Posted by jrt002
1. March 27, 2009
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
2.Today I ran a
rehearsal of the high school band. I rehearsed the piece “The Blue
and the Gray.” The band was very responsive of everything that I
did and asked of them which helped a lot when it came to working with
them. I planned out the rehearsal by section and picked out certain
parts that I wanted to work on and had an idea of how I wanted the
different sections to sound.
3. I observed Mr.
Siegel warm the band up today. He warmed them up by having them play
a few chorals out of their choral book. After warming the band up
Mr. Siegel introduced me and told the band that they were to treat me
as if I was their teacher. I rehearsed the group and afterwards Mr.
Siegel recorded two of the bands pieces so that they can go back and
listen to themselves to see how much they have improved and how much
they need to improve.
4.I think that as my
first time in front of a high school band I did an extremely good
job. I was worried up until the time that I got up on the podium
that I would not come across like I knew what I was doing. Being up
there in front of about a hundred students was not as intimidating as
I thought it would be though. The students for the most part
listened to what I asked of them and when they didn't I had them go
back and do the parts over again after reminding them of what I was
looking for. After class I talked to Mr. Siegel about how things
went for my first time. He told me that he thought I did a very good
job with the students and seemed very confident on the podium. He
also told me that a couple of the students made comments to him about
how I did not seem nervous at all. Mr. Siegel did tell me what I
should do for the next time I came down and pick apart the different
voice parts of the piece to listen for specific things and improve
the sound that way. As far as Mr. Siegel's part of class that he
taught I felt that a lot of what he was doing was a lot of what we
were taught to do here at LVC. He warmed up the band with their
choral books but instead of just having them warm up he used the
music to educate the band. He taught specific things such as how to
listen for and fix intonation while playing and he also got the band
to play with musicality using good dynamics, articulation, and having
clean entrances. I also like how Mr. Siegel told his students to
treat me professionally and as if I were there teacher because they
did listen to him and they listened well. The recordings that Mr.
Siegel made are a really good idea too because it allows the students
to hear themselves and critique their own playing to prepare for the
concert. I think this is a really effective technique because I find
that it is a lot easier to critique music when it is being listened
to compared to when it is being played.
5. Am I effectively
showing my students what I ask of them and what can I do to improve
how I tell the students what I want from them?
6. I learned from
this experience that not all high school students are as well of
listeners as this band is. From past experience with high school
students I have learned that they do not always want to listen to the
person in charge even if it is the teacher. Talking to Mr. Siegel
helped me the most I feel though because we discussed rehearsal
techniques and ways to keep students attention. I was told that I
kept a good pace of my rehearsal with the students, but sometimes
students need a different pace during class depending on the day and
the mood that they are in. I feel that that is one of the most
important things I learned because I could tell occasionally when I
was moving a little too fast for the students when explaining what I
wanted and I had to slow down and simplify my explanation.
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