Thanks to a great cohort to pull together our concert so quickly. I started the ball rolling by sending an initial email...just like the "seeds" in our text. By the time I was asking for volunteers for the task list on the blackboard lots of my class stepped forward. For this concert I reflected on my Bel Canto experience and asked Shayla to separate the drum song from the recorder song to provide variety.
I also want to thank Sheri for deciding to do a recorder song. I wouldn't have taken the risk without her. Then Linda got me to hear the music. By our last practice the morning before the concert we could all play together "wow". During the actual performance we played faster than I practiced, but I acted like a professional and when I got behind a bit I just started again at D. Like our group thought, nobody in the audience noticed. This experience made me realize that teaching recorder to my students will not be so daunting, and they will feel successful like I did.
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I felt the same way...I figured I can only expect from my students what I expect myself to be able to do, and as a result I was actually proud of how well we all did. thank you, Sherri, and Linda for being such great supporters!
I think we all did amazing. Learning a new song and playing it well is no easy task and the fact that we all kept up to the singing is something to be proud of! I have part of our recorder playing recorded on a video on my blog if you want to watch yourself play!
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