Miskin Music Assignment December 2015

Assignment Cover Sheet

Assignment Reference:

Btec Level 3 Extended Diploma in Music

Title:

Responding to Stimulus

Units:

Unit 12: Improvising Music (all grading criteria)

Date Set:

February 1st 22nd 2016

Timing within Course:

2nd Yr, Term 2

Time Span:

3 Weeks

Submission Deadline:

Genre Analysis: 22nd February 2016

Performance: 10th-11th February 2016

Special Considerations:

Independent study is essential.

Resources:

Rehearsal Rooms, Performance Space, Research is necessary, proof of which will be on your Tumblr diary.

Directors in charge of Assignment: Marc Morrison

Relevant Departmental Notes: Assessment throughout this course is essentially formative, company members can re-visit criteria to arrive at their final
assessment grades.
Evidence: This will be in the form of blogs, Videos or Audio.
Grading Criteria: Pass, Merit or Distinction are attainable.
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Music
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English and Maths: This project will include functional skills in English and Maths. Please bear in mind your industry requires eloquent
use of English and accurate use of figures, to which end, the continuing development of these skills are firmly embedded inside all your work.
Note on copyright and plagiarism: This process will require independent research. Copying from the internet and additional sources is not appropriate
and violates copyright and will be classed as plagiarism unless fully annotated and credited. You must make your work your own. We need to see that
you have an understanding of the areas that you have researched. Copying work directly from ANY source will not be tolerated. If you quote ANY
existing material you must put it in quotation marks and in brackets, attribute the source / author. For example: Copying is cheating (Robbie
McGovan, 2013, Miskin Theatre)
On completion of this project you should
Unit 12
1, Understand the stylistic elements of improvisation across a range of musical genres
2. Be able to develop instrumental or vocal techniques appropriate for improvisation in contrasting styles
3. Be able to improvise music in response to a stimulus in contrasting styles.
4. Be able to improvise music responding to other musicians

Level 3 Extended Diploma in Music

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THE BRIEF
It is imperative as a musician to be able to improvise with other musicians and respond to a range of stimuli and source material in order to
be able to work in a variety of places in the music industry.
As preparation for the project we will look at variety of genres and improvising styles within them. You will research and produce a report
(written, audio or visual) on the elements of improvisation for 3 different musical styles (Unit 12 GC1).
Using these conventions and source material which you will use as reference during rehearsals (Unit 12 GC2) you will develop
dimprovisational techniques that can be used during your improvisation showcase. (Unit 12, GC3, GC4 ).
Use the Tags Unit 12 on your tumblr
Professional Practice: Please be aware that you will be putting professional practice into action within The Miskin Theatre, which is a
publicly licensed professional environment in which you are effectively an intern being given the opportunity to publicly test your skills and
gain creditable industrial experience.

Level 3 Extended Diploma in Music

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Marc Morrison

Miskin Music Assignment December 2015

What you need to do

Tasks.
1. Present a report on the elements of improvisation across a range (3) of genres. (Unit 12 GC1)
2, Prepare to perform and improvise music using stimuli (Unit 12 GC2)
3. Perform and improvise on music using the source material and stimuli (Unit 12 GC3, GC4)
Submission Date Genre Analysis: 22nd February

Performance: 10th-11th February

PLEASE NOTE IN THIS UNIT YOU CAN ACHIEVE PASS, MERIT, DISTINCTION

Level 3 Extended Diploma in Music

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Miskin Music Grading Criteria Sheet

Grading Criteria Comments

Unit 12: Improvising Music

PASS

MERIT

P1 explain the stylistic elements of

M1 illustrate the stylistic elements of

D1 analyse the fundamental stylistic elements of a wide

improvisation across a
range of musical genres
P2 develop instrumental or vocal techniques
appropriate for improvisation in contrasting
styles

improvisation across a
range of musical genres
M2 develop instrumental or vocal
techniques appropriate for improvisation
in contrasting styles competently

range of musical genres

P3 improvise music in response to a stimulus

M3 improvise music in response to a

D3 improvise music in response to a stimulus in

in contrasting styles

stimulus in contrasting styles

competently
M4 improvise music responding to other
musicians
competently.

contrasting styles with confidence and flair

P4 improvise music responding to other

musicians

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DISTINCTION

D2 develop instrumental or vocal techniques appropriate

or improvisation in contrasting styles with confidence and

flair

D4 improvise music responding to other musicians with

confidence and flair.

Marc Morrison