Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fall Concert- Reflections

You have just completed the Fall Concert for the 2009-10 school year! Congratulations on a job well done.


Please share your thoughts on the following points. Remember to be CONSTRUCTIVE in your comments and observations.

Let us know how you felt about:

Your performance
The performance of at least one other group
Areas you think we might be able to improve.


Thanks a lot for your hard work and continued effort.
PR

29 comments:

Rcl said...

The 2009 Fall Concert, was fun and everyone did a good job!the band was fun to watch and the choir performed well.

ras said...

i thought it did pretty good in the concert except the the mess up. good job everyone.

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A ron said...

the concert was all good we could really improve on our sound and blending. for all you junior high keep going strong it all gets bette rthe more you practice
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NRM said...

Over all i thought the concert was wonderful. There were a few choppy areas in the junior and senior high choir, and they need to be worked on.
My favorite song that I thought the Junior high Choir sang realy Good was Ride up in the Chariot.
We need to improve on our volume at the begining of the songs.
GOOD JOB EVERYONE!!!!!

Vincent Moen said...

I think that we could do better. We sounded ok, but we could sound a lot better if we tried a little harder. At the end of the last song th choir kind of split. Those who finished too early, and those who held out the note for one too many beats.

Aaron said...

I think the concert went very well. The band was great and The chior was amazing. We still have some areas to improve in



Aaron Nelson

The Real PJ said...

I think the high school choir did ok the first two songs were good there was a mess up on the last note of the thrid song but other wise we did ok.

the jr. high choir was pretty good the guys could have sang a little louder but otherwise they were good.

the DRAGON said...

I think that the senior high band did GREAT on Snake Charmer! It was very impressive. The boys in the junior high choir did seem a little shy to sing out. But my personal favorite song of the night was Festivo! The way the band played against each other and still kept their counting! Magnificent!

jess said...

I think for choir we should of practiced singing together with zero hour. We didnt blend right when all of us were together.

The band sounded really good on THUS SPOKE THE RAVEN. We could of used a little counting practice on FESTIVO because people said they got lost alot.

The junior high choir could use a little help on blend. You could here specific voices at times and they didnt blend, and sometimes where different notes.

The juniot high band's first song they did very well. You couldnt really here any mess ups and they didnt show it on their faces.

My favorite part of the concert was getting to sing the songs we had practiced on. It was a little crazy in warm ups though. The little kids talked alot during our performance.

Mrs. Mutch did an amazing job. She is the best piano person ive known.
Caleb was AWESOME when he played for the junior high.

jennifer said...

I think that the concert over all was really good. It had some weak points such as the end of our last song.

Another issue I would like to address was the excess talking during the performances of other groops.Its realy not needed.

I think the Jr high chior and band did realy well as well."in this ancient house"was very well done they should be proud of that:).

Beanie said...

I believe that our performance overall was very good.. The only song i really think we needed improvement on was the last song we sang, The Three Hungarian Folk Songs... Other than that i think our performance was fantastical...

The only song for the junior highs choir that i really think they needed to improve on was the first one... I believe they could've been louder and not so pitchy.. I think they were very nervous...

Alex said...

It was pretty good. We could have done better. The songs were all good until the very end where there was a mess up. But otherwise it went very well. I also liked the Sr. High band. They did very well this year.

Katie Peck said...

I didn't go to the concert. I hope it went well and everyone did a wonderful job! From what I heard you all did a GREAT job even if some people made some minor mistakes during performance! Also great job to our wonderful Accompanist Mrs. Mutch you are terrific!! Also to our Conductor Mr. Redding who always encourages us to do our very best! I hope iot went well.

pookie said...

The high school choir did well, but we could have done a lot better. When we sang Shennadoah, I think we did a good job holding out the notes for the right amount of time. I think we could improve on blend.

The junior high band and choir both did a good job. The guys in the choir sounded like they didn't want to be there though. They sounded bored and that hurt their sound. Also I was disappointed with their volume. The junior high choir is a very large group and I expected more volume from them. When they sang Berstein Bears, I could barely hear them and you couldn't tell what they were saying.

My favorite part of the concert was when we were done:D

Our accompanists were great!

A girl said...

The best song played was prolly "Snake Charmer" I liked the sound of the blend and That Mike Pietron & Sean Hutzol fellows are really somethin! They deserves an A+ for groovin in the back the whole time of that song!!! !!! Good Job Larimore! GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O - E oh ah ah ching change wanna wanna bing bang! oh ew oh ahah ching change wanna wanna bing bang!!! :)

Mike Pietron The famous actor said...

We did good. I think we sang well till we crashed

Anastasia said...

I think that the concert went well, and we covered up our mistakes .
I think the men section did really well by singing out, and showing what they are capable of.
I thought that everyone looked really nice in their robes, and everyone did really well by wearing the right kind of shoes, and looked professional.
I'm going to try some new things with the robes, and I expect everyone to help put them away, and BE CAREFUL!!! These robes are extremely fragile, and we can't afford to get new ones with this being a tour year.
We need to remember our ettiquette before, during, and after the concert. There is no talking while they are preformances going on. After you are done singing and are in the hallway, you do NOT need to be screaming about anything else that is going on. LEAVE IT AT HOME! BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS!At choir we do not need to hear about personal issues. Take them somewher else, you are there to sing, and that's it. Be mature and think outside of the box.
The band both jr. and sr. band did really well. I hope they keep it up and try some new things. The Jr. high choir sounded really great!! There voices are soo mature, and they need to keep singing. They can go far with their voices.
Mrs.Mutch did a really great job, and I'm so thankful she plays for us year after year. Mr. Caleb Behm did a really good job playing for Jr. High. I didn't know he could play that well, and I'm proud of him.
I also want to say thank you to Mr. Redding for teaching us music and how to better our voices. You are amazing and I'm so glad that you put up with us.

the better jhalf said...

we are amzing at life

Freaky Nerd said...

I think that the concert went really good. the jr. high kids were amazing they could sing really well. Calab and Mrs. Much did a very good job on the piano. It was funny when Mr. Much won the quilt.
The weakest point was on the last song some people went a head and mixed up everyone else and most people just went along with it but the rest was laughing and i know that is wrong but you dont need to be so obvious about it.
There was alot of talking while the band and chorus were playing or singing and that is rude and they should grow up just a little and be muture, or yelling in the hallways about stupid stuff like someone was stealing stuff out of my bag, if you dont know for sure you dont go yelling at other people especially while the concert is going on.

Sarabara said...

The concert went well we need to improve in power, intonation,and the boys could be a little louder.
Good job to everyone on the first concert of the year.

Susi said...

I thought everyone did a great job! Jr. high choir did great, boys could have gave a little more effort but they showed enough for everyone to hear them. Sr. high is AMAZING! Good job everyone!

Steff Johnston said...

For the first concert of the year, we did pretty darn wonderful, taking all the school or rehearsals we had to miss as a group due to activies or sicknesses into consideration.
The JH choir was most enjoyable for me to watch. A lot of them are naturals; they bobbed with the music and looked like they were really enjoying being up there. The experience for them and us is incredible.
My one suggestion was maybe to add more diverse groups, maybe feature some ensembles or soloists to show the audience that we can play or sing more than concert music or pep band. Percussion ensembles, soloists, even things like playing guitar or piano.
I'm proud to be in the LHS Music Dept. :)

C Behm said...

Overall the concert went real well. There were some parts where we messed up, but that happens to the best of us. This was a good start, and we can build from this.

*Thanks for all of the nice comments about the accompaniment. I have fun with it, and enjoy doing it.

Anonymous said...

I thought my performances were good. The sr. high band did so well on their songs. And the jr. high choir did a really nice job on In the Ancient House. The things we need to improve on for the jr. high choir is probably working on the guys to become a little more interested and they need more volume too. Nice job on finishing our first concert of the year!

KML said...

I thought everyone did really well! I think we could have followed Mr. R a little more when we play or sing. But other then that I think we did pretty well. Great job everyone!

landman said...

I think every one did good at this concert!

marit clawson said...

this is so funny to see al the senior high chior talking about how they messed up ... but honestly sitting in the stands we didnt even notice we just thought you did great!!! but if you messed up that is ok just take that and work that much hader for the next concert so it wont happen again!!! good job!!

THE Bass Clarinet said...

My Performance of the Fall concert (in my opinion) was ok. I mis-counted on Festivo, but kinda knew where we were at. The choir did a nice job. I liked it. We could have improved in balance, and intonation..