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Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Demonstrate ensemble

skills through performing a

piece of music as a
member of a group.

Achievement with Merit

Demonstrate ensemble

Achievement with
Excellence
Demonstrate ensemble

skills through performing a

piece of music effectively
as a member of a group.

skills through performing a

piece of music convincingly
as a member of a group.

Assessment schedule:
Evidence

Live
presentation of
a piece of music
to an audience
Appropriate
repertoire that
features the
student as a
member of a
group (ideally 37 members)
playing a
separate or
uniquely
identifiable part

Judgement towards
Achievement

Judgement towards
Achievement with Merit

Judgement towards
Achievement with
Excellence

The performances
demonstrate:

The performances
demonstrate:

The performances
demonstrate:

ensemble skills
reflecting the technical
demands of a third year
of study through group
itinerant lessons that
contribute to the:

effective ensemble skills

where the students
contribution is confident,
consistent and musically
responsive in relation to:

convincing ensemble skills

where the students
contribution is confident,
sustained, musically
responsive and assured in
relation to:

cohesion

balance

intonation

feel
style
and accuracy of
the performance

cohesion
balance

intonation

feel
style

and accuracy of the

performance

cohesion
balance

intonation

feel
style

and accuracy of the

performance

A piece of
sufficient length
to demonstrate
The individual performers contribution to the piece must be assessed holistically.
skills reflecting a This means considering the musicality and merits of the performance as a whole.
third year of
Minor inaccuracies should be considered in the overall context of the performances
study through
group itinerant
tuition