Codes and Conventions of Classical Music Magazines

The conventions of a classical music magazine is mostly the same in every magazine made by different publishers. Usually, the masthead is 1/6th of the front page often in red,blue, black or white. The colours are normally clean and classy and anything bright like pink are never really used, this is because the audience is much older. Colours I've found quite commonly used is gold and black, these colours together show quite a premium style which fits the high class stereotype.
I'm going to follow the convention of giving my magazine a classy look using neutral colours throughout my magazine and follow the same the colours too my contents and double-page spread. I like the use of black and white which would make it clear its a classical magazine but use hints of bright colours like pink,reds and greens. These bright colours appeal to a younger audience and make it feel suitable for them. 

The main feature is the image and normally there is the full photograph of the model in a medium or medium long shot. There is only one image on the front cover and a cover story about the specific artist and the artist is normally dressed up to look high class in gowns and suits. Some magazines use black and white images to give a vintage look but some use colour depending on the background. Sometimes the background is one colour so all the other features stand out but others are scenic. People expect to see old buildings and castles when seeing images connecting to this genre.
I'm going to follow the code of only using one image and using a medium to long shot. I've decided on my front cover the image will be black and white and that i'll have a scenic background. However, to challenge the convention the backgrounds are going to be much more urban and the artist will be dressed very middle class holding a violin which will be still a traditional genre representation. 

The front cover is always very organised and have a few features to inform and attract the audience into the magazine. Normal features used are pugs and only ever one puff which is simple and small. One cover story in San Serif font and in a small neutral colour. Throughout there is also little dots,lines and scrolls which immediately tell the audience its a classical magazine and give it a unique touch.
I'm going to follow all the conventions of these features but use much more bigger and colourful font. The puff will be in a shape which you would normally find on a children's magazine.