Orchestral Excerpts
Brahms, Johannes
Symphony no. 4, 4th movement: mm 1-2

Should Read:
4th movement: mm 1-12

Please note the text below ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS should be switched with the text for STUDIES.

Should Read:
OrchestralExcerpts
Candidates should be prepared to play all the orchestral excerpts listed for the Performer's ARCT Examination

Studies
Candidates should be prepared to play one study from those listed for the Grade 10 Examination.

Grade 2

List A
Bayly, Thomas Haynes
Long Long Ago

Should Read:
Long Long Ago (with variation)

Grade 2

List B
Bach
Minuet no. 1 (arr. in Suzuki Cello School, rev. ed., vol. 1 SUM)

Should Read:
Bach
Minuet no. 1 (arr. in Suzuki Cello School, rev. ed., vol. 2 SUM)

Grade 6

Technical Requirements
Studies/Etudes

Please remove:
The words "by different composers" from the text

Orchestral Excerpts
Bizet, Georges
L'Arlesienne Suite no. 2

Should Read:
L'Arlesienne Sute no. 1

Grade 7

Orchestral Excerpts
(in Orchestral Excerpts, ed. Rose, vol. 1, p.13 INT

Should Read:
(in Orchestral Excerpts, ed. Rose, vol.1, p.15 INT)

Grade 8

Orchestral Excerpts
Mendelssohn
Midsummer Nights' Dream, Scherzo the pick-up to mm.102-114...

Should Read:
Mendelssohn
Midsummer Nights' Dream, Scherzo the pick-up to mm.202-214... mm. 296-323

Grade 9

Orchestral Excerpts
Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, Overture
mm. 85-89

Should Read:
Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, Overture
mm. 85-95

Grade 9

Orchestral Excerpts
Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2, 2nd movement

Should Read:
Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd movement

Grade 6

Technical Requirements - Studies
Simandl, Franz
Nos. 1-3

Should Read:
Nos. 1, 2, OR 3

Grade 10

List B: Sonatas
Handel
Sonata in C Major

Should Read:
Sonata in C Minor

Repertoire Substitutions
"Candidates in Grades 1-10 may choose to substitute repertoire selections or studies from the appropriate..."

Please remove:
"... or studies..." from the sentence above

Technical Requirements
Studies

Please remove:
Sor, Fernando
Studi per chitarra, ZER
no.37
(it is correctly listed as a Grade 4, List B piece)

List A
Losy van Losinthal, Johann Anton
- Suite in A minor
- Aria and Sarabande

Should Read:
- Suite in A minor
- Aria OR Sarabande

Studies
"Vingt-cinq etudes..."

Please add the following composer:
Carcassi, Matteo

List A
Please remove:
Dowland, John
Allemande, Poulton 54 FAB
(it is correctly listed as a Grade 7 piece)

List D
Barrios Mangore, Augustin
- La catedral
- Julia Florida-Barcarola
- Preludio (Savdade)
- Primera-valse

Should Read:
Barrios Mangore, Augustin
- La catedral: Preludio (Savdade)
- Julia Florida-Barcarola
- Primera-valse

Summary of Supplemental Examination Policies
(under Grade 10/Eligibility for taking a supplemental examination for Grade 10)

Should Read:
overall mark of 65 and 70% in Repertoire Section

List D:
Koshtim, Nikita

Should Read:
Koshkin, Nikita

Technical Requirements
Diatonic scales - Minor

Should Read:
G#, E, G, B 3 octaves
*Please remove B minor from the 2 octave list of keys and place it into the 3 octave list of keys

Technical Requirements
Tremolando Scales

Should Read:
F, D 2 octaves
*Please remove B minor from the list of keys

List B, Part 1
European Baroque
Daquin, Louis-Claude
Noel en Trio et en Dialogue (VII) and Noel en Recit en Taille (XII)

Should Read:
Noel en Trio et en Dialogue (VII) and Noel en Recit en Taille (XI)

Memory

Should Read:
3rd bullet: Candidates for examinations in Grades 8 to 10 and ARCT are expected to perform repertoire from List B from memory.

Repertoire marks
Should Read:

Please insert:
Before the Classification of Marks section

Notes

• In all grades, the mark for Technical Tests covers the performance of
  Rudiments, scales, chords, arpeggios, accessories, drum set, and latin rhythms
• To qualify for the ARCT examination, Grade 10 candidates must achieve either an overall mark of 75 or a minimum of 70 percent in each section of the examination. (In the “Table of Marks,” 70-percent figures are given in parentheses.)
• Performer’s ARCT candidates must achieve an overall mark of 70 in
  order to pass.
• Teacher’s ARCT candidates must achieve either an overall mark of 75 or a minimum of 70 percent in each section of the examination. (In the "Table of Marks," 70-percent figures are given in parentheses.)
• There is no mark breakdown for the Repertoire section of the Teacher’s ARCT examination.

Technical Requirements
Timpani - keys
...starting on any note...

Should Read:
...starting on F...

Technical Requirements
Musical example for Major chords

2nd chord should read:
top note should be a C# (not C natural)

Technical Tests Summary: Scales

Grade 10
Cross-Rhythm Scales (2 against 3)

Should Read:
Cross-Rhythm Scales (2 against 3) parallel or contrary motion - candidates choice

Technical Tests Summary: Scales

Grade 10
Chromatic Scales Separated by a Minor 3rd (parallel or contrary motion)

Should Read:
Chromatic Scales Separated bya Minor 3rd

Grade by Grade requirements

Resources for Preparatory A Examination Preparation
See p. 125 for a complete list...

Should Read:
See p. 139 for a complete list...

Preparatory B

Repertoire List
Berlin, Boris
Our Animal Friends GVT
The Swiss Cuckoo

Should Read:
Berlin, Boris
Legacy Collection 5 FHM
The Swiss Cuckoo

Grade 1

List B

Delete:
Chatman, Stephen
A Forgotten Promise

Grade 1

List B

Delete:
Norton, Christopher
Struttin'

Grade 3

List A

Please Remove:
Handel
Air in D minor HWV 461
(Correctly listed in Grade 4)

Grade 4

List A
Mozart
Minuet in D major, K 94/37h

Should Read:
Minuet in D major, K 94/73h

Grade 4

Clapback
Chart: Approximate length
Two to three

Should Read:
Two to three measures

Grade 5

List C
Frid
Russian Tales FHM
A Little Song

Should Read:
Youthful Adventures, FHM
A Little song

Grade 5

List C

Delete:
Lebeda
Music for Young Pianists FHM
Mood

Grade 5

Technical Tests
Chords
Triads broken: Note Values
Duplets

Should Read:
Triplets

Grade 6

List C
Fibich, Zdenek
Finch, Douglas
Filtz, Bohdana

Should Read:
Fibich, Zdenek
Filz, Bohdana
Finch, Douglas

Grade 7

List B

Delete:
Diabelli
Sonatina in C major 168, no. 3
1st movement

Grade 8

List C
Grieg
Humoreske, op. 6, no. 3 PET

Should Read:
Humoreske in C Major, op. 6, no. 3 PET

Grade 8

List C
Mendelssohn
Gondola Song (Barcarolle) in A Major

Should Read:
Gondollied in A Major "Barcarole"

Grade 8

List C
Rebikov
Valse melancolique, op. 3, no. 3 KJO

Should Read:
Valse melancolique op. 2, no. 3 KJO

Grade 8

Cadences
Candidates will be asked to identify the following cadences by name or symbols. The examiner will play the tonic chord once, and then play a short phrase ending in a candence twice.

Please Add :
The short phrase may be in a major or a minor key.

Grade 9

List B

Delete:
Clementi
Sonata in E flat major, op. 37, no. 1
2nd movement: Presto

Grade 9

List D
Granados
Danzas espanolas
Andaluza (Playera), op. 5, no. 5 ALF; SAl

Should Read:
Andaluza (Playera), op. 37, no. 5 ALF; SAl

Grade 9

Technical Tests
Chords
Dominant 7th AND Diminished 7th
(root position and inversion broken)

Should Read:
(root position and inversions broken)

Grade 9

Cadences
Candidates will be asked to identify the following cadences by name or symbols. The examiner will play the tonic chord once, and then play a short phrase ending in a candence twice.

Please Add :
The short phrase may be in a major or a minor key.

Grade 10

List D
Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve, op. 92, no. 1
Piano Music: Amy Beach DOV

Should Read:
Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve, op. 92, no. 1
Piano, vol. 2 HIL

Grade 10

List D
Debussy
Children's Corner Suite
La plus que lente

Should Read:
Debussy
La plus que lente
(This piece is not from the Children's Corner Suite)

Grade 10

Technical Tests
Chart: Scales Staccato
Note values: duplet

Should read:
Note values: triplets

ARCT

Ear Tests
Cadences
Chart: Name of Cadence
Deceptive

Please Add:
Interrupted as an alternative name for a deceptive cadence

ARCT

List C
Brahms
Scherzo in E flat major, op. 4

Should Read:
Scherzo in E flat minor, op. 4

ARCT

List C
Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies
one rhapsody (excluding nos. 3, 17, and 18) Legendes

Should Read:
Liszt
one rhapsody (excluding nos. 3, 17, and 18)
Legendes
      St Francoise d'Assise: La predication aux oiseaux  
      St Francoise de Pale marchant sur les flots

ARCT

List C
Schumann
Fantasiestucke, op. 111

Should Read :
Fantasiestucke, op. 111, No.1 or No. 3

ARCT

List D
Debussy
Images. 2
L'isle joyeuse

Should Read:
Debussy
L'isle joyeuse
(This piece is not part of Images, 2)

ARCT

List E
Schedrin
Polyphonisches Spielheft SIK
Basso Ostinato (no. 16)

Should Read:
Schedrin
Two Polyphonic Pieces
Basso Ostinato

ARCT
Elementary Pedagogy

Elementary Pedagogy Written Exam

Please Remove:
realization of ornaments

ARCT
Advanced Pedagogy

Technical Requirements
Chart: Chords
Dominant 7th AND Diminshed 7th
Played

Should Read:
HT
2 octaves
(root position and inversions)

ARCT
Advanced Pedagogy

Advanced Pedagogy Written
In this written examination candidates should be prepared to discuss the Advanced Piano Pedagogy Examination Topics listed in Part 2. Reference to specific repertoire found in the Teaching Repertoire Sample and Celebration Series Perspectives® is expected.

Should Read:
In this written examination candidates should be prepared to discuss the Advanced Piano Pedagogy Examination Topics listed in Part 2. Reference to specific repertoire found in Celebration Series Perspectives® is expected.

Table of Marks

Grades 1 and 2
Studies/Etudes

Should Read:
Mark of 12
One study required only, (Not two)

Memory

For Preparatory A and Preparatory B
In Preparatory A and Preparatory B, marks for memorization are included in the repertoire marks. Two marks will be awarded for each repertoire selection that is played from memory.

Should Read:
In Preparatory A and Preparatory B, 2 marks for memorization are included in the repertoire marks.

Mark breakdown for Part 2": Viva Voce
- for all three levels (Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced)

Should Read:
100
70% to pass

Advanced Piano Pedagogy/Teacher's ARCT

Should Read:
Ear Test 15 (10.5)
Sight Reading 15 (10.5)

Part 3: Written Examination

Please note:
"The Written Examination is a "closed-book" examination. Therefore, candidates are not permitted to use any textbooks, music books or notes during the examination. Candidates are expected to be able to reference from memory specific repertoire to illustrate their answers where possible."

Teaching Repertoire Sample
"Candidates should bring published copies of all selections to the examination."

Should Read:
"Candidates should bring published copies of all selections to the Part 2: Viva Voce Examination."

Ear Tests, Melody Playback
"The examiner will name the key, play the tonic triad once, and play..."

Should Read:
"The examiner will name the key, play the tonic chord once, and play..."

List A
Mozart, Leopold

Please remove the following:
Minuet in F major
(from Notebook for Nannarl. attr. in Harris Piano Classics 1a FHMC)

List A
Hüllmandel, Nicolas-Joseph
Allegro in C major, op. 12, no. 14

Should Read:
Allegro in G major, op. 12, no. 14

List B
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Viennese Sonatinas, K439b

Should Read:
Viennese Sonatina no.1 in C major, K439b

List A
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Little Prelude in E minor, BWV 928

Should Read:
Little Prelude in F major, BWV 928

List B
Kuhlau, Friedrich
Sonata in A major, op. 59, no.1

Should Read:
Sonatina in A major, op. 59, no. 1

List D
Granados, Enrique
Danzas Espanola

Should Read:
Playera, op.5 no.5 FIS

Piano Syllabus, 2001 edition
This errata list applies only to the syllabi that were printed in the Spring of 2001.

Repertoire
In My Garden
• Spiders Web
• It's Raining

Should be:
listed under "Niamath, Linda", page 22

Repertoire
under Niamath, Linda: Marching Mice FHMC

Insert:
• Balloons

Sight Reading
the following: 2. "The rhythm will consist of half notes and quarter notes"

Should Read:
"the rhythm will consist of half, quarter and eighth notes"

30

Technical Requirements
Chords:
Dominant 7ths should be played hands separately

Technical Requirements
- the following:"Scales, triads and arpeggios are to be played from memory..."

Should Read:
"Scales, four-note chords, and arpeggios are to be played from memory..."

Technical Requirements
- footnote 2:
"Finish each triad with a V-I cadence (see example 3a on page 20)."

Should Read:
"Finish each major and minor tonic chord with a V-I cadence (see example 3a on page 20)."

Technical Requirements
Four-Note Chords
- Alternate note pattern

Delete:
"quarter notes"

Italian Terms
Volta Subito

Should Read:
Volti Subito

Genres and Terms
for Mozart

Should Read:
Serenade
rocket theme, romanza, rondo, sonata-rondo form

Vocal Music
Under Chanson:
'psaltry'

Should Be:
spelled - psaltery

Music in the 20th Century
Representative Works' for Robert Schumann,

Should Read:
Carnival (any two of: Arlequin, Eusebius, Florestan, Chiarina, Chopin, Paganini)
OR
Dichterliebe [A Poet's Love], op. 48 (no. 8: "Und wusten's die Blumen" ["And if the flowers knew"])

Ear Test
Examination Length: 20 to 40 minutes

Should Read:
Examination Length: 3 hours

History: General Works

Should Read:
Lopinski, Janet, Joe Ringhofer, and...

Examinations Required
Remove:
Grade 4 Harmony/Grade 4 Keyboard Harmony from the Performer's ARCT required examinations list

Grades 1 - 6
Please note: the total marks for the Repertoire section for Grades 1-6 should 54, not 60

List B
Francoeur, Francois
Sonata no.3 in E major

Should Read:
Francoeur, Francois
Sonata no.4 in E major