Music Used In Lesson

This is a link to the chords and lyrics used within the Vocal Lesson. This type of resource is used by all students.

Below shows a particular students choice of song 'Sweet Disposition' by 'Ellie Goulding'.

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/ellie_goulding/sweet_disposition_crd.htm

Teaching Resources

Below are some of the teaching resources I use and reference during vocal lessons and to create the lesson plan. These are in the form of books, CDs and websites.

Copyright

This is information I found out about copyright in the music industry.
Below is the link to Berklee Music, where I learned lots of information about copyright from.

http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/copyright

Contracts

This is a link to information I found out about contracts in the music industry, this is very important within the Vocal Teaching Business.

http://www.music-law.com/contractbasics.html

CV

I have added my CV into the very end of my portfolio to help me with employment oppertunities.

Health and Safety

This is a collection of links to websites in which I found out information about Health and Safety within my Vocal Lessons, including age of student, place of lesson etc.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37

http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk/

www.hse.gov.uk

http://home.scotland.gov.uk/

Student Questionaire

I have created a Student Questionaire which will allow me to get feedback from my students after their Vocal Lesson, this will help me with improvement and development within my lessons.

Lesson Plan

This is a copy of  my lesson plan I created to help carry out my Vocal Lessons.

AMANDA CHARLESON - VOCAL TUITION – LESSON PLAN

1.     BASIC WARM UP EXERCISES – based on pitch, tone and volume to allow the student to warm up their vocal chords and feel comfortable with the singing conditions in the lesson.

2.     VOCAL ONSET – basic vocal technique used for the student to feel the start of the sound within their voice.

3.     MESSA DI VOCE – more complex vocal technique used to gradually change the volume on the students’ voice to develop breath control.

4.     BREATH SUPPORT – programme of different vocal exercises to help improve breath support

5.     STUDENTS CHOICE OF SONG(S) – time for the student to sing a song of their choice, accompanied by the piano and with relevant feedback given at the end.

6.     QUESTIONS – time for the student to ask any occurring questions.

7.     QUESTIONAIRE – a small prepared questionnaire for the student to fill in, to allow me to improve and develop the lesson.

* Lesson plan can be altered to suit the student and length of the lesson.

YouTube Channel

This is a link to my YouTube Channel which has a collection of videos which showcase my musical abilities.

http://www.youtube.com/user/amandacharlesonmusic?feature=results_main