MGSC Curriculum Handbook

Certificate III in Music Industry 

Performance

Campus:  Mordialloc Secondary College, Wednesday afternoons

Assessment:   Scored

Code:  CUA3092 

 

Aim

Music Performance Specialisation provides students with the opportunity to apply a broad range of knowledge and skills in varied work contexts in the music industry. This includes making a music demo, composing simple songs or musical pieces, and preparing for performances. Continued study in this area allows students to develop improvisation skills, apply knowledge of genre to music making and performing music as part of a group or as a soloist.

 

Completing the Certificate III in Music Industry provides a gateway into the music industry in a range of different areas. These can include, Musician, Music Technician, Singer, Stage Producer, Producer, Stage Manager, Session Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Band member, Arranger, Promoter.

 

Year 1

Music Performance Specialisation in Units 1 & 2 provides students with the opportunity to apply a broad range of knowledge and skills in varied work contexts in the music industry.

 

This includes making a music demo, composing simple songs or musical pieces and preparing for performances.

 

Year 2

Prescribed Performance Units of Competency in the

Units 3 & 4 sequence include developing improvisation skills, applying knowledge of genre to music making and performing music as part of a group or as a soloist.

 

Assessment

Scored assessment is available for this study. Students wishing to receive an ATAR contribution for this study must undertake the scored assessment. Students who receive a Units 3 and 4 sequence for this study will be eligible for an increment towards their ATAR (10 per cent of the lowest study score of the primary four).

 

Music Industry (Performance) scored assessment consists of three coursework tasks worth 50% of the overall study score and an end of year performance examination worth 50% of the overall study score.

 

Additional requirements

Students will be allocated to classes to ensure a suitable mix of instrumentalists and vocalists are provided to each group.

 

This course runs the group performance option only. In Units 3 & 4, students prepare group performances for internal assessment, as well as the end-of-year exam. Students can nominate to complete an internal assessment, or the exam, as a solo-assessed student.

 

This must be done in a group setting and negotiated with the trainer. A group setting is considered a performance completed by two or more students. In the solo-assessed environment, this would mean that the assessed student must perform with at least one other non-assessed student.

 

Program pre-requisites

All students are required to have:

  • Ownership of a musical instrument and evidence that they access private music tutorials on a weekly basis (e.g. letter from their teacher); or
  • Students who do not play musical instruments, but sing, will also need to provide evidence that they attend professional singing lessons.