Syllabus is reproduced by kind permission of NCCA via Curriculum Online, entire syllabus can be downloaded here.
Also see Composing, Aural and see the entire Music category
Pick one topic from (i) and (ii)
(i)
- Singing or playing individually
- Singing or playing as part of a group
- Rehearsing and conducting a musical group
(ii)
- Sight reading test
- Aural memory test
- Singing or playing and improvisation
Requirements
Ordinary- Two prepared musical pieces and one unprepared test.
Higher – Three prepared musical pieces and one unprepared test.
*Higher only* If a student chooses to take their elective topic in practical/performance, they must demonstrate their knowledge by performing for a duration of 10-12 minutes.
Music can be chosen from the following
- Classical music- individual, performing
- Traditional Irish – individual, performing
- Popular music- individual, performing
- Extracts from musicals and operettas
Remember!!
Ordinary level is blue
Higher level is red
Classical Individual
Descant Recorder
- Mozart, Country Dances (A Collection of Dance Airs, Hargail Music Press)
- Elsna Shell, No.4 Spring Song (Strawberry Hill Pieces, Lengnick)
Piano
- Mozart, edited by Howard Ferguson, Allegro in B flat (25 Early Pieces, Associated Board)
- Handel, edited by Howard Ferguson, Aria in G (A Keyboard Anthology, Book 2, Associated Board)
Violin
- L. Mendelssohn, Cavatina, Bosworth
- Tchaikovsky, arranged by Rowsby Woof, Chant sans Paroles, Op. 2, No. 3, Associated Board
Voice
- Brahms, Wiegenlied/Cradle-Song (Brahms, Fifty Selected Songs, Schirmer)
- Schubert, An Silvia/To Sylvia ( Schubert Selected Songs, Peters)
Classical Group Performance
Recorder Group
- Rameau, Rondino (Two’s Company, Cramer)
- Donald Randall, Shortnin’ Bread (Three Recorder Pieces Based on Negro Spirituals, Bosworth)
Piano Duet
- Frangois Couperin, Minuet (Easy Piano Duets, Universal Edition)
- Mozart, Minuet and Trio (Sonata in C major, Klgd, OUP)
Violin Duet
- Schubert, arranged by Jane Gannoway, The Miller (String It Together, Mimram Music/Fentone Music)
- Pleyel, Rondo (Six Petits Duos, Universal Edition)
Vocal Groups
- Benjamin Britten, A New Year Carol (Oxford Book of Carols, Book One, OUP)
- Lassus, Mon C~ur se Recommande ~ Vous/My Heart Is Offered Still to You, Roberton Publications
Traditional Irish Individual
Ceol Uirlise
- An Bóthar ó Thuaidh go dtí árainn (single jig, No. 65, Breandán Breathnach, Ceol Rince na hEireann, Cuid 2, Oifig an tSoláthair)
- Rii Liadroime (reel, No. 183, Breandán Breathnach, Ceol Rince na hÉireann, Cuid I, Oifig an tSoláthair)
Amhraníocht
- Fear an Bhata (Seán Og agus Ménus ó Baoill, Ceolta Gael, Mercier Press)
- Bánchnoic Eireann ó (Seán Og agus Ménus Baoill, Ceolta Gael, Mercier Press)
Traditional Irish Groups
Voices and Instruments
- Buachaill ón Eirne (Clannad Pastpresent, Wise Publications)
- Coinleach Glas an Fhómhair (Clannad Pastpresent, Wise Publications)
Instruments only
- Maidin Luan Cincise (Cuisle an Cheoil, An Roinn Oideachais)
- c. Lennon, Musical Memories, Volumes One and Two, Worldmusic Publications any selection of contrasting pieces
Popular Music Individual
Voice
- Lennon and McCartney, When I’m Sixty Four, (The Beatles Complete, Wise Publications)
- Paul Simon, The Boxer (The Paul Simon Songbook, Music Sales)
Synthesizer/Electronic Keyboard
- John Barry, Born Free (Premiére Film Music, Volume I, Chappell)
- Eric Carmen, All By Myself (Easy Listening Love and Rock for All Keyboards, Wise Publications)
Singing to one’s own accompaniment
- Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, Scarborough Fair~Canticle, Music Sales Limited
- P. Alder and E. Levine, Once in a Very Blue Moon (The Mary Black Songbook, compiled by Declan Sinnott, Dara Records)
Popular Group Performing
Folk
- Peadar Kearney, Anna Liffey (The Wolfe Tone Song Book, Volume Two, Walton)
- Jimmy McCarthy, NO Frontiers (The Mary Black Song Book, compiled by Declan Sinnott, Dara Records)
Rock
- Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits, Walk of Life (Classic Rock Hits, Volume Three, Wise Publications)
- U2, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Classic Rock Hits, Volume Three, Wise Publications)
Jazz
- Gerald Martin, Old Joe Clark’s Boogie, (The Joy of Boogie and Blues, Yorktown Music)
- Gerald Martin, Swingin” Molly (The Joy of Boogie and Blues, Yorktown Music)
Extracts from musicals and operettas, etc
- Claude-Michel Schónberg, Do You Hear the People Sing (from Les Misérables, Faber)
- Lionel Bart, Who Will Buy? (from Oliver, Lakeview Music Publishing)
