230 Assessment

TASK 1 Planning 

Learning outcome – be able to plan for a live performance

Pass

-       Explain your realistic and achievable goals, which must relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance. 

-       There will be some tutor input into this undertaking. 

- Based on your personal goals you will give evidence to show that you understand what the performance will look and feel like, what its duration will be and how you will engage with it. 

-       You will also give evidence to show understanding of health and safety implications associated with performing music that take into account the context (place, people involved, audience etc. ) in which the performance is taking place. 

Merit

- Explain your realistic and achievable goals, which must relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance.

- There will be very little tutor input into this undertaking.

- Based on your personal goals you will give evidence to show that you have a clear understanding of what the performance will look and feel like, what its duration will be and how you will engage with it.

- You will also give evidence to show a clear understanding of health and safety implications associated with performing music that take into account the context (place, people involved, audience etc.) in which the performance is taking place.

Distinction 

- Explain your realistic and achievable goals, which must relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance. Take ownership of these goals.

- There will be little or no tutor input into this undertaking.

- Based on your personal goals you will give evidence to show that you have a clear understanding of what the performance will look and feel like, what its duration will be and how you will engage with it. Within this there will be strong evidence of clear understanding of where potential issues may lie. Strategies for how these may be overcome effectively will be in place. 

- You will also give evidence to show a clear understanding of health and safety implications associated with performing music that take into account the context (place, people involved, audience etc.) in which the performance is taking place. You must show clear understanding of where issues may occur and how they may be avoided. 

Answer the following questions in full sentences. Then check back to the grading criteria to see if you have met your target grade: distinction 

1.     My statement of personal aims:

Think about your contribution to the event and answer the following questions.

a)    What do you want to achieve through your contribution (performance or compositions)? E.g. improve my confidence with performance by practicing  develop my skills with practice  develop my collaboration skills by practicing  (You can write as many realistic and achievable goals as you like here. I have started the sentence for you below but feel free to change it if you wish).

Through my contribution to the event I would like to achieve the following goals:

to get better at drums because at the moment i am a beginner drummer i need ti improve my technical skill  this is important the audience will expect a good sounding performance.

b) What skills do you have that you can use?

I think that I have the following skills which I will use to help me achieve these goals… i want to get a distinction

c)     How will you know if you have achieved it?

I will know if I’ve achieved it because…… i will be ahead of the class like i am now in my blog and my music skills 

d)    How will you meet the expectations of the audience? E.g. will you find out what the audience would like to hear? If so how? Consider repertoire, quality, length, stage presence etc.

i will keep on doing my best and taking my time on my blog and doing it to the best i can and then i can go back over my previous work and add to whatever i had done before.

2.     Plan of my contribution to the performance

a)    What are the requirements of the brief and how will you meet them? Put the brief into your own words and explain how you will meet what it is asking for i will meet all of them 

b)    What do you intend to do? E.g. I intend to perform on the drums  I will play the following song heathens stand by me  First I will play heathens  It will be a good opening song because it is a good song to start with This will be a solo/ ensemble? Etc.

i intend to perform on drums. 

c)     How will you do it? E.g. rehearsals, work with tutor, record self and listen back to it, dress rehearsal (week before) etc.     i will practice my songs over and over again.

d)    Who will you need to involve? 

anya because she is in some of my songs. mr flowers so he can tell me what i need to work on and mark me on my drum skills.  mr gardener who teaches me some new songs and helps me work on my skills on the drums.  

e)    What resources will you need? 
drum kit an amp and a keyboard 

f)     What time is needed for each song/ activity (e.g. dress rehearsal/ recording)? i will need about 4 to 5 minutes for each song 

g)    What are the health and safety issues for rehearsals and the performances (think of noise levels, cables, audience, working with others) not to make the sound to high so it doesn't hurt peoples ears 

Now type up neatly and clearly your set list for the programme. Make sure it includes full titles of songs, original artists and the names of anyone you will perform it with. 

My set list: heathens by 21 pilots stand by me and a couple of solos

Style and Image: school clothes 

Describe your style and image for the event. Make sure you justify your choices (is it appropriate for the audience?)it should be loud at the event.

Ideas for the performance:

How will you make sure it runs smoothly, organisation, anything extra you need and how will you get it?

Staging and equipment needs:

What equipment do you need and why? i need an amp ad a drum kit

What are the staging requirements? E.g. space needed, placement of equipment etc.