Concert #1 Reflection

• What was our greatest successes and struggles?
• Successes:
• I believe that, from what I could hear on stage, our successes were mainly in our diction in My Favorite Things, and I believe that we did a fair job with our pitches in both pieces.
• Struggles:
• There were issues in mainly sourwood mountain, but pertains to both, with people not being definite in their knowledge of the rests, and slight echoing of people listening to others in order to know when to enter or exit.
• Do I believe that we represented ourselves professionally?
• Yes, to an fairly decent extent, I believe that we handled ourselves professionally. We walked onto the steps in a mostly quiet fashion, despite a few small phrases that I heard, as well with when we exited the steps. when we were off the stage, were loud, but it wasn't too excessive, and I didn't see any bad behavior or actions.
• What were the differences between chorale's and bel conto's performances?
• Chorale was definitely more serious about what they were singing, and it could be seen that they took it more seriously than bel conto did. 
• It's not much to say that they sung in a more mature, advanced level than we did, as they are a group of the advanced singers in the school, but it was still a major difference between the two chiors.
• Biggest goals for myself, my section, and the ensemble for the more advanced literature that will be in the next concert:
• Myself:
• Have more solidity in my knowledge of the song and be more confident in my entrances and exits
• My Section:
• My goal
• Get out of talking range of pitches
• Whole Ensemble:
• Be independent in our sections from the other ones
• Excluding the guys; to be louder
• Everyone could be more confident