After mind-mapping our ideas as a class on what black history month is, and what it links to, it gave me a clearer idea of how performing a song by Stevie Wonder was relevant to black history month, other than what I mentioned last week. He was fighting against stereotypes of white people dominating industries, including the music industry. Not only was he an artist in his own right, but he encouraged collaborations in music, and everyday life giving a sense of much needed community and equality. Today he is a role model for many, and an inspiration of getting through hard times, and making a name for yourself.
Our rehearsal process continued:
What went well:
Individually I feel as if I worked on a piano part which singled out mine and charlottes melody lines, so that in the a cappella section, we were not likely to go as flat, as we had heard our line over and over. Also, as a pair we improved the energy and performance level, meaning the audience would be more engaged with our performance. At first I found this particularly challenging, with playing piano and singing at the same time, I can focus too much on the fine tuning and way that I play the notes, rather than looking at the audiences perspective of how we are delivering the performance.
What we can do to improve:
Generally we need to just continue our performance so that we know the lyrics, and are confident with the staging arrangement. We also need to create an image/video as a backdrop to our performance which is relevant to the theme. My initial ideas were a monochrome cartoon of Stevie Wonder, as a still projection.
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