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Internal assessment resource Music 1.2 v3 for Achievement Standard 91091

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Internal Assessment Resource

Music Level 1

This resource supports assessment against:

Achievement Standard 91091 version 3

Demonstrate ensemble skills through performing a piece of
music as a member of a group

Resource title: Group Performance

4 credits
This resource:
 Clarifies the requirements of the standard
 Supports good assessment practice
 Should be subjected to the school’s usual assessment quality assurance
process
 Should be modified to make the context relevant to students in their school
environment and ensure that submitted evidence is authentic

Date version published February 2015 Version 3

by Ministry of Education
To support internal assessment from 2015

Quality assurance status These materials have been quality assured by NZQA.
NZQA Approved number A-A-02-2015-91091-02-4551

Authenticity of evidence Teachers must manage authenticity for any

assessment from a public source, because students
may have access to the assessment schedule or
student exemplar material.
Using this assessment resource without modification
may mean that students’ work is not authentic. The
teacher may need to change figures, measurements or
data sources or set a different context or topic to be
investigated or a different text to read or perform.

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Internal Assessment Resource

Achievement Standard: Music 91091: Demonstrate ensemble
skills through performing a piece of music as a member of a group
Resource reference: Music 1.2 v3
Resource title: Group Performance
Credits: 4

Teacher guidelines

The following guidelines are supplied to enable teachers to carry out valid and
consistent assessment using this internal assessment resource.
Teachers need to be very familiar with the outcome being assessed by Achievement
Standard Music 91091. The achievement criteria and the explanatory notes contain
information, definitions, and requirements that are crucial when interpreting the
standard and assessing students against it.

Context/setting
This assessment activity requires students to perform one piece of music live before
an audience as part of a group. Ideally a group should comprise between three and
seven members.

The calibre and setting of the group should be to the advantage of the student being
assessed.

The student should select music for the performance in consulation with classroom
and instrumental teachers.

All students being assessed in this standard need to demonstrate ensemble skills
and technical and musical demands appropriate to at least a third year of study
through group itinerant lessons. A simple fixed chordal accompaniment on either
guitar or piano will not provide sufficient evidence for this standard.

Ensemble skills consist of the individual performer’s contribution towards cohesion,

balance, intonation, feel, style, and accuracy of the group’s performance.

The performance will be assessed holistically: this means considering the merits and
musicality of the whole performance, rather than placing emphasis on small technical
inaccuracies or minor slip-ups.

The musical heritage of the tangata whenua is recognised as a valid representation

of musical expression. Traditional forms of Māori music may be used for assessment.

Conditions
The performance must take place in a suitable location before an audience, which
may be classroom-, school-, or community-based.

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Students who are not being assessed may be part of the group.

Students who are being assessed in a group setting need to be clearly identifiable for
assessment and moderation purposes. Each performer must play a separate or
uniquely identifiable part.

An audio-visual recording is required for assessment and moderation purposes.

Resource requirements
Students need to have access to instrument/s, sheet music, music stands, a suitable
performance location, an audience, and audio-visual recording equipment.

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Internal Assessment Resource

Achievement Standard: Music 91091: Demonstrate ensemble
skills through performing a piece of music as a member of a group
Resource reference: Music 1.2 v3
Resource title: Group Performance
Credits: 4
Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with
Excellence
Demonstrate ensemble Demonstrate ensemble Demonstrate ensemble skills
skills through performing a skills through performing a through performing a piece
piece of music as a member piece of music effectively as of music convincingly as a
of a group. a member of a group. member of a group.

Student instructions

Introduction
In this activity, you will present a performance of music as a member of a group in
front of an audience.

Task
The performance will consist of one piece of music to demonstrate your ensemble
skills. Your performance will be completed by the date given to you by your teacher.

Your contribution to the group performance must be clearly heard and seen, and you
must be the only person playing your part. Ideally a group will have between three
and seven players.

You should aim to present a musically satisfying performance.

Your performance should demonstrate evidence of ensemble awareness (that is,

your ability to contribute to the cohesion, balance, intonation, feel, style, and
accuracy of the group’s performance).

If your performance includes improvisation, this will be assessed according to its

appropriateness to the musical style.

Your performance must take place in a suitable location.

Your performance will be judged holistically. This means the assessor will consider
the merits and musicality of your whole performance rather than placing too much
emphasis on small inaccuracies or minor slip-ups that do not affect the fluency of
your performance.

Your teacher will give you guidance on the type, length, and complexity of the piece
you will perform. You can start preparing the music for performance after your
teacher confirms that it is appropriate for assessment for this standard.

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You should provide your teacher with a copy of the music for your assessment, as
either a notated score or an audio recording, so your assessor can monitor accuracy.

Your performance will be recorded for moderation and evaluation purposes.

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Assessment schedule: Music 91091 Group Performance
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
The student has performed one piece of music
live as part of an ensemble.
To do this, they have demonstrated ensemble
skills that reflect the technical demands of a third
year of study through group itinerant lessons and
that contribute to:
 cohesion (showing awareness of performing
together in a group)
 balance (an individual part is audible)
 intonation (an individual part is generally in
tune)
 feel (the performer responds to and shows
awareness of the musical intention)
 style (the performance attempts to recreate
the musical style)
 accuracy of the performance (the musical
content is generally accurate).
Final grades will be decided using professional judgement based on a holistic examination of the evidence provided against the criteria in the
Achievement Standard.
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Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
with Merit
The student has performed one piece of music
live as part of an ensemble.
To do this, they have demonstrated effective
ensemble skills, including a confident, consistent,
and musically responsive contribution to:
 cohesion (the student contributes to keeping
the group together for most of the
performance)
 balance (their individual part is confident and
shows awareness of the other performers)
 intonation (their individual part is mostly in
tune)
 feel (the performer communicates the musical
intention confidently)
 style (the style of the performance is musically
credible)
 accuracy of the performance (the musical
content is mostly accurate).
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
with Excellence
The student has performed one piece of music
live as part of an ensemble.
To do this, they have demonstrated convincing
ensemble skills, including a confident, sustained,
and assured contribution to:
 cohesion (the student contributes to keeping
the group together throughout the
performance)
 balance (their individual sound is well-
controlled and contributes to the overall sound
of the group)
 intonation (their individual part is musically
secure and maintains accurate tuning
throughout)
 feel (the performer communicates the musical
intention in a confident and assured manner)
 style (the style of the performance is musically
authentic)
 accuracy of the performance (the musical
content is accurate and assured)
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