First song- Dound Akuru- did it before, but we have improved and I'd like a chance to redeem ourselves.
Second song- Happy (by Pharrell Williams)- Multiple parts, repetitive, seems to fit what we've been doing
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Post Concert #1 Reflection
Last night was a lot better than I expected. I expected us to get up on the stage and fail spectacularly, but instead we simply got up and sang. We sang together for the most part, which was amazing. We also had a nice tone, which I think may have been helped by the acoustics of the room we were in. However, I did notice a few places in the music where it seemed like the guys didn't know whether or not we should sing. This resulted in some parts being way too quiet (especially in Sourwood Mountain). But, I think our work in class with the breathing paid off, because it sounded like we were all breathing together.
I think that we presented ourselves as professionally as we could. While on stage, we acted exactly as we should. However, due to the enormous number of people in that room, our entrance and exit was unorganized and therefore very unprofessional. Also, there were a lot of complaints about our noise in the foyer. I think that was inevitable, as we were a bunch of teenagers stuck in a room which could barely fit half of us comfortably. I think it would have been much more comfortable for us and quieter for the audience if we had been told we could go hang out outside.
Going towards the next concert, I would really like to see base and tenor sections separated. In this concert's songs, we were almost the same group, which I would really like to see changed. For the entire ensemble, I think a better blend is what we should get next. Currently, we have a lot of spaces during songs where there are many distinct sounds, even within a single section. If this were to be fixed, we would be a lot closer to sounding like choral.
Personally, I need to work on my posture. I have bad habit of putting my hands in my pockets, or quite literally "twiddling my thumbs" (or other fingers). I also need to work on matching pitch. I constantly felt like the people around me were at a much different pitch than I was, though even then I couldn't tell if they were higher or lower. I hope to get better at this for the next set of songs.
I think that we presented ourselves as professionally as we could. While on stage, we acted exactly as we should. However, due to the enormous number of people in that room, our entrance and exit was unorganized and therefore very unprofessional. Also, there were a lot of complaints about our noise in the foyer. I think that was inevitable, as we were a bunch of teenagers stuck in a room which could barely fit half of us comfortably. I think it would have been much more comfortable for us and quieter for the audience if we had been told we could go hang out outside.
Going towards the next concert, I would really like to see base and tenor sections separated. In this concert's songs, we were almost the same group, which I would really like to see changed. For the entire ensemble, I think a better blend is what we should get next. Currently, we have a lot of spaces during songs where there are many distinct sounds, even within a single section. If this were to be fixed, we would be a lot closer to sounding like choral.
Personally, I need to work on my posture. I have bad habit of putting my hands in my pockets, or quite literally "twiddling my thumbs" (or other fingers). I also need to work on matching pitch. I constantly felt like the people around me were at a much different pitch than I was, though even then I couldn't tell if they were higher or lower. I hope to get better at this for the next set of songs.
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