Thursday 6th December 2012

In today's lesson, we all had to sing our song through on our own in front of the rest of the group. I was really nervous about doing this as I am not a singer and I was terrified to sing in front of people. However, I am glad that we did this because once we had sang our song, we got given feedback on how to improve for the assessment. It was not as bad as what I thought it would be and it made me more confident as I now know what it will be like in the assessment. During the lesson, I had many areas of strength: even though I was really nervous to sing in front of my group, I got on with it and sang so that I could get feedback to help me improve. I also gave feedback to my peers when they got up and sang so that I can help them improve for the assessment too. Peer support is important and it helps you be more confident and comfortable with singing. During the lesson, I also had many areas for improvement: I was shaking a lot during my sing through of my song due to my nerves so when it came to the big note in my song, I did not do it because I was really conscious of my voice cracking and it not sounding very good. My targets for my audition assessment are to make sure that I try to control my nerves during the performance so that I can get through the song without shaking and so I am not conscious of my voice cracking on the big note. Also to make sure that I show the emotion which I need to during the performance so that I do not show my nerves and I characterize it correctly.