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Stage 2 Music Performance — Solo
These web pages connect schools and teachers to information on procedures relating to final moderation and external assessment requirements. Key dates, including dates for the submission of results, are also provided.
Stage 2 Music Performance — Solo is a 10-credit subject.
The learning and assessment requirements for this subject are set out in the subject outline.
Refer to Learning and assessment plans for information on developing and approving Stage 2 Music Performance — Solo LAPs.
Online moderation and marking
School assessment materials for Stage 2 Music Performance — Solo will be submitted for online moderation using school assessment results sheets in Schools Online.
External assessment materials for Stage 2 Music Performance — Solo will be submitted for online marking using investigation results sheets in Schools Online.
Key dates
For a simplified list of key operational dates, see the Music Performance — Solo calendar.
School assessment component
Teachers assess the evidence of student learning for:
- Assessment Type 1: Performance
- Assessment Type 2: Performance and Discussion.
The SACE Board quality assures the school assessment results through final moderation.
Refer to SACE Assessment and Reporting Guidelines [PDF 290KB] and SACE Stage 2 Moderation Overview [DOC 33KB] for information about the policy context and procedures.
Moderation sample selection
Teachers select the moderation sample of school-assessed materials to submit to the SACE Board.
Refer to Moderation sample selection, which includes FAQs and an instructional video.
Submitting school assessment materials for final moderation
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Supervision and verification
Refer to the information in Supervision and Verification of Students’ Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB] on the use of the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student’s work. If used, these sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period in February 2022.
A teacher who is unable to verify that the work is the student’s own must initiate a breach of rules action through the school’s SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Results sheets and online submission — Stage 2 final moderation (Information sheet 50)
- Moderation sample selection
- Online submission of materials
External assessment component
Students present an ensemble performance portfolio consisting of:
- an ensemble performance of a musical work or works, and individual evidence of each student's contribution to the ensemble through individual part-testing
- an individual evaluation of their learning journey.
The performance should be presented to a live audience. All performances must be recorded for assessment. A performance should be a maximum of 6 to 8 minutes, with approximately 2 minutes of part-testing.
The evaluation should be to a maximum of 3 minutes if oral, 500 words if written, or the equivalent in multimodal form.
Refer to the subject outline for details of the performance portfolio requirements.
Submitting materials for external assessment
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Assessment Type 3: Performance Portfolio
This assessment type is categorised as an investigation for operational purposes.
Investigation materials for Music Performance — Solo are submitted online..
The teacher assesses each student’s performance portfolio task and then submits all performance portfolios to the SACE Board for external assessment.
Supervision and verification
Refer to Supervision and Verification of Students’ Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB]. Teachers must use the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student’s work. These sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period in February 2022.
A teacher who is unable to verify that a practical investigation, or part of a practical investigation, is the student’s own work must submit a completed report of potential breach of rules [DOC 108KB] to the SACE Board, through the school’s SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
External assessment cover sheet [DOC 34KB]