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Repertoire Selections

  1. Except as noted below, participants may freely choose repertoire selections, subject to any constraints, restrictions, or specifications imposed by their discipline or class.
  2. When performing their selections, except as noted below, participants must observe repeats, score markings, and so on, as indicated in the score submitted to the adjudicator.
  3. The Festival defines two special categories of repertoire selection for general use throughout the Festival: Conservatory and Set Piece selections. Specific disciplines or classes might define their own categories of repertoire.

Conservatory Selections

  1. A Conservatory selection is a repertoire selection that must be drawn from the examination syllabi of either of the two Ontario Conservatories: Royal Conservatory of Music and Conservatory Canada.
  2. Conservatory selections must be drawn from the most recent examination syllabus from either Conservatory for your instrument. You may, however, use the previous examination syllabus if a Conservatory has updated its syllabus for your instrument in the same year as the current Festival year. Both Conservatories provide their syllabi free of charge on their respective websites.
  3. If a class you are performing in specifies a Conservatory selection, you may choose a selection from the level and repertoire list given in the class description. If the class does not specify a repertoire list in particular, you may freely choose any selection from any repertoire list at that level. 
  4. Unless otherwise specified, you must perform any such selection exactly as defined in the Conservatory syllabus from which it has been drawn, including which movements to perform, if any, what score markings to observe, what instrumentation or accompaniment to use, and so on.
  5. You may use any standard published edition of a Conservatory selection unless the Conservatory list from which the selection is drawn explicitly restricts you to a specific edition. (Most Conservatory lists specify recommended editions, not required ones.)
  6. Please note that “Teacher’s Choice” selections, while permitted in Conservatory exams, do not count as Conservatory selections for the purpose of this Festival.

Set Piece Selections

  1. A Set Piece is a repertoire selection chosen by the Festival, or on its behalf, instead of by the participants.
  2. If a class specifies a Set Piece, you or your ensemble must perform the piece, including instrumentation, vocal or choral parts, and most score markings, such as dal segno or da capo markings, for instance, unless directed otherwise. However, you are not to observe repeats unless specified by the class in which the Set Piece has been prescribed.
  3. If the syllabus specifies a particular published edition of the Set Piece, you or your ensemble must use the specified edition; otherwise, you may use any standard published edition.
  4. If a Set Piece selection is no longer in print, the Festival will make the selection available by alternate means.

Special Categories of Repertoire

Special categories of repertoire found throughout multiple disciplines.

Canadian and First Nations Composers

  1. When entering a class designated for Canadian and First Nations repertoire, your selection(s) must be composed or arranged by a person satisfying one of the following criteria:
  • The person is a Canadian citizen, a member of a First Nation, Inuit, or Métis. Examples include Larysa Kuzmenko or Murray Adaskin
  • The person has been a resident in Canada or on First Nation, Inuit, or Métis territory for at least 5 years and the repertoire was written, published, or otherwise completed while the person was such a resident.

 

Women, BIPOC, or LGBTQ+ Composers

  1. When entering a class designated for women, BIPOC, or LGBTQ+ composers, your selection(s) must be composed or arranged by a person belonging to or identifying as one of the name demographics. Examples include Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth, Naoko Ikeda, Oscar Peterson, Teresa Richert, or Wendy Carlos.

For those unfamiliar with the abbreviated terms: BIPOC is “Black, Indigenous, and people of colour”, while LGBTQ+ incorporates a wide diversity of sexualities and gender identities, including but not limited to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, genderqueer or questioning, asexual or aromantic, and two-spirit persons.