2025 Syllabus - Pipe Organ

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Performance Requirements

  • Competitors must perform one (1) or two (2) contrasting selections.
  • Multi-movements of one work will be counted as one (1) selection.
  • Provide all necessary details of your selections, including accurate timing. "To Be Decided" in any field will not be accepted.
    The only exception to this is the field labelled "Movement/Musical". If your piece does not have any movements please put "none".

Suggested Syllabi:

RCM
ABRSM
RCCO - Colleague
RCCO - Associate
RCCO - Fellow

ClassEarlybird
Class:08000 - One Year of Study or Less

One or Two Selections - Total time limit 15 min

Earlybird:$28.00Register
Class:08001 - Two Years of Study or Less

One or Two Selections - Total time limit 15 min

Earlybird:$32.00Register
Class:08002 - Three Years of Study or Less

One or Two Selections - Total time limit 15 min

Earlybird:$35.00Register
Class:08003 - Four Years of Study or More

One or Two Selections - Total time limit 15 min

Earlybird:$38.00Register
Class:08004 - Open

One or Two Selections - Total time limit 30 min

Earlybird:$45.00Register

Hymn/Service Playing

Hymn Playing Rules:
1) Must play two hymns, one required Traditional Hymn and one required Contemporary Hymn

Traditional
STUTTGART - Voices United 2
ST. CATHERINE - Voices United 580

Contemporary
In the Quiet Curve of Evening - Voices United 278
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Give Thanks - Voices United 179

2) Must play Introduction and Two-Three verses.
3) Must use pedal for the bass line.
4) Change registration for each verse.
5) May solo out the melody in the right hand of One verse.
6) Last verse reharmonization or rearrangement is encouraged, but not required.
7) Entrant must indicate which verses will be played when announcing which of the required hymns will be played.

Total time limit - 15 min

Service Playing Rules:
1) Must play Kyrie / Lord Have Mercy, Sanctus / Holy, Holy, Memorial Acclamation or Great Amen, Agnus Dei / Lamb of God from any current hymnal or other published source.

2) Must be played in that order and each introduced as one would accompany a congregation.
3) Must use pedal for bass line where appropriate.
4) Appropriate registration is required.

Total time limit - 20 min

ClassEarlybird
Class:08005 - Hymn Playing

One Traditional Hymn & One Contemporary Hymn - Total time limit 15 min

Earlybird:$45.00Register
Class:08006 - Service Playing

Service Music as outlined above - Total time limit 20 min

Earlybird:$45.00Register