Performance work shop Term 1

In term 1 I didn't perform because I was very sick. If I was to perform I would have done Valerie by Amy Winehouse. The standrard I was at when I performed to my singing teacher was pretty good. I dont think it was 100% because im still learning the lyrics and making some silly mistakes.
When I performed it to her I felt as if I used a good range of dynamics in my voice. I was happy with the way I projected my voice and let it fill the room. I wasn't really pleased with my presentation. I know my weakness is standing still while im preforming and will need to work on it and manage to keep my nervs down and not let it show through my performance.
Three things I felt were positive about my performance were, I controlled my breathing better. Usually when im nervous I run out of breath. I controlled the transition from changing from one note to another better than I usually do.
When I performed my piece, my singing teacher commented on my volumn and my posture and said that it was so much better than what it usually was. She also said that I needed to improve on my eye contact. I need to look at my audience and make then feel apart of my performance and engage them more.
To improve my eye contact I have been performing infront of a mirror. Wheh I'm performing infront of the mirror my aim is to keep eye contact with myself. It's hard but practice makes perfect.

Performance Work shop for Friday 20th

On Friday I will be periforming Valerie by Amy Winehouse. I would like you to give me some feedback on my pitch, as sometimes I do fall off pitch. I would also like you to tell me if I was moving to much while performing (usually from nervs), and what my eye contact was like, whether I was capturing the audiences attention or if they were loosing interest in me.

Arual Studies

When we had Mr Sommerville as our teacher we all learnt, by ear, a blues piece. We got sectioned off into what instument we play and each of us had to solo for a minute or two. I learnt that soloing is pretty difficult unless you have words infront of you, like me and Sade had.
Three skills I could use to practice my aural skills would be going through an octave of scales using solfa. Singing through the Choctop inerval song. And maybe play through the intervals on the key-board and sing them alloud.

Holiday practice routine

In the holidays I didn't stick to my usual practice routine. I simply had a lot of other things going on such as other homework, lots and lots of work and spent lots of time with the family. I did try my best to get as much practice in as I could. I am happy with the amount I managed to do.
Yes, I understand that it has probably impacted my ricital by not practicing so much. Because I missed a few practice sessions I feel that I need to do somemore practice now im back at school, but I'm still happy that I managed to fit some practice in.

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