UAL Level 3 Diploma in Music Performance and Production
The Collaboration - Unit 8
Unit 8 – Collaborative Music Performance Project
Hand Out Date: 29th MARCH 2022
Hand In Date: 27th MAY 2022
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The Brief: Collaborative Music Performance Project
Choose a specialism and work towards an agreed final project. Consider the skills, knowledge
acquired, and the understanding you developed through the previous units. Decide on a project to
make use of these that will challenge you, while allowing you to explore activities of interest in
greater depth.
You will be sent a Wix template to re-design and upload your work for the following tasks:
Task 1 – Proposal
Task 2 – Research and Planning
Task 3 – Carrying Out A Production
Task 4 – Analysis and Presentation
Task 1 – Proposal*
(Rationale, Project Concept, Evaluation - see UAL guidance below)
Create a rationale, a project proposal and evaluation plan for a collaborative project that
demonstrates a range of newly acquired skills. Projects could include: Art installation; live
performance; music for the moving image; multi-media sound and music; specialist music recording
project.
Task 2 – Research and Planning
Undertake research into your chosen specialist area and justify how this will be used within project.
Create a detailed action plan, with specific aims, that allows you to carry out the process against a
timeframe.
Task 3 – Carrying Out a Production
Work in collaboration towards a joint project. Consider the best ways you can use the practical skills
you’ve developed and ensure there is appropriate evidence of the process.
Task 4 - Presentation and Analysis
Show analysis of the project with regular evaluations against aims, and present your finished work
using appropriate media. Use the accompanying Wix site to know what is expected of the
presentation.
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*UAL guidance. The following MUST be completed.
Rationale (100 words)
This section provides you
with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise
your progress and
achievements through the fi
rst seven units, and the knowledge, skills and understanding you have acquired.
What you know now, and what it means to you, compared with what you knew and could do
before you
started the course, and how this has influenced your choice of pathway and your project proposal.
Project Concept (200 words)
This section provides an opportunity for you to clearly explain the concept and aims of your project, the
research and ideas that will support
its development, what you anticipate producing, the levels and types of
resources that you will need and an indication of the form in which you will complete and present your final
realisation within the allocated timescale.
Evaluation (50 words)
This section provides an opportunity for you to explain how you will reflect on, and evaluate, your work, as
both
an on-going activity and at t
he conclusion of the project. You should describe how you intend to
record your decision-making and how
you will document changes
to your ideas as work progresses. The
evaluation should be referenced to your stated aims and be reflective and analytical rather then
a description of actions completed. When working in collaboration with others you should comment on how
this may impact either positively
or adversely and steps you can take to minimise disruption to your own
progress.
Project Action Plan and Timetable
This section provides you with an opportunity to outline your planning and organisation over a period of
weeks and the activities you will need to carry out in order to successfully complete your project within the
agreed timeframe. It is important that you consider how you will balance ambition, time and realism in the
realisation of the project.
This should include what you are going to do, how you will do it and by when. The more time and thought
you give to planning your project the more successful it is likely to be. Remember to include time taken to
visit sources; sourcing materials, questionnaires, access to workshops, tutorial and peer group feedback
opportunities and where you will incorporate independent study. In a collaborative project individual
responsibilities and contributions will need to be clearly identifiable.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography
This section provides an opportunity to record the initial research sources, both primary and secondary, that
you intend to use. Your sources of research should be as wide as possible, including libraries, museums and
galleries, books, theatre/ film/video, magazines, TV/radio programmes, websites etc. Where appropriate you
should use the Harvard system of referencing. The bibliography should be continuously updated as the project
progresses.
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Learning Outcomes
Unit 8
1. Understand the requirements of a collaborative music performance project.
1.1 Analyse the requirements and parameters of a collaborative music performance
project
2. Be able to use research methods to inform the roles and relationships in a
collaborative project.
2.1 Review a range of research sources to support the production of a music project.
2.2 Interpret research to develop ideas and effectively communicate creative
proposals.
3. Be able to use skills, knowledge and understanding in the completion of a
collaborative music performance project.
3.1 Demonstrate the ability to contribute to the planning, organisation and
development of a collaborative performance.
3.2 Apply practical skills, knowledge and understanding to complete a collaborative
music performance project within an agreed time-frame.
4. Be able to evaluate own and others contribution to a collaborative music
performance project.
4.1 Critically evaluate a collaborative music performance project against the agreed
requirements and parameters.
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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 Pass
Merit Distinction
Work submitted fails to Work submitted meets
Work submitted meets all Work submitted meets all
meet one or more of the all of the assessment
assessment criteria and is assessment criteria and is of a
assessment criteria and is criteria and is of a
of a high standard very high standard
of a poor standard satisfactory standard
Understanding of Good understanding and
Comprehensive understanding
Limited understanding of subject context used knowledge of subject
and knowledge of subject context
subject context, lacking appropriately to make context used to make
Context used to communicate complex
clarity in aims and judgments, describe sound judgments,
concepts, articulate ambitions and
purpose. aims and clarify articulate ambitions and
clarify purpose.
purpose. clarify purpose.
Thorough and sustained Independently identified,
Sufficient relevant research and investigation thorough and sustained research
Little or no evidence
information has been of 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 information interpretation and synthesis of
to task.
development of ideas. used to inform, support information used to inform,
and develop ideas. support and develop ideas.
Adequate range of
processes, skills and Consistent and In depth understanding and
Limited range of knowledge appropriate processes, aesthetic awareness, imaginative
processes demonstrated, demonstrated. skills and knowledge and flexible processes, skills and
Practical Skills
judgement and execution Competent execution applied to extend enquiry knowledge applied in extensive
of techniques is poor. and application of and develop creative enquiry to develop creative
techniques used to solutions. solutions.
develop ideas.
Effective communication
Accomplished and professional
Clearly communicated of 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 of
or only basic analysis and demonstrating clarity and
And Reflection analysis independently 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 inform
progress ideas.
development of ideas.
1. Context
What were the aims of each task? Why do you think you were asked to undertake them? (An introduction to the project is
required, where you must make it clear what is expected of you).
2. Research
What research did you undertake? How was this used? (All your research, with referencing if applicable, should be presented.
Each part of the research should have clear indication as to how and where it was used, and how effective it was).
3. Practical Skills
What skills and knowledge did you demonstrate throughout the process? (This could take the form of a ‘how-to’ guide. Use
diagrams and easy to follow instructions on how you have used particular software and other recording techniques).
4. Evaluation and Reflection
How did evaluation allow you to progress throughout the process? (Evaluations of projects are not only required at the end of
a process. Continual analysis should take place in order to inform each new phase. Ask ‘how can I achieve better results?’).
*Should access to resources become difficult, showing how you have worked towards an end result will validate the
submission.
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