Haslett Middle School Observation #8 - 7th grade choir

This past Tuesday, I had my final observation of Mrs. Valla's seventh grade choir.  During this obsrevation, I had the opportunity to do a sectional rehearsal with both the soprano and alto sections.  We worked through putting their parts together during a passage of "Hey, Soul Sister" (a piece they are working on for their upcoming Pops concert).  I had the girls sing through the passage with their parts together, and then we broke it down to review the notes for each section.  Once the sopranos and altos were both confident with their notes again, we put everything back together. At one point, I noticed that many of the girls were slouched over, and that was really affecting their sound.  I simply said, "let's sit up tall and let our posture reflect what we want our sound to be like." The students sat up straight, and their sound instantly improved. We sang through the passage again, this time paying attention to dynamic changes, and the girls sounded great! This was a great experience for me, and I cannot wait to have the opportunity to do this every day while I student teach next year!