Hi all its time for another blogspot, however i dont have much to say this week. A bit upsetting really but anyway.
College is great still cracking on with the beatles band, we should really get a name for our band but part from that all is fantastic in that. We had our theory exam, which i thought was gonna be quite hard but actualy it was fairly easier.(exept the clapping notation bit) Will find out results tomorrow, hopefully i passed. In this weeks graded unit we learnt how to speak about ourselfs, such as our strengths and weaknesses. This helped me very much with action plan , as i was extremley stuck on what to write. This week we also got a new band teacher called Micheal he is pretty cool. Not only will he compliment you but he advices you aswell. BRILL!!!.
Further to college i am gaing a high level in my piano and i am practicing more on my trombone aswell. Finding the time isnt always easy but i fit it in somewhere.
On tuesday evening i went back to my old windband in kirkcaldy and i met up with old teachers and they offered me to come every other tuesdat to help teach other students and play in their concerts. I toke the offer in a heartbeat as i am aware that my teaching skills are next to none and i feel this will encourage my enthusiasum to learn myself but also to gain experience in teaching students because i want to be a music teacher but also because it is a weakness i wish to improve. This will help my graded unit in such a way as i will have gained skills required for the job decription.
Nothing else i really have to say, im sorry, but life goes on.
Catch you next week.
Zoe
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Scottish arts council
So here i am again writting on my blog for another week. This weeks blog discusses the scottish arts council and the beginning of my action plan. It will also discuss revelant activities towards my graded unit.
Scottish arts council: In this weeks lesson a woman named Claire Hewett was our guest speaker. I found that her presentation did go on for quite a bit but there was an extrodenary amount of information gathered. To begin with she explain what the scottish arts council (SAC) were and how she was involved in the company. Her job as a music officer is to improve issues, organize section and the main activity is to asses funding aplications. She went on to explain how the music department of the company and what the requirements are for and application form, the funders, budgets and how each unique section of music has its own individual way of applying.
I find it very hard to explaing about Claire's talk as i am unsure on how to portray the information towards my graded unit. However i can say that the information i received from claire is useful for the future of mu graded unit. I can use the information in such a way of incorporating it into my thoughts and ideas for my action plan.
My action plan: This week i began the dreaded long nights, time and effort into my action plan. I feel that it is going ok but i finding quite frequently that i am repeating myself in sections and i can not speak alot about myself and my skills. My only way of overcoming this is to speak to my teaher about my worries and ask for help on how to speak about myself. This has helped my in my achivement of my graded unit because i feel that i am progressing forward with the action plan i am not leaving it all to the last minute. Learning to plan things out better is a skill i am developing better with progression in my graded unit.
Relevent Activities: This week i learned how to play the piano with two hands, whereas before i was just playing with one. It is slow but i am deffinatly getting there. Also i bought new theory books to work throught which i know will help me with my graded unit as i need to be able to understand theory as it is a requirement for the job. College has been the same this week, still learning about the beatles. To be honest i am finding it very hard theorecticly to stay focused but practicly its become a doddle. I know that i am going to have to get over this soon as i ahve no other choice but too. I cant change the course at college but i can change the way i do it.
Finally im off on holiday this week so catch you in about 2 weeks for the next blogspot.
Zoe.
Scottish arts council: In this weeks lesson a woman named Claire Hewett was our guest speaker. I found that her presentation did go on for quite a bit but there was an extrodenary amount of information gathered. To begin with she explain what the scottish arts council (SAC) were and how she was involved in the company. Her job as a music officer is to improve issues, organize section and the main activity is to asses funding aplications. She went on to explain how the music department of the company and what the requirements are for and application form, the funders, budgets and how each unique section of music has its own individual way of applying.
I find it very hard to explaing about Claire's talk as i am unsure on how to portray the information towards my graded unit. However i can say that the information i received from claire is useful for the future of mu graded unit. I can use the information in such a way of incorporating it into my thoughts and ideas for my action plan.
My action plan: This week i began the dreaded long nights, time and effort into my action plan. I feel that it is going ok but i finding quite frequently that i am repeating myself in sections and i can not speak alot about myself and my skills. My only way of overcoming this is to speak to my teaher about my worries and ask for help on how to speak about myself. This has helped my in my achivement of my graded unit because i feel that i am progressing forward with the action plan i am not leaving it all to the last minute. Learning to plan things out better is a skill i am developing better with progression in my graded unit.
Relevent Activities: This week i learned how to play the piano with two hands, whereas before i was just playing with one. It is slow but i am deffinatly getting there. Also i bought new theory books to work throught which i know will help me with my graded unit as i need to be able to understand theory as it is a requirement for the job. College has been the same this week, still learning about the beatles. To be honest i am finding it very hard theorecticly to stay focused but practicly its become a doddle. I know that i am going to have to get over this soon as i ahve no other choice but too. I cant change the course at college but i can change the way i do it.
Finally im off on holiday this week so catch you in about 2 weeks for the next blogspot.
Zoe.
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Beginning of all the hard work.
A new week has started and once again i am writting on my blogspot. In this weeks blog i am disscussing the action plan, college week and my home life studying towards my graded unit.
Firstly, my action plan. This weeks graded unit class was the beginning of the hard work. We started of with a discussion of an action plan and how we would go about writting one. We discovered that our action plan was worth 30% of our final grade meaning that alot of writting and discussing is involved in the plan. Basicly you cant just write a sentence and expect to get an A or a B. We need to be able to write in full paragraphs in our action plan because the more you write the better marks you will recive. To conclude my action plan paragraph i know that the action in plan is vital to the achivement of my graded unit and that is the reason why i have saved the file onto my memory pen and will start to plan what i write carefuly. If i do it bit by bit every sort of to nights it will soon become full and worth a good grade. (hopefuly)
Secondly, my college week. This college week has been good but it has had its bad moments. To start of with band practice is going ok. Learning about the beatles and there style is very interesting but can sometimes be boring and i finnd myself begging to loose motivation towards the studying side of it. However i kept going and i began to pull through. All other classes are doing very well. I cant think of very much to say about it apart from its all running smoothly. I know that my time in college needs to be well spent because in the long run its all worth a HND in the end.
Finally, my home life studying. This week my piano teacher has bought me new books which i have to work through day by day and i should gradualy improve my skills on the piano. However i am finding it hard to work on it with everything else i have to do for college and outside life but im sure i will manage to fit it in as it is important for my carrer. The piano skills are needed for my carrer as well as my graded unit. My piano skills are linked back to my job discription in my graded unit because you need to be able to accompany and sight read peices of music.
To conclude this weeks blogspot i just want to say stay tuned for next weeks blog and find out how i started the work on my action plan.
Thanks
Zoe
Firstly, my action plan. This weeks graded unit class was the beginning of the hard work. We started of with a discussion of an action plan and how we would go about writting one. We discovered that our action plan was worth 30% of our final grade meaning that alot of writting and discussing is involved in the plan. Basicly you cant just write a sentence and expect to get an A or a B. We need to be able to write in full paragraphs in our action plan because the more you write the better marks you will recive. To conclude my action plan paragraph i know that the action in plan is vital to the achivement of my graded unit and that is the reason why i have saved the file onto my memory pen and will start to plan what i write carefuly. If i do it bit by bit every sort of to nights it will soon become full and worth a good grade. (hopefuly)
Secondly, my college week. This college week has been good but it has had its bad moments. To start of with band practice is going ok. Learning about the beatles and there style is very interesting but can sometimes be boring and i finnd myself begging to loose motivation towards the studying side of it. However i kept going and i began to pull through. All other classes are doing very well. I cant think of very much to say about it apart from its all running smoothly. I know that my time in college needs to be well spent because in the long run its all worth a HND in the end.
Finally, my home life studying. This week my piano teacher has bought me new books which i have to work through day by day and i should gradualy improve my skills on the piano. However i am finding it hard to work on it with everything else i have to do for college and outside life but im sure i will manage to fit it in as it is important for my carrer. The piano skills are needed for my carrer as well as my graded unit. My piano skills are linked back to my job discription in my graded unit because you need to be able to accompany and sight read peices of music.
To conclude this weeks blogspot i just want to say stay tuned for next weeks blog and find out how i started the work on my action plan.
Thanks
Zoe
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