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Quick questions on Preparing the performance program: HSC Music
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What is choosing repertoire?Show answer
The best repertoire shows your strengths while staying reliably within your control. A piece that is too hard exposes technical weaknesses and risks breakdown under pressure; a piece that is too easy gives you little room to demonstrate musicality. Aim for repertoire that is challenging but secure, that suits your instrument or voice, and that lets you show a range of the concepts of music: contrasting tempi, dynamics, articulation and styles across your program. In Music 1 you typically build a program across your chosen electives and topics; in Music 2, performance-elective candidates perform set numbers of pieces, with at least one representing the additional topic studied.
What is connecting preparation to the panel's criteria?Show answer
Everything in your preparation should point toward what the panel rewards: accuracy, technical control, musicality and stylistic understanding. Choosing well, meeting the requirements, practising with focus and removing logistical risk all clear the path for you to demonstrate those qualities on the day.
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