Dalia Lee

1B
3/22/2017

Product Proposal and Calendar

Introduction and Statement of Purpose:

For my Original Work, I plan to build my own band or ensemble to direct, and ultimately
produce a full concert. This band would be made up of my peers, all volunteers, whom I plan to
reward with service hours. For the concert, I plan to perform three pieces with this band, all
relatively easy in difficulty, as it would work best under the circumstances of time and my own
capabilities as a high school student. The concert will take place in the auditorium of Centennial
High School and will be open to any other students, teachers, and parents who would like to
attend to watch these students perform or for their own personal enjoyment.
Through this project, I plan to gain as much hands-on experience as I can being a high
school senior. I hope to be able to learn teaching techniques and processes I dont know. With the
help of my mentor, I will be able to learn from my mistakes that I will inevitably make and
prevent making the same mistakes when I actually center my career and become a first-year
teacher. In addition, Ill be using the skills taught to me by my mentor, such as lesson planning
and general teaching techniques, and apply it in a real-world setting.

Review of Skills and Research:

The majority of my research comes from observations of various bands, including my
own band class. I watch and take note of the teacher-student interaction, which is important to
make my rehearsals both fun and effective. Every class is different and the most of my
knowledge for this area will come from talking with my mentor on what techniques she uses and
has found effective. Within these rehearsals, I will also need to research and study my music that
Ive selected to make sure that I know what to listen for and can instruct my band to play to the
appropriate caliber. This requires extensive listening to recordings of the music and the various
parts of it so I become for familiar with the music.
My mentor has also taught me how to properly conduct, with and without a baton, which
will be necessary in rehearsals and for the concert. I have also begun research of music theory.
This part of my research includes understanding transposing music when I read scores, and
tuning the ensemble when playing chords in the music. Im conducting this research through
books that my mentor is lending to me. I can apply this research to my rehearsals and make the
band sound more mature.

Methodology:
The first step to make my work successful will be the recruitment of the band members.
This will require me to ask for volunteers through the whole band via Facebook posts,
announcements during band class with my band directors permission and assistance, and asking
students face-to-face. Once I have put together the band, I must work out the technical side of
things. This includes working out a rehearsal schedule with my band directors based on the
availability of the band hall, which is where all the rehearsals will take place, acquiring the music
and all its parts to use, sorting out how many service hours I will be allowed to give to the
volunteers, and working with the school a time and date that the concert can take place.
After I handle the technical aspects and have members for the band, I begin rehearsals,
following the schedule I put together. With the schedule, I will inform the band members and
remind them of the rehearsals. I will have consistent and weekly rehearsals up until the concert
date. In these rehearsals, I will practice teaching my band the music, learn effective and efficient
teaching techniques, and put into practice the skills I learn from my mentor.
As I hold these rehearsals, I will also have weekly meetings with my mentor where I can
learn what I need to know to be successful. This includes learning how to read music score, how
to conduct, how to run the rehearsals, what directing techniques are most effective for making
the pieces sound as they should and at a high caliber, and what teaching techniques are most
effective when it comes to students putting forth their best effort.
Finally, I will be able to put on the actual concert. Before the concert, I will need to create
programs for the audience and flyers to advertise it to the general public. I will also create a short
speech to give before and in between the performances. At the concert, myself and volunteers
will need to set up the Centennial auditorium stage like an actual band concert. I will have the
performance recorded on video, and have a photographer to document the concert.

Materials:
For this project, I will need the music I select and all its parts. Thankfully, all the music is
available for me to borrow from the Centennial Band and Clark Middle School Band music
library, so I do not need to purchase any of it. Im able to make copies of scores and the parts to
pass out to students in the band hall office, which my directors permission.
I needed a venue to hold the concert which Ive decided will be the Centennial
auditorium and have scheduled a time and date with Mrs.McAbee in the office. At the actual
concert I will be handing out the programs I need to create and print out. If I am unable to make
the copies of the programs from my home, I will send in an order from a print shop to make the
copies. Depending on where I go and how many copies I need, this could cost me about $20-$50.

Conclusions:
For this project, I anticipate a successful concert that I will be able to film to have playing
at final presentation night. I will have a videographer and photographer at the concert to capture
the moment and give me a somewhat tangible form of this project. From this project, I have and
will continue to learn the pacing of my rehearsals, meaning to not waste time in the rehearsals
just trying to figure out what to do and not being efficient. From speaking with my mentor, I
think that this experience will allow me to make mistakes I can avoid in my first year of
teaching, making me a more effective and strong teacher immediately.
My original work not only benefits me in allowing me to gain realistic experience of a
part of what my future career entails, but it allows supplies service hours to students who may
need them for school. These service hours are gained through an activity that students enjoy and
can even give them experience in playing in a group beyond band class. In the end, it will also
showcase the talents of my volunteers in an entertaining show for our community; any teachers,
parents, or other students are more than welcome to observe. Though my work may not have a
direct and impactful benefit to our community at large, it does showcase a form of art that I
believe can be appreciated and is part of why I pursue this with so much passion.
 Product Calendar:

Week of 3/20:
Rehearsal Monday after school, 4:30PM-5:15PM
Meeting with mentor to discuss what needs to be improved at rehearsal
Further study of music (specifically Blue and Green Music by Samuel Hazo)
Week of 3/27:
Write out first trumpet part for Blue and Green Music
Practice conducting music and study of all music
Rehearsal Wednesday morning, 8:00AM-8:45AM
Week of 4/03:
Design and print flyers to advertise concert
Design and print concert program to supply at concert
Rehearsal Thursday after school, 4:30PM-5:15PM
Confirm with McAbee concert time and date
Week of 4/10:
Meet with mentor to discuss proper concert attire and process
Rehearsal Tuesday after school, 4:30PM-5:30PM
Concert Wednesday, 7:00PM (have photos and video recording of concert)
Week of 4/17:
Retrieve photos of videos from concert
Edit videos into single coherent and visually pleasing video to display on FPN
Weeks of 4/24-5/8:
Incorporate video into showcase display and presentation
Preparation of presentation
May 17th, 2017:
Final Presentation Night!