Experimenting
An experimenter dissects. They make predictions and tests those predictions. They fail, try again, and record their findings. They also take those findings and come up with new ways to use them. With the Experimenting Portfolio you get to do all these things. Unlike the Exploring Portfolio, you are asked to take apart different components of music and make something completely new out of them. Imagine putting Reggae into a centrifuge, isolating the different components, and mixing them together with the separate components of Baroque-style counterpoint. Or taking the melodies of Irish jig music and incorporating them into rock guitar solo. With this portfolio, you can play with musical chemistry.
Three Creation Experiments
Create three music experiments which show how you used musical components to create new and uniquely inspired music ideas.
Three Performance Experiments
Dissect a performance and isolate the different musical components that makes it sound the way it sounds. Plan three experiments that you can apply to your instrument and perform them in new and exciting ways.
Three related excerpts of creating (total max 5 mins)
Three related excerpts of performing (total max 5 mins)
Local & Global Contexts ONLY (and different than performances)
Local & Global Contexts ONLY (and different than creations)
Different Area of Inquiry than performance section
Different Area of Inquiry than creation portion
Total portfolio should be 1500 words max (see example breakdown below):
