I am Luke Ayres, and I am currently studying on the Level 3 Extended Music Performance and Production course.
During this project, we will be using the performance skills we have acquired during our past projects to perform a jazz set to both a care home and a college audience. This will be challenging as I am not the best at piano. However, through good teaching and relentless rehearsing, i hope to be a good addition to the band.
As well as our Jazz performances, we will also be working with BMT (Bingley Music Town) to identify challenges and gaps in the market around their area. We will be helping the organization with their development and helping them appeal to a new audience.
Lastly, we will be researching universities. I am very interested in going to university at the start of the new academic year. I will need to be focused during this part of the project to gather the information I need to make an informed decision of where to study.
During this project I would like to get better at piano. I am extremely new to piano having only ever played it live twice. I would like to build my confidence when playing the instrument, and deliver a strong and competent performance. I would also like to test my pre existing skills, such as public speaking and leadership.
My second target that I would like to achieve would be to work on my evaluation and reflection. At the start of this course I was very good, delivering thorough evaluations of my work. My standards have since dropped, due to many absences for out of college projects. I would like to improve my evaluation and reflection skills and get them back to their prior level.
Lastly, I would like to input my ideas and use them for good. I have the perfect chance to do this with BMT. I can use my ideas and creative mindset to make positive changes within a group/organization.
If I can achieve all of these targets, I will be happy with my own personal development.