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Mead programme unveiled

The topics to be discussed at Steven Mead's forthcoming Criteria Based Adjudication seminar have been unveiled.

RNCM
 

Steve Mead has unveiled the programme for his forthcoming seminar at the RNCM in Manchester on criteria based adjudication on 28th January.

1.30pm – 5.00pm: Studio Theatre

1.30pm – 1.40pm:
Introductions and the background to the debate.

The need for transparency: Is there anything wrong with the current system?

1.40pm – 2.15pm: Outline of the 2010 experiment

Feedback and analysis

1.55pm – 2.15pm: A look at the judging experiment criteria.

What is good and what needs changing?

2.15 – 2.40pm: Possible alternative criteria systems

Is this ‘tick box’ or analytical adjudication? Alternative marking systems?

2.40pm – 3.05pm: Open or closed adjudication?

The whole performance experience or just aural comparison? Is it just about trust?

3.20pm – 4.00pm: A live experiment.

Three brass band quartets performing.

4.00pm – 4.55pm: Open debate:

Should criteria based adjudication be given a chance in UK brass band competitions, and if so should it be open or closed adjudication.

Chairman: Dr Martin Harlow BA(Dunelm), MPhil(Sheffield), PhD(Sheffield), Dip.NCOS, ARCM . Dean of Academic Studies – RNCM

Can we move towards a consensus? What are the mechanisms for change?

4.55pm – 5.00pm: Conclusions

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