L3 Extended Diploma in Music Performance and Production.
Unit 12 - Project proposal for extended project in music performance and production
Unit 13 - Extended project in music performance and production
Final Major Project
Start Date: Monday 23rd Feb 2026
Submission Deadline: Friday 15th May 2026
Project Overview
This project aims to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise your personal progress and achievement through all preceding units, and to present a rationale for your choice of discipline and final project context.
This project aims to provide an opportunity for you to engage in an extended activity related to your discipline of choice. This project will enable you to take responsibility for your learning by responding positively to the greater opportunities for individual expression and creativity afforded, and to demonstrate your achievement through realising a project, which integrates the skills, knowledge and understanding acquired throughout the course.
THE BRIEF
Tasks & Evidence
Task 1 - Proposal
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Complete the proposal document. Within the document there are clear guidelines of how to best structure your proposal. You will be considering your rationale, project concept, anticipated problem solving, research, planning, practical skills and evaluation. You will also be required to complete a proposed 12-week schedule.
Include some preliminary research sources to help get you started. (Harvard Referenced style)
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Additional Requirements not included in the 800 word Proposal
> Proposal cover sheet and project title
> Bibliography
> Project timetable
> Upload Proposal document to WIX (make sure its fully visible)..
Evidence Required:
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Proposal Document with cover sheet (including name and project title), bibliography, project timetable, fully visible on student portfolio.
Task 2: Presentation of ideas
With your initial proposal now complete, you should begin fully formulating your idea. You are to design a presentation and deliver this to your peers. Your presentation should be no longer than 10 minutes. Your presentation should cover the following:
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Description of idea
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Target audience profile
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Explanation of market need
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Production Schedule
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Required resources
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Planned research activities
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Anticipated problems
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Planned collaborations
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Distribution
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Showcasing your work
Evidence Required:
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Digital Presentation of Work (PowerPoint etc)
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Link to uploaded video of presentation. (use YouTube)
Task 3 - Research Portfolio & Bibliography
You are to complete a variety of research activities. You should provide evidence of primary and secondary research. You may consider both quantitative and qualitative information.
Your research should be closely linked to your proposed idea and consider all processes of production from initial idea development to product distribution and marketing events.
Research cannot be prescribed to you but you might consider the following:
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Idea development
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Points of inspiration
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Target audience
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Pre-production techniques
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Recording techniques
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Mixing Techniques
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Mastering techniques
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Modes of distribution
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Audience feedback
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Presenting your work to an audience.
All research should be clearly labelled, annotated, interpreted, and logged.
Include a Harvard Referenced Bibliography.
Evidence Required:
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Research portfolio clearly labelled and displayed under 'research' page on WIX.
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Bibliography clearly displayed under 'Bibliography' page on WIX
Task 4 - Planning documentation
You will have completed a proposal, schedule, and presented your ideas to the group. In addition to this you must provide further evidence of planning your production. Create a clearly labelled page on your WIX for 'Planning Documentation'.
Evidence Suggested but not limited to:
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Planned recording schedule.
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Risk assessment
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Evidence of communication with other people involved in your project, securing their time.
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Meeting notes with group members/producer/engineer.
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Running order for show
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Chord sheets/tabs/lyrics
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Evidence of rehearsals for show
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Technical Rider
Task 5 - The creative process - Practical skills and Problem Solving
You will need to document all practical work to clearly illustrate your creative process in a digital portfolio of evidence. Create a page on your WIX portfolio labelled 'Practical Portfolio'. Upload all practical evidence here.
Evidence Suggested but not limited to:
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Short video clips 'embedded from YouTube
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Photographs of practical work
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Screenshots of Logic Pro techniques and processes.
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Sound bites and scratch recordings
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Blog entries.
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Authentication statement added to WIX and in Video format.
You should demonstrate and/or explain problems that you've encountered and justify decisions on how you have solved them.
Your evidence should be displayed chronologically as it happens.
Task 6 - Presenting your final product
Your final product should be clearly visible and easy to access through your WIX portfolio.
If you are releasing tracks or products online, clearly embed the tracks using the appropriate sound players.
We will not accept text links to work.
You will also be talking part in a final showcase at 'Things Happen Here' in Dartington on Tuesday 12th May 2026. This is a celebration of your work and the performance here will not need to be evaluated for the final evaluation in task 8.
Evidence Required:
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Final product/s clearly labelled and displayed under 'Final Product' page on WIX tab.
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Make sure all links are fully working and visible on WIX.
Task 7 - Reflective Journal
You are encouraged to keep a reflective journal. This could be daily, or weekly. You may choose to do this as a written blog, vlog, or hybrid of both methods. Your entries should be dated and titled.
Throughout the blog you should focus on skills gained, problem solving, forward planning, and set yourself targets based on how you are meeting your original planned tasks (as described in your proposal).
Evidence required:
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A minimum of 10 entries uploaded and clearly visible on your WIX portfolio.
Task 8: Final Evaluation
You should now provide a final evaluation that summarises the project and justifies the creative decisions you made to bring the project to a conclusion within the agreed timeframe. There is no word count for this and you may decide to populate this as a written report of video entry.
Evidence Required:
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Final evaluation clearly labelled and displayed on your WIX.
NOTE
YOU MUST SIGN YOUR WIX OVER TO YOUR TUTOR NO LATER THAN 4PM ON FRIDAY 15TH MAY
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AFTER 4PM ON FRIDAY 15TH MAY
Grading Matrix
