Grupos musicais no mercado de casamentos: funcionamento e atuação em Uberlândia - MG

Abstract

This work is a study that consists in knowing the organization of musical groups, their functioning and characteristics of their performance in weddings in the city of Uberlândia-MG. Three groups were studied that work in the city, and this work also seeks to understand some particularities of these groups and, thus, to provide some direction for people who want to work in this market and to help researchers who are interested in knowing this niche of musical performance. For the accomplishment of this research a bibliographical investigation was made from authors that talk about the musical market and about the performance of musicians in different professional segments of music. The interview, with the leaders of the "marriage groups", was the procedure of data collection adopted to survey the empirical material of this research. It was concluded that the musical groups that perform at weddings have their own characteristics as regards the way of selling their service, composition and instrumental arrangement of repertoire, contact with the bride and groom, as well as how to organize auditions, among others aspects. According to the bibliography studied, it was observed that the musicians acting in these groups perform other functions in other musical segments, such as: arrangers, producers, concert soloists, music teachers, orchestras conductors, among others. The research also discusses the field and how these groups work in the wedding market, in addition to ways they have to sell their work