Evaluation of my own performance

I have decided to look back on a performance I gave last year; evaluate it and to pick out points I know I have improved on over the year. I felt I gave a strong performance but my end notes really needed improvement. I carried them on and stopped them suddenly almost causing me to swallow the note. I think this may be due to nerves but it's something I will have to train my voice not to do. This didn't sound brilliant and made the performance weaker. Looking back has made me realise this and now I am aware I am very careful when ending my notes. I started the song very shakey as I was nervous and it took me a while to find my feet. This is something I need to improve on, I need to be able to start and attack it with buckets of confidence. This will make my voice stronger and sound better.

I felt I acted the song well but there was room for more desperation as Mrs Johnstone (the character I was playing) has just lost both her sons. This might have been due to my age as I haven't got children myself so it was hard to put myself in her shoes. I would maybe plan out more movement if I ever did another performance of this song.

If doing it again I would definitely stage it better and have more people on stage with me to create more of a scene and to get the mood of the scene across better. This would make it more of a musical theatre performance and add more emotion.

The end note of the song I need to improve on a lot. This means making it stronger and more in tune. I feel I would do it better now because my voice has become a lot stronger due to the fact that I have started singing a lot more in the last year.

All in all I felt I gave a good performance but with a lot of room for improvement. Hopefully in the future I will be able to repeat the performance and develop it more creating a better outcome.