Reflecting on a successful performance
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can reflect on my performance and identify what has been successful.
Key learning points
- Rehearsal requires patience, creativity and repetition.
- We use our bodies and the space in different ways, and with different energy, depending on the feel of the song.
- Warming up our bodies and voices can boost our performance because we’re focused and physically prepared to perform.
- If we are focused and enjoying our performance, it helps an audience feel relaxed watching it.
- Receiving feedback can help us see what we’re doing well and where we can make improvements to our performance.
Keywords
Rehearsal - a practice session in which a performance is prepared
Performance - a work that is presented to an audience
Staging - making decisions about creating a performance of our version of a story
Common misconception
Once the performance is done, our learning is done too.
Watching a performance back and/or getting feedback from an audience/ director/teacher is hugely valuable in cementing our learning. We can see and hear how we used our voices and bodies to tell a story and how we applied the techniques we learnt.
Teacher tip
You might use this session as a final rehearsal before sharing the performance at a different time. The value in this lesson lies in being able to reflect on what skills and techniques have been used to storytell. These include changing dynamics, vocal timbre, physical performance and ensemble work.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match these musical terms.
performing in a short and detached way
performing in a smooth way
how individual notes or groups of notes should be played or sung
Q2.The up and down movement of pitches in a melody is called the...
Q3.What is most useful when rehearsing?
Q4.A melodic phrase that is repeated at a lower or higher pitch is called a...
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match these performance preparation techniques with their effects.
refining and improving the performance
warming up our voices ready for singing
working together as an ensemble
Q2.A practice session in which a performance is prepared is called a...
Q3.True or false? There's no point in reflecting after our final performance, we can't change it.
Q4.Match these musical terms with their definitions.
how each part is matched so that no one part overwhelms the others
the combination of different layers of sounds
the way the music is organised
a melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch
the written form of a composition
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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