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This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Develop a professional development plan

1.1 Listen to recordings of own improvisations, and establish professional development goals in consultation with appropriate people

1.2 Discuss factors that contribute to excellence in improvisation, and incorporate them into professional development goals as appropriate

1.3 Listen to the work of master improvisers, and evaluate techniques that could be applied to own practice

1.4 Establish criteria for monitoring and evaluating own skill development

1.5 Develop a practice plan that incorporates realistic goals for refining improvisation techniques

1.6 Identify repertoire that will help achieve technical and expressive development goals, and incorporate them into practice plan

2. Refine techniques

2.1 Experiment with repertoire and explore improvisation techniques

2.2 Practise playing improvised solos that contain advanced harmonic, structural, melodic and rhythmic characteristics, simultaneously phrasing and shaping the music

2.3 Build technical facility to develop confidence in own ability to create musically mature and spontaneous responses to musical stimuli

2.4 Listen critically to own performance to assess strengths and weaknesses, and adjust practice regime accordingly

2.5 Ensure that practice is undertaken with due consideration of personal health and safety

3. Perform improvisation before an audience

3.1 Support and enhance the contribution of others to achieve best performance outcomes

3.2 Make improvisation sensitive to the needs of other performers to encourage ensemble trust, initiative and willingness to be innovative

3.3 Respond accurately to starting cues when performing solo improvisation

3.4 Sustain musical impetus in improvisation through dynamic use of musical elements

3.5 Maintain stylistic cohesion in the realisation of harmony, melody, and/or rhythm and musical expression

3.6 Listen carefully to other performers, responding musically to their work and adjusting own performance appropriately

3.7 Provide a clear cue to the ensemble to finish the solo section as required

3.8 Ensure that the duration of solo improvisations accords with the custom and practice of the group and/or musical style

3.9 Observe ensemble customs and protocols, and follow work health and safety (WHS) requirements

3.10 Acknowledge applause according to the custom and practice of the group and/or musical style

4. Evaluate own skill development

4.1 View or listen to recordings of own performance to analyse technical and expressive qualities

4.2 Evaluate level of improvement in own improvisation techniques against agreed criteria

4.3 Seek and use feedback on performances to inform future professional development strategies

Skill 

Performance 

Criteria 

Description 

Learning

1.1-1.6, 2.4, 4.2, 4.3

• Actively plans, implements and evaluates strategies to improve own skills

Writing

1.4, 1.5

• Records areas for future improvement in a format that can be easily monitored and annotated as changes occur

Oral Communication

1.1-1.3, 2.4, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3

• Uses questioning and listening skills to elicit the views and opinions of others
• Obtains information by listening
• Uses and responds to non-verbal cues

Numeracy

3.8

• Estimates time in performance

Navigate the world of work

2.5, 3.8-3.10

• Takes responsibility for personal health and safety
• Understands and follows practices and protocols

Interact with others

1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.7, 4.3

• Works collaboratively to achieve common goals

Get the work done

1.1-1.6, 2.1, 2.4, 4.1-4.3

• Plans and undertakes tasks required to achieve goals
• Uses experimentation and practice to generate new or innovative approaches
• Makes decisions related to performance improvements
• Evaluates performances to identify opportunities for improvement

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CUAMPF604 Extend improvisation techniques

CUSMPF604A Extend improvisation techniques

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Minor edits to elements.

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Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0.