Final External Unit

Task 1 - Planning

My candidate number:   My centre number: 17343.

My name is Kirby-Ann Wademan. The instrument I will be playing for this performance is singing . The brief requires me to give a 10-15 minute performance suitable to the event..

 Through my performance, I want to achieve the following personal goals:

1. Personal Goal 1: To improve my confidence using a microphone.
2. Personal Goal 2: To be able to successively sing a solo.
3. Personal Goal 3:  To know all my lyrics off by heart

 To help achieve the above goals, I think I have the following skills that I can use:

1. Skill 1: My first good skill is that I am able to work with others with hardly any problems.
2. Skill 2: My second good skill is that I am a confident person that I will be able to transfer into my performance .
3. Skill 3: My third good skill is I don't try to hide behind objects when I perform  .

 I will know if I have achieved my goals at the end of the assessment because I need to have confidence to sing a solo and know all the lyrics myself and because I am singing I will need to use a microphone.

The audience I am performing to is an A&R Team. Their expectations will be that I project my voice by using a microphone and enjoy myself by performing a 10-15 minute performance. I will meet their expectations by singing 3 songs that add up to about 12 mins that I am confident enough to sing in front of a microphone to the audience .The music label A&R would expect me to project confidence and look like I know what I am doing and to use the best songs to perform for my ability and to provide a good stage presence by smiling and keeping good posture

 I will perform music in the following style/styles  pop,Latin and Ballard. This is because I enjoy performing range of differ styles to see how I sound different with each song .

My personal image for the event will be Smart and formal attire such a black skirt and blazer with a white blouse this is appropriate for my audience because it gives off an impression of organisation and presents to the audience that I care about how look and that I put effort into my image .

 My ideas for the performance are that I intend to Perform 3 solos to the best of my ability with confidence . I will do it by creating a live lounge set up so not only am I comfortable while I sing but it also looks good in front of an audience which allows me to perform even better  .

 The set list I will perform as my given repertoire will contain the following songs:

1. Song 1: Artist/Band: Camila Cabello Song title: Havana Estimated length of song: 3:36 . I have chosen this song because I wanted a to show I can transition from my head voice ro my chest voice.
2. Song 2:  Artist/Band: Justin Bieber Song title: Love yourself Estimated length of song: 4:42     I have chosen this song because I wanted to do a well known song that I was comfortable with so I had more confidence when I was singing.
3. Song 3: Artist/Band: Christina Perri Song title: Thousand Years. Estimated length of song:4:45 I have chosen this song because I enjoy this song so I thought I would enjoy singing it as well.

The total estimated length of my set list will therefore be 12 minutes. 

I have chosen to play these songs in this order because this way I have my comfortable song first to build up confidence so that when I get to my second song which is the one I am least comfortable with  I am still confident from my first song so I don't get worried then finally my last song is the one that I Am really enjoy singing to finish my performance on my best performance.

I will need to involve the following people in my performance Mr Gower . This is because he plays the Piano to all 3 of my songs and because if something goes wrong he can catch me up however a backing track cant  .

I will need the following resources and equipment: Piano and microphone and a music stand . 

1.4) When performing live, I will need to consider the following health and safety issues:

Health & Safety Issue 1: Wires in the way . How I will make sure I am safe is by moving the wires out of the way into a safe space  .

Health & Safety Issue 2: spilling water on the electrics . How I will make sure I am safe by moving any liquids a safe distance away .

Health & Safety Issue 3: falling of the stage. How I will make sure I am safe by being a certain distance away from the edge  .

Health & Safety Issue 4: standing to close to the speakers. How I will make sure I am safe: by making sure the speaker at a safe volume.

1.3e I will rehearse on the following dates and I will work on the following at each rehearsal:

Week 19 Thursday 18th January 2018 (2 hours):

Plan:Today in my music lesson I practised Beating Heart

What went well: I have almost learnt on the lyrics.

What needs work im trying to sing it smoother so it flows better. I didn't have a music lesson with my Tutor last week.

Week 20 Thursday 25th January 2018 (2 hours):

Plan: Today in my music lesson I practised Havana

What went well: because me and music tutor chose to swap Don't stop Believin for Havana to make me more comfortable when singing on stage, 

What needs work: however I do have to know the song better so I am going to listen to the song 5 times a day for a week to familiarize myself to the song to a higher standard.

Week 21 Thursday 1st February 2018 (2 hours):

Plan:  Today in my music lesson I practised Havana.

What went well: I Am learning the new order me and sir chose to sing the song .

What needs work: I need to remember the order in which I sing it.

Week 22 Thursday 8th February 2018 (2 hours):

Plan: Today I practiced Love Yourself.

What went well: This song is the one I am most comfortable with so when I sing the song you can see me showing my confidence 

What needs work: The only thing left to do with song is not read of the lyrics I printed which I actually know of by heart.

Week 24 Thursday 22nd February 2018 (2 hours):

Plan: Today I practiced Thousand Years.

What went well:  I am feeling more confident to perform this song for my final exam.

What needs work: I need to practice hitting the high notes.

Week 25 Thursday 08/03/18 Dress Rehearsal Performance (2 hours):

Plan: To sing all 3 of my songs with confidence.

What went well: I sang into a microphone for the first time.

What needs work: I need to work on not showing when something goes wrong on my face and just keep going and smile .

Week 26 Wednesday 14/03/18 Final Live Performance (2 hours):

Plan: To sing all 3 of my songs with confidence all the way through without stopping and smile to my audience to give off a good stage presence .

What went well: I succssesfully sang in front of a microphone without hesitation  .

What needs work: To smile more and look more like im enjoying myself so the audience have a good time listening to me  .

Strengths Reflection:

Everything sounded intime and nothing went majorly wrong and when something did go wrong no one could tell.

 I managed to successfully sing in front of a microphone without hesitation all the way through

Improvement Reflection:

I could appear to the audience as more confident and don't read the lyrics I already know

Smile more to give off the impression of confidence 

Have the lyrics further away so there is less temptation to read them

Feedback from others:

 The high part "head voice" to Havana sounded brilliant showed of your voice. A good blend of chest voice and head voice along with a good mix of pop, ballad, and Latin styles which showed a wide and enjoyable set list, live lounge set up looked good and didn't try to hide your face and did not stop all the way through which showed confidence.

This feedback helped me to Try to make more eye contact with the audience more and rehearse the difficult pitches.

Conclusion
I think my performance went pretty well I knew all my lyrics and managed to keep in time with the piano and sang in from of a microphone however sometimes I did let nerves get the better of me sometimes and because of this I ended up reading the lyrics I already knew to take my mind off what I was doing I also need to smile more to project the idea that I am confident however when I did get into a song you could see that I was enjoying myself and it looked good and gave off a good stage presence to the audience.