Music Group performance

Application for Alternative Works

Music Group performance
Alternative works
Study Design Requirements
Application Dates

Music Group performance

The VCE Music Group performance Study Design states that students are required to perform two (2) works from the Prescribed List of Arrangements which is published annually by the VCAA.

Music Group performance: Prescribed List of Arrangements (PDF - 139KB)
VCAA Bulletin, Supplement 2, February 2008.

Details of this requirement are described on page 58-61 of the 2006-2009 Music Study Design (PDF - 357KB).

Alternative works

Students who wish to select an arrangement other than those listed should submit a proposal to VCAA with the Alternative Works/Arrangements form for individual approval.

Music Group Performance Application: Alternative Works/Arrangements Form
(PDF - 49KB)
Criteria and Guidelines (PDF - 39KB)

In requesting permission to perform an alternative works/arrangements, the applicant/s will need to:

provide sheet music or chart (leadsheet) as appropriate
outline grounds for the application.

Suitable grounds may include the case of groups involving ethnic specific instruments such as a balalaika trio. Such groups are still required to perform music in a variety of styles in order to meet the requirements Units 3 and 4 Outcome 1 and the criteria for the Performance examination.

Study Design Requirements

It should be noted only two works from the prescribed list are required to be performed as part of the examination program.

Study design requirements relating to the prescribed list state that students may:

perform two works in the styles in which they are listed.
perform one work in the style in which it is listed and another listed work in any one of the listed styles.
perform two notated arrangements from the list.
perform one notated arrangement from the list and another listed work in any one of the listed styles.

Application Dates

The completed application form must be submitted to VCAA on or before 7 March 2008.

Proposal for alternative arrangements must be made annually. Acceptance of a particular work/s in one year does not ensure automatic acceptance of that work/s for future years.