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Importance of Assessment Talk
How do we move students from being mere passive recipients of grades to becoming active, empowered participants in the assessment process? This question at the heart of a recent post by Tania Lattanzio,...
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Dear Caroline, Thank you for your post and for exploring this issue further. As I have stated earlier, and as appears in the Music Guide, it is essential that your student selects a style in which a different instrument(s)...
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Dear Dr Anton, Thank you for your response. What if the student adapted something played originally on traditional Arabic (or other world percussion instruments) to drum kit? Would that work? Looking at ways to replicate playing techniques from...
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Hi, I have a question about the performed adaptation for the exploring portfolio. If a student is a pianist and is performing an adaptation of a full orchestral piece (for example, from a ballet), is the requirement that the student MUST notate...
Exploring Music in Context
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Site authorHi Caroline, Thanks for your comment. You asked, "Is the requirement that the student MUST notate this themselves?" As it is a performance adaptation, students do not need to notate this themself. However, students...
Exploring Music in Context