Friday, May 30, 2014

1. I have learned many things, however the most important thing I learned is everyone has to provide equal participation to make this choir great! Singing as a group brings a lot more confidence to the table. I finally can say that I somewhat know how to cite sing, last year it was a a big problem for and I feel like I am getting their. Lastly, the funniest thing I learned was all the pieces, it is crazy to think of all the songs we have learned in such little times.

2. Everyone has to be on the same page with one common goal. Another important aspect is effort, if we don't 100% effort we wont sound as good, making our performance somewhat poor. Also practice makes perfect, therefore I felt that the warmups we did before we sung our seperate parts helped out a lot.

3. I feel we did very good this year at achieving a quality performance. I felt at sometimes we lacked the discipline we needed, however for the most part I felt we were a good choir with good intentions. Comparing this choir to the one we had last year, this one is by far better in terms of everything for various reasons. I feel people who will stay put in Bel Canto will only get better, and the sky is the limit.

4. I feel like I am singer, maybe not a good one but everyday I still renew my intention on why I am in the class and put in 100% effort. I feel as a sophomore it is very important for me to carry on the choir. Many of the freshman lacked discipline and did not know what to do at times. I felt I was acting as a guide at times even though I was not section leader. I feel like as I grow older I will only get better and better, and who knows what possibilites that might bring up for someone. 

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Roses

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=Urx81-RfPGM

 Me being a base, it was really hard to get that high, however I tried my best and I feel I did not do that bad. At times I did not have enough breath support and did not match pitch, therefore the words coming out of my mouth were not as strong as they should have been. My dynamics are not clearly there and have potential to be confused. It seemed at times I was off pitch. Also preforming by myself showed me how much trust I had in my peers. That is a good thing and a bad thing, because at sometimes I would usually wait for my peers to start off strong and I would just follow them. From my last recording, the main thing I improved was my confidence. I feel as the year progressed I was more confident and more relaxed with the class. All in all I feel that I could have done better but it was not bad. I feel one thing that could have helped our choir as a whole was our commitment to the class. Before each class I feel we need to check our intention on why we are in choir class.
-Kenan

Sunday, December 15, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRGxsxyG5A




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnLg_4Rw40