Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan performance program
- Confirm performance requirements in consultation with appropriate personnel
- Apply comprehensive repertoire knowledge to select items that provide a balanced program suited to the purpose of the performance
- Select items that are appropriate to performers' level of artistic and technical ability and personal style
- Confirm timetable leading up to performance so that sufficient notice is given to colleagues and adequate private practice and rehearsal time is allocated
- Discuss draft program with appropriate personnel, incorporate feedback as required and obtain final sign-off on program for performance
- Prepare for performances
- Confirm nature and extent of own contribution to the performance
- Obtain required resources in line with allocated budget
- Maintain contact with the venue to ensure mutual understanding of each other's requirements
- Ensure that where required, promotional material communicates the desired impression, and is accurate, current and well-presented
- Make all arrangements in good time and as efficiently as constraints allow
- Isolate technically difficult sections of the music and practise systematically, both privately and in rehearsal, to obtain the required standard prior to performance
- Acquire the required level of familiarity with material prior to performance
- Develop interpretation
- Analyse the music to understand its scope, possibilities and underlying intention
- Explore a variety of possible interpretations and develop the one most suited to the music and performance context
- Refine and develop interpretation in ensemble, where required, through affinity in rehearsal with other performers
- Listen critically to own and others' performance and adjust playing to achieve the required sound
- Develop interpretation that is capable of expression within the constraints of own technical ability
- Demonstrate awareness of the performing space and the audience in interpreting and performing the music
- Practise techniques for sustaining expressive communication with an audience
- Seek feedback on own performance from appropriate personnel and adjust practice sessions accordingly