24/5/2011 Last day

Today started off with usual attendance. Then Mr. John said that he already got the score for the out John Williams essay. I got 7.5 out of 8 which is not a pretty bad score but i wanted to get an 8. He also got the scores for the solo performance. I got a 9.3 out of 10. Its a good score but i wanted to get 10. Then Mr. John asked some students who got a high score to share some tips on how to achieve a high score and what not. Then we had instrument class. We had free time and we just talked about some stuff. Today is the last day of music.

23/5/2011 Solo performance assessment

Today we had attendance as usual. Then we had to perform out composition infront of everyone as part of out solo performance assessment. First was the guitar students, then piano, then woodwind and then violin. In every instrument class, it was arranged in alphabetical order. In violin, Aradhea was the first to play, then it was me and so on and so forth. They also gave us 2 booklets: one for the solo performance and one for the music composition. We had to submit the booklet about the solo performance today while we can submit the other booklet tomorrow. All we had to do was write a reflection on how we did and what not.

16/5/2011

Today started off with the usual attendance. Then Mr. John and Mr. Hari asked us for the soft copy of our finale. We were shocked at first because a few weeks ago he told us that we dont need to submit the soft copy and now we have to submit it today? I wasn't worried because i remember i sent the soft copy of my finale a long time ago because i first thought that he needs the soft copy. The other students whi have their soft copy right now could put it in the computer through USB. The ones who didn't bring had to send it through email because that day was the deadline of the soft copy.

10/5/2011 Writing assessment

Today started with the usual attendance. Then we started with the assessment in which we had to write an essay about John Williams based on our understanding from the handout. Mr. John also said that we could also add additional information that was not included in the handout. I write my essay in different paragraphs. One paragraphs for his early years, another paragraphs for his musical career and another paragraph for why he is so inspirational. I think that I didn't write enough information because I didn't have time to write them all.

9/5/2011

Today started with the usual attendance. Then we discussed about the assessment that was going to happen tomorrow. But then some students were punished and lectured for not bringing their resources again and again. Then we read about the John Williams handout again. Mr. John told us to highlight the important stuff which would really be helpful for us. Then we went to instrument class where we practiced more for our solo performance.

3/5/2011

Today started with usual attendance. Then Mr. John asked 3 students from each instrument to play their composition infront of everyone. First up was the piano. First was Rhea, then Priyanka and then Vanessa. After the piano students were the guitar students. First was Gama, Mawira then Rego. After the guitar students were the woodwind students who were Brian, Raihan and Fero. After them, the violin students were supposed to play but then we ran out of time and went to instrument class. In there, we practiced our composition.

2/5/2011

Today started off with the usual attendance. Then we discussed more about John Williams. We also talked about what would decrease our score for the written assessment. Then Mr. John and Mr. Herry showed us some of John Williams' works. They showed videos with music such as the Star Wars Theme, Indiana Jones theme and many more. It sounded really nice. Then we were given a few tips and what not.