Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan music performance program
- In consultation with appropriate personnel, clarify expectations with regard to the music performance
- Assess own repertoire to identify appropriate components that may contribute to the music performance program and research new repertoire possibilities
- Sequence components of the music performance program to maximise audience engagement and to meet own physical requirements in presenting the performance
- Assess each component of the music performance program against own strengths and weaknesses in performance, taking advice from others as required
- Assess and obtain resources that may be required to present the piece
- Finalise the music performance program in consultation with appropriate personnel as required
- Prepare for the music performance
- Engage in coaching, private practice and/or rehearsal sessions to ensure that the required performance standard is achieved
- Where accompanists or other artists are involved in the performance, ensure that close rapport and musical empathy are developed through rehearsals in time to achieve the required performance standard
- Seek and incorporate advice during performance preparation to ensure the best possible performance
- Develop interpretation
- Analyse the repertoire to interpret its scope, possibilities and underlying intention
- Exploit a variety of interpretations in preparing the performance to develop musical expression and to identify the most appropriate interpretations within the constraints of own technical ability
- Demonstrate awareness of the performing space and the intended audience in preparing the musical interpretation
- Warm up for the music performance
- Secure an appropriate warm-up space to tune instruments and check all other resources
- Warm up physically to ensure that sound production is secure from the beginning of the performance
- Centre thoughts to focus positively on the performance and relax effectively using techniques for overcoming performance anxiety
- Perform before an audience
- Maintain communication with the audience, other artists and stage personnel using appropriate eye contact and other body language as required to ensure a cohesive performance
- Adjust own performance as required to ensure that instrumental/vocal tuning, sound production and technical performance standard are maintained throughout the performance
- Sustain interpretation and expressive communication with the audience coherently and consistently, and maintain energy and focus throughout the performance
- Recover errors in performance with minimum disruption to performance and audience experience
- Respond to the audience as required by the custom or tradition of the performance context in entering and leaving the stage, accepting applause, acknowledging other artists or relevant personnel and providing encores
- Present the performance with due regard to OHS considerations
- Evaluate the music performance
- Use objective measures to evaluate the success of the music performance
- Measure own performance against previous work to assess technical and artistic development
- Identify and note weaknesses and errors in the performance for analysis and remediation
- Assess feedback and use for possible adjustment in future work