Elements and Performance Criteria
- Perform warm-up routine
- Check instrument and other materials required for the performance to ensure their reliability in performance
- Tune instrument to ensure required pitch throughout the performance and minimal interruption for further tuning
- Warm up for the performance to ensure that sound production is secure before beginning the performance
- Use relaxation techniques to overcome performance anxiety as required
- Perform work
- Maintain concentration and focus throughout the performance
- Meet the technical and interpretive requirements of the music and the staging requirements of the performance
- Apply music knowledge to enhance performance outcomes
- Monitor instrument tuning and adjust appropriately during the course of the performance with minimal interruption to the flow of the work
- Use a performing style that is appropriate to the context of the music and the performance
- Respond flexibly and effectively to contingencies to maintain the integrity of the performance
- Interact considerately and constructively with stage management and other artistic, venue, studio and organisational staff as required
- Perform in a group
- Respond promptly and effectively to musical, stage or studio direction
- Sustain the musical line and/or harmony in ensemble as required by the style and context of the performance
- Demonstrate balance in dynamics and style with other players
- Respond effectively and with empathy to other performers and to the music-making process throughout the performance
- Perform music entries and exits consistent with the style of music and as agreed with other players
- Interact with other performers
- Contribute to a cohesive performance by taking and giving cues reliably, promptly, accurately and sensitively
- Synchronise own playing with that of other performers
- Demonstrate respect for other performers' work using positive and constructive communication in verbal and body language
- Contribute constructively to the dynamics of the group to ensure best performance outcome
- Listen critically to own and others' performance and adjust playing as necessary to achieve the required sound
- Evaluate performance
- With other members of the group, measure the performance against previous work to assess technical and artistic development
- Discuss weaknesses and errors in the performance and collaboratively identify remedies for improvement in the ensemble
- Evaluate repertoire choice and programming to determine suitability for the group's technical standard and style as well as the overall musical balance in the program
- Collaboratively and constructively assess the role of individual performers for ensemble balance and for future performance possibilities
- Constructively evaluate the group's stage presentation, posture, dress and movement individually and collectively and determine possible improvements
- Analyse audience reaction to determine ways in which communication with the audience can be improved or special audience needs can be met more effectively
- Collaboratively and constructively plan strategies for refining group performance and technical skills based on outcome of evaluations