UAL Level 3 Diploma in Music Performance and Production

The Preparation Project

Unit 7 - Preparation for Specialist Study in Music Performance and

Production

Hand Out Date: 5th March 2024

Hand In Date: 22nd March 2024
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The Brief:

Propose and carry out a short specialist project that can use the skills you have built up
through previous assignments.

Task 1 – Rationale
Task 2 – Specialist Production
Task 3 – Presentation and Evaluation

The Brief:

Before you decide on what specialism you wish to undertake on the final project, this
short unit asks you to consider all areas of creativity you have undertaken this year.
Choose one topic or piece of work and approach it again.

It should be work that was of specific interest to you. You may want to revisit a completed
song or production, approaching it again with the aim of different aesthetic outcomes.

Present the work in a manner in keeping with industry standards.

Task 1 – Rationale
Produce a rationale for the area of study you wish to investigate. Consider research and
planning required. Complete this on accompanying digital form.

Task 2 – Specialist Production

Work towards producing a short production or series of mini productions that allow you to
demonstrate your practical skills in this area/specialism. Ensure this can be emailed or
hosted by a website and add link to accompanying form.

Task 3 – Presentation and Evaluation

Present your work in an appropriate format with the completion of the accompanying
digital form. Create a new wix or host on an existing site – but give explicit links to your
work on your digital form.

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Assessment and Grading Information

Unit 7 Preparation for Specialist Study in Music Performance and Production:

Learning Outcomes

L.O.1: Be able to identify, select and use skills, techniques and processes appropriate to current level and subject
and to inform future study.

1.1 Analyse own progress and performance to identify relevant opportunities for future study.

1.2 Demonstrate practical skills and processes appropriate to personal development.

L.O.2: Understand and apply the main elements, information and ideas to sustain creative development in chosen
subject.

2.1 Apply practical, theoretical and technical understanding within a chosen subject.

2.2 Demonstrate commitment and professionalism within regular and sustained practice.

L.O.3: Use relevant presentation skills to communicate to appropriate audiences.

3.1 Present themselves and their work to a specified audience.

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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 meets Work submitted meets

Work submitted meets all
meet one or more of the all of the assessment all assessment criteria
assessment criteria and is of a
assessment criteria and is criteria and is of a and is of a high
very high standard
of a poor standard satisfactory standard standard

Good understanding
Understanding of subject Comprehensive understanding
and knowledge of
Limited understanding of context used and knowledge of subject context
subject context used to
Context subject context, lacking appropriately to make used to communicate complex
make sound judgments,
clarity in aims and purpose. judgments, describe aims concepts, articulate ambitions and
articulate ambitions
and clarify purpose. clarify purpose.
and clarify purpose.

Thorough and
sustained research and Independently identified,
Sufficient relevant investigation of thorough and sustained research
Little or no evidence
information has been relevant sources, and investigation of a range of
presented or information
Research gathered, documented interpretation and relevant sources, insightful
does not relate sufficiently
and used in the synthesis of interpretation and synthesis of
to task.
development of ideas. information used to information used to inform,
inform, support and support and develop ideas.
develop ideas.

Adequate range of
processes, skills and Consistent and In depth understanding and
Limited range of processes knowledge appropriate processes, aesthetic awareness, imaginative
demonstrated, judgement demonstrated. skills and knowledge and flexible processes, skills and
Practical Skills
and execution of techniques Competent execution applied to extend knowledge applied in extensive
is poor. and application of enquiry and develop enquiry to develop creative
techniques used to creative solutions. solutions.
develop ideas.

Effective
communication of
Accomplished and professional
Clearly communicated analysis and
Insufficient evidence of communication of perceptive
evidence of valid interpretation,
ongoing evaluation, lack of analysis and interpretation,
Evaluation evaluation and realistic independent synthesis
or only basic analysis and demonstrating clarity and
And Reflection analysis independently of information and
little or no justification for sophistication in thinking and
used to inform and application of reasoned
ideas. maturity in decision making to
develop ideas. decision making to
progress ideas.
inform development of
ideas.