Repertoire Week begins on Monday 20th July!
Are you ready for it?
At the start of your lesson during that week, you’ll play your own programme of music. As before, if you are Grade 5 or below you should play four items of music (could be just a short section of a piece, if you haven’t learnt it all yet, or one of the exercises in your exam book). Anyone beyond a Grade 5 level needs to put together a 15-minute programme of music.
Since our last Repertoire Week I’ve been reminding you to do two important things:
- Update your Repertoire List regularly. Add new items to it as you learn them and become confident, but you can also remove items, especially if you think they may have become too “basic” now that you’ve progressed. Review and update your list!
- Practise your Repertoire regularly. Not all of it every day, obviously. You could do one Rep item at each practice session. Or two, perhaps. Or make every Sunday (or whichever day you choose) a “Repertoire Day”, when you run through your entire list. And if you do it that way, you also combine Point 1 – review and update at the same time.
Embrace this chance to devise your own setlist of music to perform. And then make sure you do perform! On the day you play your Repertoire to me, do not stop or go back. Ignore any errors. Perform with confidence and flair! I hope you’ll announce your programme before you perform it and make it your own.
Repertoire Week is for everyone – from beginners to advanced musicians, because this is your chance to choose.
Take control!
The Fire Circle…
…is for anyone waiting! In this hot and humid weather, if you’re waiting for your lesson – or for someone to finish theirs – please do sit in the Fire Circle. The bench is under a shady tree, and there’s the gentle and soothing sound of running water as the stream tumbles over the rocks and into the pond. You’ll be surrounded by trees, wild flowers and butterflies.
So, if you would like to, get out of your car and have a peaceful and restorative break sitting in the Castle Rory 🏰 Fire Circle 🔥
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Humoresque = a whimsical or fanciful piece of music. Be whimsical, be fanciful, but play in time!
This is Humoresque Number 43