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ContentsLetter from the President ..................................................................... 3

Preparatory Level ................................................................................. 4

Elementary Level ................................................................................. 5

Early Intermediate Level ...................................................................... 7

Intermediate Level ............................................................................. 10

Early Advanced Level ......................................................................... 14

Advanced Level .................................................................................. 18

Diploma Level Associate Diploma in Voice Performance ....................................... 23 Teacher’s Associate Diploma in Voice ............................................. 24

The Royal Conservatory Certificate Program at a Glance: The sample examination menus in this booklet serve as an overview of what to expect in an actual voice examination. Please consult the Voice Syllabus, 2012 Edition for a complete listing of the requirements for each level. Join the growing community of teachers, students, and families who are discovering the benefits of The Royal Conservatory Certificate Program as it enriches their lives!

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The mission of The Royal Conservatory of Music is to develop human potential through music and the arts. The Royal Conservatory has pursued this mission for over 125 years and in so doing has created a diverse set of programs founded on the conviction that music and the arts are our greatest tools for learning.

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The Royal Conservatory is one of the largest and most respected educational institutions in the world.

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Preparatory LevelIntroduces beginning singers to a positive examination experience

Supports student success by celebrating individual achievement

A wide range of songs can be chosen from a variety of sources

Attainable goals for the first years of study

Preparatory Level examinations include:

•Performance of repertoire

Students are evaluated on

•Vocal production

•Presentation

Preparatory – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireBelyea, W. Herbert►Rabbits (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series,

Preparatory Repertoire)

Rhodenizer, Donna►The Penguin Ball (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice

Series, Preparatory Repertoire)

Technical Requirements and Musicianship There are no separate Technical Requirements or Musicianship tests at the Preparatory Level.

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Elementary LevelLevels 1 and 2Recognizes achievement at the elementary level

The development of sound technique is supported with the introduction of short exercises

Repertoire ranges from Classical to contemporary

Character songs engage the imagination and encourage performance skills

Students and teachers can choose from a selection of appropriately-leveled musical theater and popular repertoire

Level 1 and 2 examinations include:


•Technical Requirements

•Musicianship: ear tests, sight singing


•Vocal production

•Diction

•Presentation

Level 1 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireTraditional►La pulga de San José/The Market of San José (Latin

American folk song, arr. Akiko and Forrest Kinney in Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 1)

Roe, Betty►Song of Summertime (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Repertoire 1)

Guthrie, Woody►This Land is your Land (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


Technical Requirements Technical ExercisesDescending major scale – on the vowel [a]

Major five-note scale – on the vowel [i]

& 44 œ œ œ œ2. Major five-note scale

œ œ œ œ ˙Ó

Major triad – on the vowel [u]

& 22 ˙ ˙3. Major triad

˙ ˙ ˙Ó

Musicianship Ear TestsClapback

Interval Singing•above a given note: major 3rd, perfect 5th

•below a given note: minor 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect octave

Sight Singing

Level 2 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireTraditional►To the Sky – American Folk Song (Resonance®:

A Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 2)

Marsh, Lin►Butterfly (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series,

Repertoire 2)

Gesner, Clark►Happiness from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

(Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 2)

Technical RequirementsTechnical ExercisesMajor triad with descending scale – on the vowel [i]

Exercise in 3rds – on the vowel [o]

Major arpeggio – on the vowel [a]

Chromatic scale pattern – on the vowel [u]



Interval Singing•above a given note: major 2nd, major 3rd, perfect 4th

•below a given note: minor 3rd, perfect 4th

Sight Singing


Early Intermediate LevelLevels 3 and 4Continued development of musicianship skills and technical facility

Early-intermediate repertoire introduces students to languages other than English as well as the richness of North American “art song” literature and popular and musical theater repertoire appropriate for developing voices



•Technical Requirements



•Vocal production

•Diction

•Presentation

Level 3 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireSchubert, Franz►An die Laute / To the Lute (Resonance®: A

Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 3)

Helppie, Kevin, Forrest Kinney and Jaclyn Weber►If You Become the Moon (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


Van Heusen, Jimmy and Johnny Burke►Swinging on a Star (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice

Series, Repertoire 3)

Technical RequirementsTechnical ExercisesMajor scale – on the vowel [a]

Harmonic minor scale – on the vowel [e]


Major arpeggio – on the vowel [o] Minor arpeggio – on the vowel [i]

Chromatic scale – on the vowel [u]

Musicianship Ear TestsClapback Interval Singing

•above a given note: major 3rd, perfect 4th, major 6th

•below a given note: minor 3rd, perfect 5th

Sight Singing

Level 4 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireTraditional►Los pelegrenitos/The Little Pilgrims – Spanish Folk

Tune (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 4)

Watson Henderson, Ruth►L’été (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series,

Repertoire 4)

Hanley, James and Grant Clarke►Second Hand Rose (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice


Technical RequirementsTechnical ExercisesMajor scale with turn – on the vowel [i] Harmonic minor scale with turn – on the vowel [e]

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Melodic minor scale – on the vowel [a]

Major 3rd exercise – on the vowel [u]

Chromatic scale – on the vowel [u]


Interval Singing •above a given note: minor 3rd, perfect 5th, major 6th

•below a given note: major 3rd, perfect octave

Sight Singing


Intermediate Level

Levels 5 and 6

Building on the foundation already established, students continue to develop technical and musicianship skills

Technical facility is developed through more challenging exercises, including vocalises, which reinforce an awareness of distinct vowel production and musicality

Stylistic awareness continues to grow through performance of the music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary eras

Healthy vocal production in music theater and popular music is addressed through repertoire appropriate to this stage of development

Understanding of the basic elements of music theory is reinforced through a written test



•Technical Requirements (which now includes the singing of Vocalises)



•Vocal production

•Diction

•Presentation

Level 5 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireTraditional►Across the Western Ocean, arr. Christine Donkin

(Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Voice Repertoire 5)

Colbran, Isabella►Già la notte s’avvicina (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Voice Repertoire 5)

Washburn, Jon►Moon, sing (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series,

Voice Repertoire 5)

Bernstein, Leonard►My House from Peter Pan (Resonance®: A

Comprehensive Voice Series, Voice Repertoire 5)

Technical RequirementsVocalisePanofka, Heinrich►Vocalise in E minor (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Vocalises 5 – 7)


Technical ExercisesMelodic minor scale – on the vowel [i]

Major arpeggio and descending scale – on the vowel [e]

Minor arpeggio and descending harmonic minor scale – on the vowel [o]

Major arpeggio, legato and staccato – on the vowel [a]

Chromatic scale – on the vowel [y]

Musicianship Ear TestsSingback Interval Singing

•above a given note: major 2nd, perfect 5th, minor 6th

•below a given note: minor 3rd, major 6th, perfect octave]

Chord Identification •C major triad – root position

•D minor triad – root position

•F minor – root position

Sight Singing


Level 6 – Sample Examination Menu

RepertoireTraditional►Climbin’ Up the Mountain – (African American

spiritual, arr. Patsy Ford Simmons); (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 6)

Stradella, Alessandro►Cosi amor, mi fai languir (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


Rhodenizer, Donna►Singin’ the Blues (Resonance® : A Comprehensive Voice


Campbell, Norman, and Donald Harron►Wond’rin from Anne of Green Gables (Resonance®: A

Comprehensive Voice Series, Repertoire 6)

Technical RequirementsVocaliseBordésé, LuigiuVocalise in G Major (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Vocalises 5 – 7)

Technical ExercisesMajor arpeggio and descending scale – on the vowel [i] Minor arpeggio, legato and staccato – on the vowel [o]

Dominant 7th – on the vowel [e]

Major scale in 3rds – on the vowel [u]



Musicianship Ear TestsSingback

Interval Singing •above a given note: minor 2nd, major 6th, minor 7th

•below a given note: major 2nd, perfect 5th, minor 6th

Chord Identification •G minor triad – root position

•F major dominant 7th chord – root position

•A major triad – root position

Sight Singing


Early Advanced LevelLevels 7 and 8Some high schools accept certificates for credit

Students perform repertoire by master composers, and a broadened selection of popular music inspires the maturing voice

Technical and musicianship skills continue to develop to support the demands of the repertoire

One rececitive is added in Level 8

Maturing musicianship and interpretative skills continue to emerge

Expanded theory tests encourage continued development of musical understanding

Level 7 examinations include:


•Technical Requirements (including Vocalises)

•Musicianship: ear tests, sight singing Students are evaluated on

•Vocal production

•Diction

•Presentation

Level 7 – Sample Examination Menu

RepertoireBeethoven, Ludwig von►Ich liebe dich (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series,

Repertoire 7)

Frescobaldi, Girolamo►Se l’aura spira (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice


Fauré, Gabriel►Le papillon et la fleur (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


Le Sieur, Léo►Tango d’amour (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice

Series, Voice Repertoire 7)

Betts, Jim►Starlight On a Summer’s Night (Resonance®: A

Comprehensive Voice Series, Voice Repertoire 7)

Technical RequirementsVocalisePanofka, Heinrich►Vocalise in G minor (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Vocalises 5-7)

Technical ExercisesMajor scale and ascending arpeggio – on the vowel [i] Harmonic minor scale ascending arpeggio – on the vowel [u]


Major arpeggio and dominant 7th - on the vowel [o]

Major scale to the 5th and the 9th – on the vowel [e]



Interval Singing•above a given note: minor 3rd, perfect 5th, minor 7th

•below a given note: perfect 4th, minor 6th, major 7th

Chord Identification •Ab major triad – root position

•C minor triad – root position

•E minor diminished 7th chord – root position

•E major dominant 7th chord – root position

Sight-Singing



•Performance of repertoire (which now includes the singing of Recitatives)




•Vocal production

•Diction

•Presentation

•Recitatives

Level 8 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireCesti, Marco Antonio►Intorno all’idol mio (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice


Bellini, Vincenzo►Il zeffiro (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series,

Repertoire 8)

Schubert, Franz►Lachen und Weinen (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


Hundley, Richard►Come Ready and See Me (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


Surdin, Morris►Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy (Resonance®: A Comprehensive


RecitativeHandel, George FridericuIll suits the voice of love (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 8)

Technical RequirementsVocaliseChiaramonte, Francesco►Vocalise in A flat major (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 8)

Concone, Giuseppe►Vocalise in G Major (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice

Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 8)

Technical ExercisesBroken chord exercise – on the vowel [i]

Slur exercise – on the vowel [u]

Major arpeggio exercise, legato and staccato – on the vowel [e]



messa di voce exercise – on the vowel [a]


Interval Singing•above a given note: minor 3rd, augmented 4th

•below a given note: minor 2nd, major 7th

Chord Identification•F major four-note chord – 1st inversion

•C major dominant 7th chord – root position

•C# minor diminished 7th chord – root position

•E minor – root position

Scales•major: mediant to mediant

•harmonic minor: tonic to tonic

Cadences

Sight Singing


Advanced LevelLevels 9 and 10Repertoire suitable for college auditions

Mature technique is developed through the increased technical demands of the repertoire, vocalises, and exercises

Academic co-requisites involve the study of history and harmony, providing a wider perspective for repertoire study


•Performance of repertoire (including Recitatives)




•Vocal production

•Diction

•Presentation

•Recitatives

Level 9 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireHandel, George Frideric►Nel riposo e nel contento, from Deidamia, HMV 42

Purcell, Henry►I’ll Sail upon the Dog-Star

Brahms, Johannes ►Sapphische Ode, op 94, no.4

Fauré, Gabriel►Lydia, op. 4, no.2

Finzi, Gerald►Who is Sylvia from Let Us Garlands Bring

Leigh, Mitch, and Joe Darion►Dulcinea from Man of La Mancha (in The Singer’s

Musical Theatre Anthology: Baritone/Bass 1)

RecitativeMendelssohn, Felix►Ich gehe hinab / I go on my way from Elijah

(Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 9-10 Low Voice )

Technical RequirementsVocalisesConcone, Giuseppe►Vocalise in A Major (Resonance : A Comprehensive Voice

Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 9 – 10 Low Voice)

Panofka, Heinrich►Vocalise in F minor (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 9 – 10 Low Voice)


Technical ExercisesSustained five-note scale exercise – on the vowel [e]

Harmonic minor scale, legato and staccato – on the vowel [i]

Dominant 7th exercise – on the vowel [o]

Quintuplet and sextuplet scale exercise – on the vowel [a]



Musicianship Ear TestsSingback (upper line only)

Interval Singing •above a given note: minor 6th, major 9th

•below a given note: diminished 5th, minor 7th

Chord Identification •Bb major four-note chord – root position

•G minor four-note chord – 1st inversion

•E major dominant 7th chord – root position

•C minor diminished 7th chord – root position

Scales•major scale: from supertonic to supertonic

•melodic minor scale: from tonic to tonic

Cadences

Sight Singing Unaccompanied

AccompaniedStudents will be asked to sight sing a short piece at approximately Level 6, accompanied by the adjudicator.


•Performance of repertoire (including Recitatives)




•Vocal production

•Presentation

•Recitatives

Level 10 – Sample Examination MenuRepertoire Greene, Maurice►OThat My Ways (with recitative “Thou hast charged”)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus►Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro

Debussy, Claude ►Fleur des blés

Wolf, Hugo►Mausfallen-Sprüchlein

Thomson, Virgil►The Tiger

Gershwin, George, and Ira Gershwin►But Not For Me from Girl Crazy

RecitativeMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus►Ah scostati from Cosi fan tutte (Resonance®: A

Comprehensive Voice Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 9-10 Low Voice)

Half cadence(Imperfect)


Technical RequirementsVocalisesBordogni, Giulio Marco►Vocalise in A flat Major (Resonance®: A Comprehensive

Voice Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 9 – 10 Low Voice)

Sieber, Ferdinand►Vocalise in F minor (Resonance®: A Comprehensive Voice

Series, Vocalises and Recitatives 9 – 10 Low Voice)

Technical ExercisesMajor scale descending from tonic, mediant, and dominant – on the vowel [o]

Harmonic-melodic minor scale with 12th – on the vowel [e]

Two-octave major scale – on the vowel [a]

Chromatic octave exercise with a sustained line – on the vowel [i]

Legato messa di voce exercise


Ear TestsSingback (lower line only)

Interval Singing•above a given note: minor 6th, minor 9th

•below a given note: augmented 4th, minor 7th

Chord Identification•F major four-note chord – 1st inversion

•C# minor four-note chord – 2nd inversion

•F major dominant 7th – 1st inversion

•A minor diminished 7th – root position

Scales •major scale: from mediant to mediant

•melodic minor scale: from sub-dominant to sub-dominant

Cadences

Sight Singing

Unaccompanied

AccompaniedStudents will be asked to sight sing a short piece at approximately Level 7, accompanied by the adjudicator.


Diploma LevelAssociate Diploma (ARCT) in Voice Performance

The Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Voice Performance is evaluated as a concert performance. Students are expected to perform with confidence, to communicate the essence of the music, to demonstrate vocal mastery, and to show an understanding of the stylistic and structural elements of each repertoire selection.

Marks are assigned for the performance of repertoire as follows:• Artsongsandcantataarias• Operaarias• Oratorioarias

Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Voice Performance – Sample Examination MenuRepertoireBach, Johann Sebastian► Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen from Jauchzet Gott in

allen Landen!, BWV 51.

Berlioz, Hector► Le spectre de la rose from Les nuits d’ été

Wolf, Hugo► Mignon (Kennst du das Land)

Hoiby, LeeSongs for Leontyne ► The Serpent

Argento, DominickSix Elizabethan Songs ► Spring

► Hymn

Rorem, Ned Alleluia

Handel, George FridericAlcina ► Tornami a vagheggiar

Previn, AndréA Streetcar Named Desire ► I want magic

Haydn, Franz JosefDie Schöpfung / The Creation ► Nun beut die Flur / With verdure clad (with recitative

“Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor” / “And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass”)

Mozart, Wolfgang AmadeusMass in C Minor► Et incarnatus est


The Teacher’s Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Voice

The Teacher’s Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Voice is designed to strengthen the qualifications and teaching techniques of private studio teachers.

Pedagogical ability and accomplishments are evaluated through a three-part program incorporating a performance examination, a teaching examination, and a written examination.

The Teacher’s Associate Diploma in Voice consists of three parts.

Part 1 is a performance examination and consists of:

• Performanceofrepertoire

• Technicalexercises(TakenfromLevels1–9)

•Musicianship:eartests,sightsinging

Part 2 is a Viva Voce Examination consisting of:

• A–PedagogicalPrinciples(Teststhestudent’sknowledgeoftheprinciplesofvocaltechnique.)

• B–AppliedPedagogy(StudentsperformthreesongsfromResonance™: A Comprehensive Voice Series, one each from Voice Repertoire 3, 4, and 5, and discuss relevant technical, musical, and pronunciation issues.)

• C–VocalLiterature(Studentsdemonstratetheirunderstandingofvocalliteratureforstudentsofdifferentlevelsandvoice types.)

Part 3 is a written examination. Students should be prepared to:

• Answerquestionsontheprinciplesofvoiceproduction

• Discussteachingissues

• Discussteachingmaterials

• Discussthehistoryanddevelopmentofvocalmusic

• Discusstheelementarypsychologyofmusicteaching

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