Task 3 – Solo 1 – First attempt – Fight for me from the Musical Heathers

mock solo: 1st Feb

actual solo: 22nd Feb.

Self - Reflection:

When it comes to my first sing through of my singing solo I only prepared for it with a very small singing warm up, Which included breathing in for 4 counts, holding for 4 then breathing out for 4, which I then repeated for with counts of 8. Then I followed this up with some sirening to warm up my whole range for this song.

When it comes to my first sing through, this is where I identified my weaknesses and things that I needed to work on. These include breath control and stage presence. Overall I believe my singing of this solo is done technically accurately, However there is still a lot that needs to be worked on. For example, when it comes to some of the higher belting notes they seemed to sound like they were being held back and not like they reached their full potential, so when I go to practice this for my next sing though I plan to try to hold back less on those notes. Along with this, at points I noticed that I was not controlling my breath properly and breathing in the correct places as some notes did not have as much power as they could have. So I plan to re go over the song and find more suitable places to breath in the song so that all the notes can have as much power as possible. Finally, when it comes to my stage presence I realised that I was swaying back and forth the whole time which would not work when it comes to the staging of this solo, So I plan to spend some time working on my stage presence and how I plan to move around the space.

However for a first go at this solo, I believe that it is good progress and shows hope for the mock and actual solo in February.