VCE Music Repertoire Performance cheat sheet

A Unit 3/4 Repertoire Performance program is a solo recital of prepared works; the program is assessed on accuracy, interpretation, technique and stylistic understanding, not on repertoire difficulty alone.

Performance is assessed against criteria descriptors, typically: technical control, expressive control, stylistic awareness, ensemble awareness (where applicable), and program presentation and stagecraft.

The prepared program must satisfy the prescribed duration and ensemble requirements set by the study design; works must be drawn from the approved repertoire/context list rather than freely chosen.

A 'work' is a complete piece or a designated movement/section; excerpts and arrangements must meet the study design's rules for acceptable versions.

Solo performance criteria weight accuracy of pitch and rhythm, tone production, articulation, dynamics, phrasing and stylistic convention appropriate to the work's style and period.

Score or chart use during performance is governed by the study design; memorisation requirements, where stated, apply to specified works only.

Sight-reading, improvisation or unprepared components, if included, are assessed separately from the prepared program and have their own criteria.

Performance evidence is recorded and externally or cross-marked; the assessed performance must be a single continuous program unless the study design permits a split recording.

Technical work (scales, studies, exercises) supports but does not replace repertoire in the assessed program; it is assessed only where the study design names it as a component.

School-based Assessment (SBA) in Units 3 and 4 contributes a defined percentage of the final study score; the remaining percentage comes from the external examination or externally assessed performance.

SBA tasks must be drawn from the study design's designated assessment tasks for each outcome; teachers cannot substitute unrelated tasks for the specified ones.

Each outcome in Units 3 and 4 must be assessed at least once using a task type listed for that outcome in the study design.

Scores for SBA are reported against the study design's performance descriptors, not against raw marks or percentages alone.

Authentication is required: teachers must verify that submitted work is the student's own, and signed authentication records are kept.

Rank order and score distribution are statistically moderated against external performance; a student's SBA score is not used unmodified in the final study score.

Resubmission or redemption of SBA tasks is permitted only under the conditions and limits specified by the authority; not all tasks are eligible.

Records of SBA tasks, criteria, scores and authentication must be retained for the period required by the authority for audit and review.

Absence from an SBA task requires documented evidence and an approved rescheduled or alternative arrangement consistent with the authority's rules.