Questions Artist: Anthony Callea

Song Name: The Prayer

1. Describe how the following musical
elements are being embellished/
developed throughout the
improvisation:

1.a) Rhythm- eg. Use of repetition, syncopation,
note durations.
There is repetition of phrases. The song
is at a steady flowing pace speeding up
slightly in the bridge.
1.b) Melody- ascending descending repetition,
intervals, scales, modes, shape/stepwise motion
and leaps.
The Melody ascends and descends
equally. There are a number of leaps of
intervals in the song especially when he
sings the high notes.
1.c) Dynamics- crescendo, decrescendo, accent,
loud and soft passages
The song starts soft gradually increasing
in volume to the climax then decreases
again till the end.
1.d) Tone- clean, processed, articulation. He sings with clear articulation
pronouncing the English and Italian
correctly.
2. Identify potential OHS risks or challenges
posed by the performance style.
I cannot see any OHS risks in his performance.
3. Describe how the musicians interact
with the other band members.
Anthony sings as if he is telling a story and as if
he is the only person in the room so he doesnt
feel the need to communicate with the band
members.
4. Describe how the musicians
communicate with the audience before,
between and after performances
Anthony communicates by looking around the
room glancing at everyone and thanking them at
the end.
5. What cues musical or visual were used
to start or end improvised sequences of
music?
His facial expressions and hand and body
movements are all visual cues of different
sections in the song.
6. Describe the use of rhythm, dynamics,
texture, used by the accompanists whilst
the solo is being performed.
The accompanists star of with one or two violins
to give a soft sound as he is singing softly at this
point. When the music intensifies the orchestral
accompaniment also thickens with more
instrumentation joining in.