Band/Orchestra Concert Reflection Questions Sample
_________________ Band
20___ _________ (spring/winter/district) Concert Assessment
Attending the concert on time and fulfilling all performance expectations will receive a 90% concert grade. Students need to submit these Band Concert Reflection Questions form by ___________ to earn up to 10 additional points on their final grade. To receive the full concert grade, reflect on the concert performance regarding your individual performance as well as that of the entire band. Grammar and spelling DO count.
Answer each of the following questions with at least one paragraph. If you need more space, continue on the back.
Name: ___________________________________ Instrument ___________________
Songs Part that you played (Cl.1, BD, AS 2, etc.)
- Song 1 ______________________
- Song 2 ______________________
- Song 3 ______________________
Your Performance
- Did you perform the music to the best of your abilities? Explain, citing specific sections of the music using titles, measure numbers, and challenges.
- What do you think was the toughest part of all this music for you? Why?
Ensemble Performance
- How did your section do? (Reflect on some of the trickier spots prepared before the concert). Cite titles, measure numbers, and specifics about that section.
- What performance areas do you think the band can improve on? (This includes specific musical areas (dynamics, rhythm, balance, tuning, etc.)
Planning/Logistics
- What would you change about the __________ Concert? (Logistics, set up, programming, audience engagement, time of year, …..)
Concert Reflection Question Tips
- Tell students to plan on 2 substantiated points for each question. (2 x 5 = 10)
- I would normally put a check on any earned point in a written response, or highlight the section (or add a comment on Google Docs) that earned a point . +10 is the ideal.
- Creating a Google Doc that can be distributed and submitted via Google Classroom makes this whole system pretty manageable. You can add yellow highlighted comments right on the statements that earn styudents credit.
- I have received a lot of great student feedback over the years using this document. Quite often I would plan to have a video or the audio recordings available the class after the concert and allow students time to fill this in as they listen (and can have the music open in front of them). Fantastic time spent and usually students end up submitting this form before that class is over (and of course I shared some of my pluses and minuses as we listened :-).
- I was always vigilant on who was in attendance once warm ups started, and also to note students who weren’t in concert dress, misbehaving, or didn’t have their music organized and ready to go. Of course, also noted who stayed after the concert to help clean up if needed!
- Hope this helps and gives you a great starting point to add validity to grading performances.
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