Blog 9: Advisory House Prep

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
My mentor is the musical director of the children's theater, Lisa Pettygrove. I have not interviewed her yet but I will the last Tuesday of October. I will hopefully interview the other musical director, Jackie, who works for the young adults theater.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.   
Vocals and the process of a show from the director's eyes. By vocals, I mean as in how to keep them healthy, warm ups, how to match your tone and pitch with the different types of songs, and so on. And the process of a show is self explanatory but I will be relying on one journal/book to use.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?
I will definitely be relying on interviews and some articles/journals from libraries to go into depth with my research since it is getting a bit more difficult. I'm not sure exactly what but hopefully I find something that I can branch out into.

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.
How can a director showcase a successful musical?

Blog 6 - Advisory Prep

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?  
I cannot lie, I am extremely excited to start my independent components because I will be doing two. One of them is to create a two 10 minute maximum shows for the Fullerton College Drama Festival, one which I will be featured in. The other independent component is to "teach and mentor" kids within my program and my old middle school to enhance their vocal performances. And I will be starting those very soon!

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?
I knew from the very beginning that gathering research for my topic was going to be a bit more difficult so I can't complain much. If I get stuck, I can always ask for help from the teachers. However, I must admit that right now, my mentorship is a complete drag. I go every Tuesday from 4 p.m.- 9 p.m. and basically sit there. Sometimes, they let me pause and play the music. But its for 5 hours nonstop, besides a 30 minute break. I hope that it gets better as time goes by since we're still, after 4 practices, doing auditions and about to do call backs, it'll become more enjoyable and I'll have things to do. But until then, I must attend my days.