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Project 4:
Extended Project
Important Information
​This project addresses the following units:​
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Unit 12: Project proposal for extended project in music performance and production
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Unit 13: Extended project in music performance and production.
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Hand Out Details:
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Project handout date: 09/02/26
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Hand In Details:
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Task 1 must be completed and handed-in by: *27/02/26*at 16.00,
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Tasks 2,3 and 4 must be handed-in by 01/05/26 at 16.00
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Upload evidence to the relevant "Project " page of your “WIX" website
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Use “Teams- assignment'' to hand-in a link to your website. This must be done by the hand-in date.
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Any external storage devices containing evidence must also be handed in
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Remember collation of all evidence is your responsibility, this includes audial and visual recordings.
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Primary and secondary sources must be referred to in a Webliography and/or Bibliography.
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If applicable, all in-text citations must be referenced.
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Webliography and/or Bibliography. must be in Harvard format
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For each project you will be asked by your tutor to sign an authentication form that confirms that the work you have submitted for assessment is your own and that you have not copied it from someone else or allowed another candidate to copy from you.
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A late hand-in will automatically be referred.
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Students who hands in late or provides insufficient evidence to meet all of the assessment criteria will be referred.
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All referred work re-submitted will be capped at a PASS.
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Students re-submitted work that does not meet the assessment criteria will receive a Fail grade.
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Remember collation of all evidence is your responsibility, this includes audial and visual recordings.
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IMPORTANT — You will be required to sign an authentication form declaring that this project you are submitting is completely your own work and any information you may have used from other sources is clearly referenced*
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If you are unable to fulfil the tasks or achieve the hand-in date contact your tutor via "Teams".
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Extenuating circumstances link: UAL Extenuating Circumstances Policy
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Task 1: Unit 12, LO 1-7
Task 2: Unit 13, LO 1 & 2
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Project Proposal
This task addresses:
Unit 12
Learning outcomes: All unit 12 learning outcomes
Assessment criteria: All unit 12 assessment criteria
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All parts of this task must be completed and handed-in by: *27/02/26*at 16.00,
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All students will present their PowerPoint on Thursday 26th February 2026 in the recording studio, starting at 9.15am.
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In this task, you clearly define and outline what your project will be. What do you hope to achieve? What will the result be and how will you go about making sure it is completed on time? You will present this as a written ‘Project Proposal,’ detailing your development on the course, how you came to select this project, your aims and how you will go about reflecting on and measuring its success.
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You will produce a written project proposal with a word count that must not fall below 750 words but must not exceed 880 words,. The word count must be adhered to. The word count is excluding the Project Plan and Bibliography
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Your proposal must be broken down into the following 7 main parts, that cover the full project from start to finish:
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Context: Approx. 300 Words - This section provides you with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise your progress. 
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Research: Approx. 50 Words - In this section, you should record the initial research sources that you intend to use (both primary and secondary) and the ideas that will support and inform the development of your project. 
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Problem Solving: Approx. 100 Words In this section you should describe how you intend to overcome problems you are likely to encounter during the development of your proposed project. 
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Planning & Production: Approx. 50 Words - This section provides you with an opportunity to outline your planning and organisation over a period of weeks and the activities you will need to carry out in order to successfully complete your project. 
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Practical Skills: Approx. 100 Words - In this section, you should describe the practical elements of your project and the materials processes and technical skills that you will need. 
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Evaluation and Reflection: Approx. 100 Words - This section provides an opportunity for you to explain how you will reflect on, and evaluate your work. You will evaluate and reflect using written diaries that provide a full account of this project and you will start your diaries from 03.02.2025 including any other supporting media you may have used e.g. audio, video or photo images. It could even be emails between yourself and a venue or even a log of a phone call you made.
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Presentation: Approx. 100 Words The concluding section provides an opportunity for you to describe how you intend to organise and present the work generated throughout the development of your project. 
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Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format) - Put in as many sources as you can, there must also be a range (3) of a least 3 different sources. Also critically compare in your webliography/bibliography and within your presentation a range of primary (3) and secondary research sources (3) that inform ideas and concepts for a creative project proposal by writing/talking about the sources and remember to critically evaluate.
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Produce a well thought out, achievable detailed Project Action Plan and Timetable
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You will present a PPT presentation on: Thursday 26th February 2026 in the recording studio, starting at 9.15am. This presentation will take place in-front of your peers and your tutor and must further clarifies what your project will be. Take this as extra opportunity to explain, clarify and support what has been outlined throughout your proposal. Use this as a chance to comment on why you have chosen your project, what you hope to achieve and show your passion for this subject area.
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Regarding resources, explain why you chose them and how you hope to use the information gained from them. What are your plans for the future plans, where do you hope to go when you have completed this course?​
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What have you learnt so far? What do you hope to learn from Unit 13 etc...
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During this presentation, you will discuss and answer questions regarding unit 13 Major Project.
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Your presentation must not exceed 20 minutes.
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Please remember this is a formal proposal that must clearly show you have thought about and planned every part of the final project (Unit 13). As stated above, it must be laid out with a document cover sheet, project title, along with the research bibliography and project timetable/plan.
It is essential that you access the "Essential Help and Guidance' link below, which provides examples to help structure and define the principal areas of the Proposal along with templates for you to use.
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Upload the following evidence for this task to the relevant subpage:
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Written Proposal (Covering all the sections listed above)
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Project Plan and Timetable (This should map the full process from start to finish across all the weeks) 
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Bibliography/Webliography
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Video Recording of your PPT. (Must at least 10 minutes in duration but must not exceeding 20 Minutes)​
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Planning a production and contextlanni
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This task addresses:
Unit 13
Learning outcomes: 1 & 2
Assessment criteria: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 & 2.2
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In undertaking a major project, it is important to understand the context in which you are working why you undertook this project and what influenced your decision e.g. pure interest, potential employment, skill set etc. It is useful also to draw ideas from similar projects to improve your own, learn from their mistakes and build upon their ideas. Research is an essential part of producing a project that is why it is important for you to research all the major elements required to make sure your project is a success.
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Place your chosen project in context and finalise what you hope to achieve and early plans.
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You will investigate another similar project and use this to better help structure your own.
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You will begin your research, which will remain ongoing throughout the full course of the project and will analyse all the factors needed to make sure you have everything ready and a sound knowledge of the main areas your project will cover and the skill set needed.
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Consider how you will develop and improve these skills and your understanding. Think carefully about Primary sources of information, this is everything needed to make sure you can complete the project, but also look at secondary sources of information.
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Make sure your research sources are wide and varied, it is not good enough to simply pick and find videos from YouTube and or from online articles. Look for published authors, printed works and E-books, but also consider meeting industry professionals face-to-face.
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Create a main page and title it 'Learning Outcomes: 1 & 2' on your “WIX" website and upload the following evidence:
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Written worksheet - Planning, context and investigation into another project
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Written worksheet/template "SWOT Analysis”
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Bibliography/Webliography
Task 3, Unit 13, LO 3 & 4
Problem Solving
This task addresses:
Unit 13
Learning outcomes: 3 & 4
Assessment criteria: 3.1, 3.2 & 4.1
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For this part of the project, you must be able to show how you were able to solve a range of issues and problems that arose while planning and organising your projects.
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You need to clearly highlight the full process during the preparation and planning stage of the project and also demonstrate any problems you faced during this phase and how you were able to resolve these.
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It is greatly recommended that you keep a diary/log; this must evidence everything to show the process and highlight what you did throughout this stage of the project’s development.
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You must include supporting evidence, such as:
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Performances, Studio Recording, Live Recording, Composition etc...
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Risk Assessments
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Equipment list /Setup and Venue setup
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Recording setup or Production plan.
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Sound-checks and technical set-up order,
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Band Order List/Song Set List,
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Marketing and Promotional Material (This could be Posters, Flyers, Social Media, or Ticket Design)
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Time Line Plan and Map of the project’s structure.
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Anything else you feel is relevant.
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Upload the following evidence for this task to the relevant subpage:
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Written Diaries that provide a full account of this project, including any other supporting media you may have used e.g. audio, video or photo images. It could even be emails between yourself and a venue or even a log of a phone call you made.
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Task 4: Unit13, LO 5
Research
This task addresses:
Unit 13
Learning outcome: 5
Assessment criterion: 5.1
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As part of your research, you should have looked at and studied the skills and attributes of other musicians, producers and industry professionals to make sure you have a sound understanding of what is needed to make your project a success. For example, Performance Students could be researching vocal techniques (vibrato, expression, falsetto etc) on Youtube, in journals in the library or in online study forums. For Production Students this could be microphone placement or mixing and from this listening and testing a wide range of production techniques and methods they use.
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You will explore strategies to successfully present a music performance or production. Strategies could include how you would deal with things going wrong during your performance, how you might maximise attendance or how you could encourage crowd engagement.
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You will demonstrate how you adapt these techniques to suit your own production and apply them correctly and appropriately. Think carefully about the product, whatever that may be, and use what you have learned to make this as professional as possible.
Upload the following evidence for this task to the relevant subpage:
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Performance Students
Video your rehearsals where you try different performance techniques and skills you have researched along with either written or recorded comments on what worked, what didn't and anything else that you think is relevant.
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Production Students
Any of the following: audio files, screenshots or photos images of you experimenting, developing and trying out different recording/mixing methods along with either written or recorded comments on what worked, what didn't and anything else that you think is relevant.
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Task 5: Unit 13, LO 7
Practical Project
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​This task addresses:
Unit 13
Learning outcomes: 7
Assessment criteria: 7.1 & 7.2
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This task will require you to use the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in previous units and apply them to the production of a music performance/production.
For this unit use the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in previous units and apply them to the production of your finished project. You might be releasing a music video on YouTube, performing at a festival or releasing an EP recording on iTunes. Whatever form your finished project takes make sure you have explored strategies on how to present it and that the final product is of the highest standard and illustrates professionalism.
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Upload the following evidence for this task to the relevant subpage:
Performance Students
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Video recording of public Performance
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Production Students
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Audio tracks are to be uploaded onto your website or a link so that can be accessed and Logic sessions to be shared on OneDrive to Simon Atkinson and Mario Gazi.
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If appropriate, CD cover and design or any other artwork related to the project.
Help and Guidance:
Think carefully about how you will capture and provide evidence for the presentation of your project; you have worked hard for this so make sure it is to the highest of standards. Please make check that you have enough memory space on the cameras to record the full performance, the image and lighting are of decent quality, and we can clearly see you when filming. If you are presenting a recording/production project listen carefully back through every second, remember to remove the click-track and any gaps at the start or end of a track.
Task 6:Unit 13, LO 6
This task addresses:
Evaluation/reflection
Unit 13
Learning outcomes: 6
Assessment criteria: 6.1 & 6.2
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When you are involved in a major project it is important that you develop an ability to improve over a course of time; this can only be done by evaluating and reflecting on the process you have just undertaken and using the experience to improve in the next project.
This task gives you the chance to reflect on the entire process from start to finish; the good and the bad. What worked, what did you learn and what inspired you to find out more. Think about career paths you may wish to research and how can you build and develop as a music industry professional in the future?
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Complete an in-depth evaluation that references your ongoing account of all the various aspects of this project, commenting on such things as:
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the research processes
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effectiveness of your music project
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identified objectives and did you achieve them
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boundaries and limitations and how you navigated through them.
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how you coped with a strict timescale.
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Problems and they were solved.
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Upload the following evidence for this task to the relevant subpage:
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Evaluation and Reflective log.