1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)
At my mentorship, I mainly sit and observe the director, musical directors and choreographers work together to organize the shows. It's a process and I know that I will be doing more tasks the closer we get to the days of the shows. For now however, I sit and observe, though I must admit sometimes it's pretty funny.
2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?
Luckily, I knew Lisa Pettygrove since summer of 2014 while helping out in her classrooom within a summer program. I came back again this recent summer to help her once more and asked if she could be my mentor. She knew how good of a job I have done within her class that she easily said yes.
3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person
I've very comfortable with my mentor. She's always asking how I'm doing especially because she knows how stressed I am and always checking up on me. Of course our relationship has developed over the 2 years I've helped her.
4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?
Sadly, she was extremely fatigued while doing the interview so she wasn't as energetic in her answers nor in the greatest mood. But she still gave me some good information and hopefully she will be answering more as the weeks go by. Other than that, I think it went fairly well.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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?
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?
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal
1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
Who: Middle school students, students from my program and two high school students.
What: I'm going to be teaching vocal lessons and help them enhance their performance The middle school students I will be putting on a small show in front of their school. Those at my program will do the same but will be performing at the Claremont Colleges. The two high school students are in a talent show and will be in future shows, I am just their teacher/trainer.
Why: Vocal lessons are expensive and difficult to find. I will not be teaching them how to read notes but I will have them constantly practice and improve their performance. I will have them do skits and other monologues as well so they comfortable with becoming a different character.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I will be meeting with these students every Friday and Tuesday for about an hour each and I also have to make tons of game plans as well and different activities/assignments. Besides, I have to do whatever the vice principal would want us to do as well.
3. Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
Since I will be the teacher, I have to look for different pieces for them to do, explore more songs in different genres, learn what I should do as a teacher, and get hands on experience on how to be a musical director in a show.
4. Update your Senior Project Hours log.
Will do.
Mentorship is every Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and starting October 10, we will be meeting every Saturday as well from 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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