These are the tasks the MUST be completed in full before you can start your graded EXP. the deadline for the EXP is June 1st.
UNIT
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTION
9
Solo Performance Technique workshops CH
Live production equipment reviews CH
Harrison Gig performance CH
Harrison/theatre live sound CH/GL
Evaluation of gig CH
Evaluation of sound CH
Styles Project KM
Studio Demo FH
Career Plan CH
Career Plan CH
Mega Mic Mashup GL
Midi to maxi FH
Portfolio CH/FH
Portfolio CH/FH
10
UCAS/Apprenticeship/job application CH
UCAS/Apprenticeship/job application CH
Personal/Artist statement CH
Personal/Artist statement CH
Progression activities CH
Progression activities CH
Communication in Industry CH
Communication in Industry CH
11
Ethnography KM
Ethnography KM
Dissertation KM
Dissertation KM
Funding Application CH
Funding Application CH
Support & promotion KM
Charlie Hebdo
In January 2015, there was a shooting in Paris that caused the world to
re-examine freedom of speech and expression. Use the resources below as a
starting point to research the following key questions.
What is Charlie Hebdo and what is it about?
Who is claiming responsibility for the shootings?
Why did they attack?
What was it about Charlie Hebdo that caused such offence?
How does Salman Rushdie feel about it?
What did George Galloway say about it?
Do you think the incident broke Freedom of Expression laws?
Do you think the shootings were an act of terrorism or protest?
Unit 11: Exploration
of Specialist Study and Context
Assessor
Keith Moliné
Vocational Context
Being able to express
your thoughts and opinions is vital in academic writing and everyday life.
The Brief
Write a 2000 word dissertation about
a subject related to your area of interest as a musician. Confirm the topic
and question of the dissertation with me before you start writing.
You must show evidence of critical
thought and go beyond simple observations. Include a bibliography presented
in the Harvard style of referencing and make sure any information you have
taken from external sources is properly cited in the text.
DEADLINE:
5PM 23RD MARCH 2018
Submit
your essay as a blog post, titled ‘Dissertation’ and labelled ‘Unit 11’, as
well as e-mailing a word document of the essay.
Learning
Outcomes
Assessment
Criteria
1. Understand the
principles and practices of a chosen discipline.
1.2
Apply knowledge and understanding of critical perspectives to inform own
practice.
2. Be able to locate
and evaluate information from a range of written and /or visual sources.
2.1
Identify a range of relevant academic and cultural sources for a personal research
project.
2.2
Critically evaluate information from a range of sources to inform ideas.
3. Be able to
communicate ideas and arguments in an academic form.
3.1
Apply academic conventions in the production and presentation of ideas.
3.2
Effectively communicate ideas in appropriate formats.
Final Collaborative Performance Project - The Proposal
Things to include in your proposal
Introduction: briefly describe what your project is and what the outcome will be.
e.g. This project will focus on completing a recording of three original pieces. One of the pieces will be performed live during the summer gig. Context: what is your background and why does this help develop your skill set?
e.g. As a songwriter, most of my work has been written for solo piano and my voice. I would like to see how the introduction of more instruments will affect the songwriting process and help develop my sound as an artist.
Outline research plan: what will you be investigating in the project? How will this affect your work?
e.g. My research will fall into three main categories. 1) I will look at the work of (insert artists here) and analyse the different elements in their songs. This will help inform my own songwriting. 2) I will look at different methods of arranging songs for (insert genre here) in order to inform the way that I use (insert instrumentation here) in my work. 3) I will find research different ways to prepare a recording and compare the differences between live recording or multitrack recording. Case Studies: find three models of music making (or other relevant area) and embed the media. Explain why it is relevant.
e.g. This video of Kamasi Washington playing a jazz gig with band, string orchestra and choir shows a clear way to join together written notation and improvisation.
Methodology: how will you achieve what you are aiming for?
e.g. In order to achieve these goals I will need to do the following: develop my songwriting skills, develop my arrangement skills, develop ways of communicating ideas to my band, develop ways to lead sessions, create demo versions to send to the band, create pre-production of my tracks before the recording session, etc. During my week I will need to set targets and reflect on whether I have achieved them or not. Timeline: you have eight weeks to complete this. Make sure it is doable. Show what will happen week by week.
e.g. Week 1 - research key artists and analyse their work. Find a band of musicians and define the instrumentation I will be working with. Start work on the first piece and input ideas into Logic X. Send ideas to band members. Week 2 - etc. Bibliography: are there any albums, books, online articles, films that might help you? We'll look into Harvard referencing at a later date.
e.g. Neville, C. (2010) The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd Edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press
General Pointers
We'll have a half-way point performance and presentation so that your classmates can give you feedback on your work to date. This is really important to UAL.
Your gig will be on Monday 21st May.
You will have access to more rooms during your timetabled classes so you will be able to do more practical workshops during the week.
The proposal is really important. It should outline everything about your project and show how you will achieve your aims.
Thursday, 1 February 2018
FRIDAY FEB 2nd LEVEL 3 Year 1
Below you'll find the revised Task 4 for the Funky Junk project.
Next week is Review Week. This means there will be no taught music classes BUT English and Maths will run as normal AND you can book rooms with Grant to work on stuff AND...
you
will each be given a time slot for a combination of Progress Review and
Individual Presentation. These one-to-ones will be taking place
throughout the week.
Music Performance students will
receive an email with your time slots. Parents/carers are welcome and
will receive an invitation to attend.
Music Production students will receive communication from Farz.
Your
task is to prepare a five-minute presentation following the Task 4
guidelines below. You will expand on your ideas in a more thorough blog
post, as per the assignment brief. Spend today's class preparing for
this.
Vocational
Context
Developing as musician
requires you to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses in order
to tailor your work to the skills that you feel are best
developed.
The
Brief
During
your review I the week of 5th
February, give a short (5 mins) presentation analysing the things
that you feel you have done well during the first two terms. Use
examples and evidence to back up your points and capture all this in
a more detailed blog post. This will help you decide what you will
specialise in doing for the final graded unit.
Consider:
Which
aspects of the course you do well - performance (solo or group),
songwriting, composition, production, event planning, industry,
admin, marketing, organisation, etc.
How
you would describe your skill set
Why
you have excelled in these areas
What
project you would like to do for your Final Major Project
Which
examples from the first two terms will help back up your argument
