Observations - Quintett Op. 26: Schwungvoll - Arnold Schoenberg
Marking Period 1
  1. ​9/17/19 - Musical Elements - Gregorian chant - Circumdederunt me
  2. 9/19/19 - Personal Response - Organum - Jubilemus exultemus (organum)
  3. ​9/24/19 - Performance Style/Interpretation - Troubadour Love Song (Arany Zoltán​)
  4. 9/26/29 - Musical Elements - O Maria, maris stella (motet)
  5. 10/1/19 - Performance Style -  Conwy Castle Medieval Dance (Plantagenet Medieval Society)
  6. 10/3/19 - General Observations - Guillaume de Machaut- Puis qu'en oubli (polyphonic chanson)
  7. 10/8/19 - Personal Response - Josquin Desprez - "Ave Maria"
  8. 10/10/19 - Musical Elements - Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris Mater - Tallis Scholars
  9. 10/15/19 - General Observations - Guillaume Dufay - J'ay grant dolour (rondeau)
  10. 10/17/19 - Musical Elements - Fair Phyllis I Saw - John Farmer (madrigal)
  11. 10/22/19 - Performance Style - Mass in B Minor - J.S. Bach
  12. 10/24/19 - Personal Response - Winter (The Four Seasons), Antonio Vivaldi
  13. 10/29/19 - General Observations - ''Hallelujah'' chorus, Händel 
    (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)

2018-2019

Marking Period 4
  1. 3/26/19 - General Observations - Pentatonix: Come Along
  2. 4/9/19 - Open Response - The King's Singers - Danny Boy
  3. 4/11/19 - Musical Elements OR Personal Response - Light and Gold: Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre
  4. 4/16/19 - Performance Style/Interpretation - Angel City Chorale: Massive Choir Makes It Rain With 'Africa' - America's Got Talent 2018
  5. 4/18/19 - General Observations - Tamboo Bamboo
  6. 4/23/19 - Open Response - Don't Stop Me Now on FLOPPOTRON
  7. 4/25/19 - Personal Response - Emis Killa - Maracanã
Marking Period 3
  1. 2/14/19 - General Observations - Libera: Adoramus
  2. 2/18/19 - Musical Elements - Pentatonix: The Sound of Silence
  3. 2/28/19 - Style/Interpretation - Gustav Holst: Flash Mob The Planets: Jupiter (Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra)
  4. 3/5/19 - Personal Response - Vivaldi: Winter 
Marking Period 2
  1. ​11/6/18 - Personal Response - Indigo Choir: Now We Are Free
  2. 11/8/18 - Open Response - BYU Vocal Point ft. Lexi Walker: Beauty and the Beast A Cappella Medley
  3. 11/15/18 - Musical Elements - J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, St. Thomas Boys Choir, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
  4. 11/29/18 - Open Response - Pentatonix: Deck The Halls
  5. 12/4/18 - Personal Response - Lindsey Stirling: Carol of the Bells
  6. 1/8/19 - Personal Response - Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi
  7. 1/15/19 - General Observations - Whitacre: Sleep
Marking Period 1
  1. 9/11/18 - General Observations - U2: Walk On
  2. 10/2/18 - General Observations - Pentatonix: Evolution of Dance
  3. 10/4/18 - Musical Elements - Ludwig Van Beethoven: 5th Symphony
  4. 10/9/18 - Performance Style/Interpretation - BYU Vocal Point ft. BYU Men's Chorus: Nearer, My God, to Thee
  5. 10/16/18 - Performance Style/Interpretation - Africa by Toto on Boomwhackers!
  6. 10/18/18 - Personal Response - Disney Halloween Mashup (feat. Voctave) - Paint
  7. 10/23/18 - Open Response - Halloween A Cappella Medley/Mashup (@RosendaleSings)
  8. 10/25/18 - Musical Elements - Nick Pitera | This is Halloween | Oh My Disney
  9. 10/30/18 - Performance Style/Interpretation - HALLOWEEN MEDLEY - Julia Koep
  10. 11/1/18 - Open Response - Simple Gifts - Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss