What about the last concert/performance are you proud of? Why are proud of this?

At our last concert, I’m proud that I didn’t mess up on the solo in Fanfare for the Third Planet. Before the concert, I was so nervous that I would mess it up. I was really happy when I didn’t mess it up. I was also thankful that I made far fewer mistakes while going through all the songs than I had anticipated.

If you could change or fix one thing about your performance, what would it be? What would you improve?

If I could change one thing about my performance, it would be to play more louder. After the concert, I went back and listened to the video on Youtube. I realized that I can barely hear myself when I’m playing. The concert would’ve been better if I played louder.

Please write a few sentences to describe your performance at our concert.

At out concert, I think I did pretty great overall. I made less mistakes than I thought I would. I also enjoyed the concert. Even though I was stress, I was less stress than the first concert that we did.

In a few sentences, please describe how this past year has gone for you in band? How have you improved on your instrument and what would you like to continue to improve on? 

During this past year, I enjoyed playing percussion in concert band. I have learned more about percussion and I was able to play songs that were more difficult. I improved on my instrument by practicing at home, practicing the rhymes in some of my pieces. As I continue, I want to improve to be able to play louder. As I have said above, I realized that I couldn’t really hear myself when listening to our concert.

I think something that went well in my presentation was that I didn’t speak too fast when I was presenting it . Even though I spoke somewhat quickly, I don’t feel it was overly rapid. I’m also proud that I didn’t studder as much as I thought I will. Something that could have been better would be to speak a bit slower. As I have said above, I think I still spoke a bit too fast. Another thing that could be better would be to speak more clearly when I’m talking. When I was speaking, my tongue felt like it was a little twisted, which cause my speech to become a bit slurred. I didn’t really know why it happens, but I think I could do a bit more better next time. Something that I would change about my slides would be to reduce the writing on each slide. That way I have more things to talk about when I’m presenting. One of the curricular competences that I have demonstrate is responsibility. When we were given the assignment, we had to hand it in before April 8 which I did. This shows that I have demonstrated that I’m responsible for my own education. I also demonstrated critical and reflective thinking by making judgments about which character I liked the most and why. Overall, I’m quite satisfied with how I performed during the Independent Novel Presentation.