ATCL programme advice and comments Options

[lorraineliyanage]

Fingers crossed! Don't worry too much about the repertoire, you can't exactly change it now! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fingersCrossed.gif)

[barry-clari]

As for Fantaisie Impromptu...... I think it sounds ok.......until I listen to Katsaris and Yundi Li's fingers flying over the keyboard and end up feeling depressed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

They don't expect you to play to that standard for ATCL! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[nicki_flute]

Good luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[vee]

Thank you so much everyone, for your wishes. Right now I am in the " look, why don't we skip this and do it in December" stage.

My date has changed. They kindly offered me Friday the 13th (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) While I am not superstitious, I really don't want to attempt my first exam in 25 years on this date..! So I opted for Thursday, 12th July.

I'll let you know how it goes. If nothing else, it will give me an idea of the do's and don'ts of a Dip exam

[vee]

I took the exam yesterday. I'm afraid I didn't do too well. There was a power failure and I was shunted between two different rooms so I really didn't get a chance to get mentally tuned in- and it showed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Missed the descending scale runs on Chopin's FI and made a couple of glaring mistakes in the Mozart Sonata.

What I've learned is - never start your recital with anything as complicated as FI. A slow starting piece would probably have helped me settle my nerves and thats what I will aim for next time around.

The rest was fine, I suppose. Schubert's Impromptu was ok, so was the ending - Song without words. But my jittery start is probably going to cost me a pass (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Well- there's nothing to do but wait for the outcome, which I think I already know. I'm going to focus on working through some of the repertoire at the same level, which is what I wanted to do , in any case, even if I passed.

[barry-clari]

I took the exam yesterday. I'm afraid I didn't do too well. There was a power failure and I was shunted between two different rooms so I really didn't get a chance to get mentally tuned in- and it showed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I was shuttled between two rooms across an outside courtyard, with no power failure, however it was snowing...

Missed the descending scale runs on Chopin's FI and made a couple of glaring mistakes in the Mozart Sonata.

Both will almost certainly have been spotted and noted, but it's not necessarily critical by any means.

What I've learned is - never start your recital with anything as complicated as FI. A slow starting piece would probably have helped me settle my nerves and thats what I will aim for next time around.

Interesting : I think that depends on instrument/what you're like as a person. I left my most difficult ATCL clarinet work until last, and that was a big error, in retrospect.

The rest was fine, I suppose. Schubert's Impromptu was ok, so was the ending - Song without words. But my jittery start is probably going to cost me a pass (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Don't assume that you've failed : there's a good chance you haven't. I largely binned the second (of two) movements of the Bernstein clarinet sonata - but did enough elsewhere to achieve a pass - you may well have done the same in the Schubert etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Well- there's nothing to do but wait for the outcome, which I think I already know. I'm going to focus on working through some of the repertoire at the same level, which is what I wanted to do , in any case, even if I passed.

All the best for a successful result, vee (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piano.gif)