Exploring: Checklist

Reference

Assessment

Exploring

A submission checklist for the Exploring Music in Context component.

Repertoire decisions

At least two different areas of inquiry are represented across all pieces
All three contexts are covered: personal, local, and global
Creating exercise stimulus is identified (a piece explored in Section 1)
Performed adaptation stimulus is identified: local or global context, different AOI from creating

For each piece:

Area of inquiry is stated and justified — not just named (EMC B1)
Context (personal/local/global) is justified (EMC B1)
Musical findings are present (from scores/recordings): conventions, devices, techniques (EMC B1)
Musical findings are located with bar numbers or exact timestamps pointing to Upload 3 (EMC B1)
Extra-musical findings are present (from articles, interviews, etc.) (EMC B1)
Extra-musical findings are relevant to the music — not anecdotal biography (EMC B1)
All sources have in-text citations — not only a bibliography at the end (EMC B1)
Analysis explains why devices are used (EMC B1 · EMC B2)

Based on a style explored in Section 1 (EMC B2 · EMC C1)
Creating exercise audio included in Upload 2 (max 1 min)
Score or notation embedded in the written document (max 32 bars or 1 min audio)
Notation is appropriate to the style and clearly communicates the exercise (EMC C1)
Statement explains which creating conventions were applied and where (EMC C1)
Statement explains how Section 1 research directly informed the exercise (EMC B2 · EMC C1)

Stimulus (original music) included in Upload 2 (max 1 min)
Performed adaptation audio included in Upload 2 (max 2 min)
From a local or global context — NOT personal (EMC C2)
Statement explains which performing practices were identified in the original style (EMC C2)
Statement explains how practices were adapted for your instrument (EMC C2)
Adaptation AOI is confirmed as different from creating AOI (EMC C1 · EMC C2)

Word count is within 2,400 words (in-text citations and bibliography excluded)
Compiled in one pdf in order: Section 1 → Section 2 → Section 3 → Bibliography
Visual evidence is embedded in the text, not appended
Visual evidence does not exceed 5 pages
Score for creating exercise is embedded in Section 2
Track list and timings for Upload 2 and Upload 3 included as appendix (not in word count)
Bibliography complete and includes all scores, recordings, and secondary sources

Timestamps in writing point to Upload 3 — not to YouTube, Spotify, or original commercial recordings
Score excerpts are annotated and connected to specific analytical claims — not decorative (EMC B1)
AOIs are justified with musical evidence — not just labelled (EMC B1)
Creating exercise and performed adaptation are from two different AOIs (EMC C1 · EMC C2)
Performed adaptation is based on local or global music — not personal (EMC C2)
Creating exercise and adaptation are both referenced back to Section 1 research (EMC B2)
Word count checked with citations removed