UAL Level 2 Diploma in Music Performance and Production

The EP Project : Units 5, 6 & 7

Unit 5 Contextual Research for Music Performance and Production

Unit 6 Music Performance Skills and Practice

Unit 7 Music Production Skills and Practice

Hand Out Date: 9th January 2024

Hand In Date: 22nd March 2024

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The Brief:

Analyse the components of modern music and realise your own music
ideas, adopting a professional methodology.

Task 1 – Songs and Song Structure

Task 2 – EP Project

Task 3 – Roles and Procedures

Task 1 – Songs and Song Structures

Your group will analyse the make up of songs, starting with the
structure and arrangement and then the musical and sonic textures
found within. There are two Logic projects to complete, and an audio
recording.
Evidence: Desert Island Discs recording, completed with resources
available to you.
Select 3 songs that you would take to a desert island and, by using technical
and musical language, discuss the elements of each that you appreciate.

Task 2 – EP Project
You work towards the production of an EP that consists of 3 songs. This
is not a composing project but you are encouraged to use originality.
Although the 3 songs should have a loose theme, each should be
unique.
Evidence: a range of audio and musical elements that show work
towards 3 recordings, based on resources available to you.
One song should be ‘acoustic’, that is to say does not contain any MIDI
instruments.
One song should be comprised of only MIDI instruments (except for vocals).
The third song does not have limitations, and can be a combination of
elements.
Task 3 – Planning, Roles and Procedures
Develop a WIX site on which you must present all planning and
research, discuss equipment used and different roles explored, and an
evaluation of the project.

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Learning Outcomes Units 5,6 and 7

Unit 5 Contextual Research for Music Performance and Production:

L.O.1: Understand contextual research for music performance and production

1.1 Research and record contextual information for a range of music performance activities.

L.O.2: Be able to use research for a music performance project

2.1 Demonstrate the use of context knowledge to inform and develop ideas for a music performance activity

2.2 Assess the effectiveness of contextual awareness to support a music performance activity

Unit 6 Music Performance Skills and Practice:

L.O.1: Be able to use techniques and skills in music performance activities

1.1 Use a range of techniques, skills and ideas in music performance activities

1.2 Assess the effectiveness of techniques, skills and ideas in music performance activities

L.O.2: Be able to use contextual awareness of music performance styles

2.1 Use contextual awareness to support the development of ideas in music performance activities

L.O.3: Be able to demonstrate techniques and skills in a group performance

3.1 Use techniques and skills effectively in a music performance

3.2 Assess the effectiveness of own and others' performances

Unit 7 Music Production Skills and Practice:

L.O.1: Be able to use techniques and skills in music production activities

1.1 Use a range of techniques, skills and ideas in music production activities

1.2 Assess the effectiveness of techniques, skills and ideas in music production activitie

L.O.2: Be able to use contextual awareness of music production styles

2.1 Use contextual awareness to support the development of ideas in music production activities

L.O.3: Be able to demonstrate techniques and skills in a group production

3.1 Use techniques and skills effectively in a music production

3.2 Assess the effectiveness of own and others' production

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THE MATRIX

Assignments will cover some of the different pillars of the matrix. Unit 8 will cover all of them. Refer to these when completing all
assignments.

Fail Satisfactory
Good
Excellent
Work submitted fails to Work submitted
Work submitted meets
meet one or more of meets all of the Work submitted meets all
all assessment criteria
the assessment criteria assessment criteria assessment criteria and is of a
and is of a high
and is of a poor and is of a very high standard
standard
standard satisfactory standard

Thorough and sustained

Insufficient research Thorough research
Sufficient research research and investigation
and investigation and investigation of
and investigation of relevant sources.
evidenced. Little or relevant sources,
of relevant Accomplished and
Research no information from coherent use of
sources, considered interpretation
relevant sources information used to
information used of information used to
used to inform inform and develop
to inform ideas. inform, develop and extend
ideas. ideas.
ideas.

Effective planning,
Ineffective or Realistic planning Detailed and effective
organisation and
unrealistic planning and organisation. planning and organisation,
subject
Planning And and poor Satisfactory commitment and subject
engagement
Production organisation. Task production engagement evidenced.
evidenced. Efficient
or tasks incomplete against Substantial production
production against
against timescale. timescales. against timescales.
timescales.

Limited use of
Competent Considered and
processes,
demonstration of capable
application of skills Accomplished
processes and demonstration of
or knowledge demonstration of
Practical Skills application of processes,
demonstrated, few processes, skills and
and skills and application of skills
Presentation or no alternative knowledge used to develop
knowledge used and knowledge
ideas and poor alternative ideas and
to develop and used to develop
presentation. present creative solutions.
present creative ideas and present
solutions. creative solutions.

Inadequate Sufficient Effective evaluation

evaluation or evaluation with clearly Perceptive evaluation and
insufficient evidence of communicated and interpretation,
Evaluation
evidence of ongoing applied to make demonstrating clarity in
And
Reflection ongoing assessment of reasoned decisions thinking and decision
assessment of ideas ideas used to and inform the making used to inform and
limiting progress inform progress development of progress ideas.
and development. and development. ideas.

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