musical performances

Live music events

Musical performances are live presentations of music before an audience—concerts, recitals, operas, and the like.

The term encompasses everything from symphony orchestras to solo guitar acts to school band concerts.

The venue hosts over two hundred musical performances each year.

Distinguished from recorded music by the presence of performers and audience sharing the same space and time.

Related

house band · concert · auditorium · festival · world tour · sold out · symphony · recital · setlist · encore · conductor · drum solo · classical · folk · jazz · blues · busking · soloist

Categories
Opposites
live vs. recorded/mediated

musical performancesstudio recordings

Professionally produced audio tracks

recordings · albums · audio recordings · music videos · phonograph records

active presentation vs. passive reception/silence

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Total lack of sound

soundlessness · quiet · stillness · muteness · hush

musical vs. non-musical performance arts

musical performancesdramatic readings

Expressive oral interpretations

dance performances · theatrical plays · mime · silent film · lectures

Family

music, perform, performer, performing, musical performance

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G