"had a performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in various contexts. For example, "The school's theatre club had a performance last night."
We had a performance ethic in my family, we'd perform in churches, nursing homes, schools.
Neither had a performance advantage.
Scott-Heron had a performance that week in Washington, D.C.
No one else had a performance like hers.
She played xylophone and had a performance just last week.
California has had a performance assessment program in place for 10 years.
"We'd had a performance by kids from a sort of state theatre school.
As a result they had a performance problem and asked for the circuit to be changed to overcome their difficulty.
"We've never had a performance like that, ever," Mr. Shapiro said of the 1.9 million viewers who watched.
The material deposited at 454.66 mm/min had a performance nearly isotropic in nature and surpassing that of the reference material (AMS 4911).
The N.F.L. suspended Payton, Vitt, Loomis and four players after an investigation found the Saints had a performance pool offering cash rewards for key plays, including big hits.
