Mastering the Stage: Polishing Your Musical Performance

Mastering the Stage: Polishing Your Musical Performance

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will have a thorough understanding of cues and blocking in a musical performance.

What do you already know about polishing a musical performance?

Understanding Cues

Cues are signals for performers to execute their actions, such as entering the stage or starting a musical piece.

Importance of Blocking

Blocking refers to the precise movements and positioning of performers on stage to create effective visuals and storytelling.

Memorizing Cues and Blocking

Practice memorizing cues and blocking by going through the performance multiple times, focusing on the specific actions at each cue.

Feedback and Refinement

Receive feedback from peers and instructors on cues and blocking, and make necessary adjustments to enhance the performance.

Enhancing Stage Presence

Discuss techniques to enhance stage presence, including confident posture, engaging facial expressions, and use of the performance space.

Rehearsal and Run-through

Conduct a full run-through of the musical performance, focusing on seamless execution of cues and blocking.

Assessment and Reflection

Reflect on the progress made in mastering cues and blocking, and discuss areas for further improvement.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.