Performance Brief 2017-2018:
You are booked to play a showcase for local label A&Rs. You have been asked to provide a 10-15 minute performance appropriate to the event.
Your work must be suitable for the audience. If you work as a group each candidate in the group must be able to show their contribution. Each candidate will be assessed individually.
General Instructions:
You must attempt all tasks in order to pass. Use the assessment and grading criteria to make sure you have completed everything.
Talk to your teacher about anything you’re not certain of.
You can work independently or in groups, but all work must be your own.
Once you have completed your work you must sign the candidate declaration sheet your teacher will give to you to declare all your work is your own.
You may use the internet to support your research, but all work must be written in your own words. Include the website address of any information that you used in your research.
Time and Word limits:
Your written work should not exceed 2,000 words in total.
If you upload practice recordings/videos of yourself these should not exceed 12 minutes total in length.
The final live recorded performance should last 10-15 minutes, and should not go beyond 15 minutes.
You can only spend 30 hours on this assessment; this is divided into:
10 hours preparation time (you can work independently away from class)
20 hours controlled conditions, where you are supervised by your teacher in the classroom.
Task 1: Planning - 6 hours
(This is about how you will plan your contribution to the event in the brief. Answer the following questions. Make sure you write in full sentences, and aim for three sentences per answer where suitable.)
1.1/1.2/1.3 My statement of personal aims, production plan
My candidate number: (Mrs Giblin will put this here). My centre number: (Mrs Giblin will put this here).
My name is _____molly________ . The instrument I will be playing for this performance is __singing________ . The brief requires me to (write the brief in your own words) _____perorm for 15 minutes for the parents and governers of the school and all songs must be appropriate for the audiance_____ .
1.1a) Through my performance, I want to achieve the following personal goals:
- Personal Goal 1: __to be able to perform without anxiety________ .
- Personal Goal 2: ______to gain confidence in myself____ .
- Personal Goal 3: ______to improve my voice
- Personal Goal 4:____ .
1.1a HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: You can write as many realistic and achievable goals as you like above by aim for at least 3. Make sure your answers relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance. I have started the following sentences for you below but feel free to change it if you wish “I want improve my confidence with my performance by…”. OR “I want to develop my skills with…” OR “I would like to develop my collaboration skills by…”.
1.1b) To help achieve the above goals, I think I have the following skills that I can use:
- Skill 1: My first good skill is __________ .
- Skill 2: My second good skill is __________ .
- Skill 3: My third good skill is __________ .
1.1b HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: Think about what you’re already good at and how this will help you giveachieve your goals.
1.1c) I will know if I have achieved my goals at the end of the assessment because __________ .
1.1c HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: You could watch back your performance and evaluate it, you could interview some of the audience, ask your teacher etc.
1.1d) The audience I am performing to is ______. Their expectations will be _____. I will meet their expectations by _____.
1.1d HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: Research and find out what a label A&R is and then write what you think they will be expecting from your performance. How will you meet these expectations? Consider repertoire (song choice), quality, length, stage presence etc.
1.1e) I will perform music in the following style/styles __________ . This is because __________ .
1.1f) My personal image for the event will be __________ .
1.1f HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: Describe your personal style and image for the event. What will you wear? Does it fit in with a style of music? Make sure you justify your choices (is it appropriate for the audience?)
1.2a) My ideas for the performance are __________ . I intend to __________ . I will do it by __________ .
1.2a HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: write down your initial ideas of what you think will be good for the event. How will you make sure it runs smoothly, organisation, anything extra you need and how will you get it? This should be a paragraph.
1.1g and 1.3a) The set list I will perform as my given repertoire will contain the following songs:
- Song 1: Artist/Band: _________ Song title: __________ Estimated length of song: ___________ . I have chosen this song because ____________ .
- Song 2: Artist/Band: _________ Song title: __________ Estimated length of song: ___________ . I have chosen this song because ____________ .
- Song 3: Artist/Band: _________ Song title: __________ Estimated length of song: ___________ . I have chosen this song because ____________ .
- Song 4: Artist/Band: _________ Song title: __________ Estimated length of song: ___________ . I have chosen this song because ____________ .
- Song 5: Artist/Band: _________ Song title: __________ Estimated length of song: ___________ . I have chosen this song because ____________ .
The total estimated length of my set list will therefore be ______ minutes. (Make sure this is between 10-15 minutes)
I have chosen to play these songs in this order because __________ .
1.1g/1.3a HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: Remember to say why each song is suitable, it might be because is shows off your skills, is widely known, is a catchy song to get their interest. Why should your last song be your best one?
1.3b) I will need to involve the following people in my performance __________ . This is because __________ .
1.3b HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: think about any band mates, your teachers and instrument teachers, your classmates, concert crew etc. How can each one help you?
1.3c) I will need the following resources and equipment __________ .
1.3c HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: think about staging and equipment needs. What equipment do you needand why? What are the staging requirements? e.g. space needed, placement of equipment etc.
1.4) When performing live, I will need to consider the following health and safety issues:
Health & Safety Issue 1: __________ . How I will make sure I am safe __________ .
Health & Safety Issue 2: __________ . How I will make sure I am safe __________ .
Health & Safety Issue 3: __________ . How I will make sure I am safe __________ .
Health & Safety Issue 4: __________ . How I will make sure I am safe __________ .
I used the following website(s) to help me with my research __________ .
1.4 HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: research things like noise levels, trip hazards, lighting, fire exits etc. and write about them and how you will make sure to avoid those issues in your performance.
1.3d) I will need to spend 20 hours at school preparing, performing and evaluating the event. I will spend my time by doing __________ .
1.3d HINTS/TIPS/SENTENCE STARTERS: think about how many of the 20 hours you will spend rehearsing, recording, preparing for the dress rehearsal, playing for the actual performance, and evaluating your performance on your blog.
1.3e I will rehearse on the following dates and I will work on the following at each rehearsal:
Week 19 Thursday 18th January 2018 (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 20 Thursday 25th January 2018 (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 21 Thursday 1st February 2018 (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 22 Thursday 8th February 2018 (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 24 Thursday 22nd February 2018 (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 25 Thursday 1st March (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 25 Thursday 08/03/18 Dress Rehearsal Performance (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 26 Wednesday 14/03/18 Final Live Performance (2 hours):
Plan: __________ .
What went well: __________ .
What needs work: __________ .
Week 27 Evaluation Time (2 hours)
See evaluation below.
Task 2: My Performance
(Mrs Giblin will upload a recording of your final performance here).
Task 3: Evaluation of my performance
Strengths Reflection:
1. What went well during the performance? Think about the performance as a whole (the whole group performance):
2. What did YOU do well during the performance? Write about the strengths of your individual contribution:
Improvement Reflection:
3. What could have been done better if you were to perform again? Both as a whole group and your individual contribution.
4. Now write what you need to improve and write a strategy of what you will do to make those improvements:
Improvement #1:
Improvement #1:
Strategy: How could you make that improvement?:
Improvement #2:
Strategy: How could you make that improvement?:
Improvement #3:
Strategy: How could you make that improvement?:
Feedback from others:
5. What was the feedback your received from your teacher, other group members and members of the audience?
6. How did this feedback help with your evaluation of the performance? e.g. what did they notice and comment on that you didn’t realise/know/think about?
Conclusion:
7. Write a brief summary/conclusion of your performance:
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