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.