Hi,
I play the piano, clarinet and saxophone.

I have a Clarinet exam this term (Gr. 6) Piano exam (Gr 6) and Sax exam (Gr5) next term
So aswell as 3 pieces for each of those i have to practise, i have a local music festival in March where i am playing the following...

Habenera (with singer) Teddy Bears Picnic (Duet) Willie wagllesticks walkabout (pno solo) 6 Choir pieces (pno accompaniament) Fantasia in D Minor (Pno solo) Beethoven Sonata (pno solo) Traumerei (pno solo) keyboard music for musical scene X2 and a quick study/sight reading thing!

On top of that my teacher, has given me 2 new repertoire, Debussy 1st Arabesque and Chopin waltz no. 1

Just say that you don't think you can manage it all because of how much you are doing at the moment. If you explain what you have just written here then they should be ok with it.

You can have too much of a good thing.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Not all proverbs are cliched nonsense!

Seriously - if you thrive off pressure and get a buzz from it and can keep up standards (not easy with such a heavy load of diversity) then that's brilliant but if you're getting anxiety attacks then cut out the things you aren't excited about or you may become jaded or even worse burnt-out and the problem with the latter is you don't know it's happened until it's too late.

You pose a question only you can really answer. Do you ditch WWW3 (!) or Debussy? Hey who is Willy Wagglesticks? Am I'm missing something?

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Goldfinch

If your teachers are aware of your festival entries perhaps they should be working at those pieces only now as the competition is so near rather than expecting you to begin new work. Also perhaps it might have been wiser for you to play some of your grade exam pieces in the festival rather than different ones, unless they were set works of course. If you are finding it too much which I suspect from your question see what you might drop without causing upset. Perhaps another piano player might accompany the choir or another duet player take your place. Don.t take on too much musical work. The fun will go and you will not give decent performances of everything or, worse still, anything.

Don't overload yourself, but if you feel in control of everything then everything you play will be valuable in the future. Concentrate on your exams and the public performances before the new repetorie, which is obviously designed to stretch you further. i always find the hardest thing about having a large ammount on is not being able to play the pieces but getting them to there best at the times you need to play them, especially if lots of deadlines come togther. Just think of it as a learning experience and don't get stressed about it!

How much do you think you can take on? Are all the music festival performances on the same day or different days?
I dont play any other instruments, but the closest I have got to being that busy was last year at a Flute day where I started the day with a masterclass, then had a solo recital in afternoon and concert with my flute quartet, then playing several pieces with 2 flute choirs as well as being a soloist in the Carmen Fantasy - tiring day and I wouldnt do that again!
I imagine it would be even harder with the multiple instuments you are playing. In order to keep relaxed make sure you do your practice systematically eg clarinet first, piano second and sax third, and always follow this.