Solo 1 Final performance and reflection

 

Final Solo 1 Performance

Link is here:- https://web.microsoftstream.com/channel/1e32baac-638c-4e4f-903d-76fe448d4b51

My Solo performance link - https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/3d641c6f-0351-4ae2-bd46-fc016f87ab8e?channelId=1e32baac-638c-4e4f-903d-76fe448d4b51

What went well?

I feel like I gained a lot more confidence in this performance. I feel like I gained this confidence because I wasn't using a microphone. In all my other performances that were recorded I used a microphone so I didn't come along as confident because I was scared of those high notes screeching and not coming out properly. So on the performance day I changed and asked the technician if I could try sing it without a microphone and he said yes whatever you feel comfortable with. Then when the time came to sing it, I wanted to go all out and since I could hear myself and my voice I felt like I had more control. As well as this I feel like I demonstrated the emotional connection with the song and how I acted out my part, which was strong and thoughtful.

What didn't go well?

Unfortunately, at the beginning of the performance I didn't make my intro correct and I said my name at the end and walked away having my head hanging in shame, which you can see in the video. I feel like next time I should get the intro right but if it goes wrong walk away like nothing happened ready and confident to begin my solo. Additionally, during the solo in the second half of the piece I tried to hit that high note but missed what I was going for and sang it in a different way. I did this on the line "Everything we see".

How have you improved since your mock performance?

I feel like I have improved because in my mock solo performance, I was off tune and my timing wasn't good on some of the key lyrics. But this time I learnt how to sing it another way, which tested my limit but tested in a way where it didn't sound bad or screechy. I also feel like I had a lot of confident in the first mock performance but I didn't put my all into the performance where as in the final performance I put everything in and got a better result.

What have you worked on to make those improvements?

I worked hard on getting all the lines in the right time and getting all my notes on tune. I practised singing my song acapella with no backing track so I could really here myself singing. I also tried many different ways of changing my voice and tune and the way I sang certain lines. I went over the Broadway 'they live in you' performance many times and tried to sing it like he did and with the passion and the emotion.

How have you improved on the two targets you set yourself?

Emotional Engagement - With emotional engagement from my very first performance to the class in the live room, I didn't use any emotion and I used a very few range of hand and arm actions. Now after all these different performances and the targets/research I have found a way to actually connect with the music and flow with it while putting real emotions into the performance and song. Using facial expressions, different tone and dynamics within my voice. This also connects with my other target that I set myself. (Stage Presence)

Stage Presence - With stage presence, in the first performance in the live room, I did few actions and I stood still and took a few steps backwards and forth but a powerful character would be showing dominance and eye contact. After lots of performances and practice. In the last performance I demonstrated power a lot. I used my whole body to create big shapes and represent power. I stared a lot, all over the room, at the camera and at the audience. I got the technicians to place a block so I can stand up and have higher status over everyone else in the room to also the dominance that my character has.