music performances
Gigs and recitals
Live presentations of musical works before an audience.
The term encompasses concerts, recitals, opera productions, and any event where musicians play or sing in real time rather than through recordings.
The venue hosts over two hundred music performances a year.
Distinguished from studio recordings by the element of spontaneity and direct audience engagement.
- instrumentalistOne who performs music
- drum soloUnaccompanied percussive passage
- solo recitalPerformance by lone musician
- symphony orchestraLarge ensemble for classical music
- microphoneAudio input device
concert hall · stage manager · vocalist · backing band · conductor · setlist · arranger · jazz · sound engineer · encore · recording studio · live recording · festivals · jazz improvisation · talent shows · world tour · soundboard · producer
- videosvideos, clip, clips, video clip, films
- cultural eventscultural festivals, heritage festivals, folk festival, folk festivals, heritage festival
- live televisionlive coverage, live events, live stream, live feed, live audience
- video contentepisode, YouTube, subtitles, web series, Vimeo
- media archivesnews archives, newspaper archives, newsreels, news footage, raw footage
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
music performancesrecordings
Stored audio or video
studio recordings · albums · tracks · playback · audio files
music performancespassive listening
Hearing without deliberate focus
music composition · songwriting · rehearsals · music production · arranging
music performancessilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · rest · stillness · intermission · soundlessness