Concert Etiquette: Be a Great Audience and a Great Performer

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Concert Etiquette: Be a Great Audience and a
Great Performer
Arts · Music (General / Band / Choir) · Grades 6-9 · 45 minutes
Time needed
45 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet (one per student).
Technology
None.
Student
independence
High. Individual work with a short class discussion.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet
Goal for today: Students will judge audience and performer behavior at concerts and explain why each etiquette rule
helps performers and listeners.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Write on the board: ETIQUETTE = polite, shared habits that help everyone enjoy an event.
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. You do not need any music knowledge.
Say this to start
Today you will think about what makes a good audience member and a good performer. Many concerts have unwritten
rules, and your job is to work out why those rules exist. Read the short guide, judge each situation, and then write your
own advice for a school concert.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance. Hand out the worksheet and read the
board definition aloud.
Look over the worksheet.
5–13
Ask students to read the guide silently.
Read and underline one rule that surprised
them.
13–24
Tell students to complete the Scenario Table.
Mark each scenario as a good or poor
choice and suggest a better idea for poor
ones.
24–34
Tell students to answer questions 1–6.
Answer the multiple-choice and true/false
questions.
34–42
Tell students to do questions 7–9. Invite two students to
share a rule from question 8.
Write short answers and the audience
guide.
42–45
Collect all worksheets in a stack.
Hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students argue about when to clap, tell them the guide explains the usual rule and that jazz and pop
concerts have different habits.
• If a student says the rules are silly, ask them to explain in writing how the rule helps a performer.
• If a student finishes early, use the early finisher list.
• If the room gets noisy, remind students that this is a lesson about being a quiet audience, so practice the
habit.
Early finishers
• Write a polite note thanking a performer after a concert.
• Design a poster (with words) welcoming families to a school concert and listing three simple rules.
Support and challenge
• Support: Let students underline one sentence in the guide that supports each answer in the table.
• Challenge: Compare etiquette at an orchestra concert with etiquette at a sports game. Write two differences
and one similarity.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: