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saltedparsley

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thank you haha
I really enjoyed elective comp, my topic was 1900-1945. Just worried because even though i got 98 internally, i can't predict how my comps will be received by the markers. but accelerating was good because otherwise, i would be doing 4 major works next year.
and yes, i'm looking at music ext! still choosing repertoire.
oh nice i did same extra topic as you then
and 98 internals is really good congrats
4 majors is crazy but less/shorter exams in some cases so maybe it's worth it? idk

what instrument do you play? i did ext performance and i wasn't very good unfortunately but ensemble was definitely fun

if i could choose again i defo wouldn't have done performance elective for both mu2 and ext, too many pieces in too little time on top of ameb and all that
 

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oh nice i did same extra topic as you then
and 98 internals is really good congrats
4 majors is crazy but less/shorter exams in some cases so maybe it's worth it? idk

what instrument do you play? i did ext performance and i wasn't very good unfortunately but ensemble was definitely fun

if i could choose again i defo wouldn't have done performance elective for both mu2 and ext, too many pieces in too little time on top of ameb and all that
yeah i picked elective comp for music 2 this year because my ameb rep would get in the way if i chose performance elective.
i play piano (lmusa) and violin (grade 7)
 
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i wish i could have seen tsuji! also, i saw the prok toccata at encore this year. its a bit repetitive imo.
so far my choices are:
michael kieran karvey Pink Nautilus
rachmaninoff cello sonata 3rd mov
bach bwv 944 fantasia and fugue
it was one of his piano sonatas. can't stand his music.
 

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Okay this is only semi related sorry guys but did anyone else doing music 2 and music ext (performance) get callbacks cause idk what repertoire I'm supposed to submit for it 🫠🫠🫠
 

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nvm i'm just stupid :pold: they ask you to number pieces 1-6 which is freaky but wtv !!!my essay is gonna bring me down so many marks but the rest of it was ok 🙏🙏
 

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it's so unnecessarily difficult. you don't need to have the diploma to be an incredible pianist. protect your sanity
I mean saying its unnecessarily difficult is a bit of a stretch no? But I agree that its only really bragging rights at hs level IMO

But some unis will award adjustment factors for grade 8 amus/elmus when complete in yr 12 alongside the HSC :smile: but it doesn't count if you complete it beforehand!! (my friend did elmus on violin/piano I cant remember in yr 11 so it didn't count for the bonus points :tongue:) so depending on the overlap between the elmus rep and the hsc rep i'd think it would be worth doing
 

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then again i'm a tuba player so i can't really comment on the difficulty of piano rep lmak
 

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Why is he 'goated' tho? genuinely want to knpw
He was a giant of neoclassicism and writing original music in basically a sort of refurbished style to make his own style. He wrote many different types of works and forms, symphonies, concertos for many different instruments, operas, ballets etc. He could imbue a type of character into his pieces that no one else could. Combine lyricism with sarcasm, drama with soaring melodies. He was a pioneer of true modern chromatic displacements (along with other Soviets like Stravinsky). Why isn't he goated?
 

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