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Advanced Practical Exam Overview

Effective for exam registrations from January 1, 2021 onward, Advanced level remote practical exams will be conducted via Zoom. Students who register on January 1, 2021 or later will no longer be required to submit YouTube recordings for their repertoire and etudes. They will perform their full examination programs in real time during the scheduled Zoom meeting. In some cases, a YouTube submission may be requested.

Students who have already registered for Level 9, Level 10 (complete and split repertoire), all ARCT including Advanced Piano Pedagogy, or Licentiate exams, or who do so before January 1, 2021 will still be allowed to submit YouTube recordings per the original deadline.

Please also ensure that you have met the Specific and General examination conditions for your instrument/discipline on this page.

Level 9

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire/
Recitatives

Etudes

OEs/Vocalises

Musicianship (Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Timing

Registered before January 1, 2021

Submitted via YouTube*

Submitted via YouTube*

Submitted via YouTube*

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email - submit YouTube link where indicated at the bottom of the form

Schedule your Remote Exam.Record and Upload your Repertoire/Etudes BEFORE submitting your Program Form. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

YouTube recording must be submitted prior to the Zoom portion of the exam, to allow the examiner to assess the complete examination as a whole.

Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email

Schedule your Remote Exam. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

* To reflect the expectations of an in-person examination experience, Level 9, 10 and ARCT candidates have been instructed to record their Repertoire, Etudes and Orchestral Excerpts as one continuous performance, and to submit one complete video. For brass and woodwinds examinations, in view of concerns related to stamina and embouchure, effective immediately, candidates may record their exam programs in several successive sessions. Each session must consist of a single unedited performance of the material recorded and must still be submitted as one complete video.

Level 10 - Registered before January 1, 2021

Exams Registered before January 1, 2021

Exam Solution

Repertoire
Recitatives

Etudes

OEs
Vocalises

Musicianship
(Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Timing

Level 10 (Complete Exam)

Online - Read How

Submitted via YouTube

Submitted via YouTube

Submitted via YouTube

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email - submit YouTube link where indicated at the bottom of the form

Schedule your Remote Exam.Record and Upload your Repertoire/Etudes BEFORE submitting your Program Form. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

YouTube recording must be submitted in prior to the Zoom portion of the exam, to allow the examiner to assess the complete examination as a whole.

Level 10-Split: Repertoire
Online - Read How

Submitted via YouTube

n/a

n/a

n/a

Submit YouTube link via this form (included in your email)

No need for a remote exam. Record and Upload your Repertoire and then submit the YouTube link via this form

February 28, 2021

Level 10-Split: Technique, Ear, Sight Reading, and Etudes
Online - Read How

n/a

Submitted via YouTube

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email. Voice: submit YouTube link where indicated at the bottom of the form

Your exam will be scheduled. Piano: No YouTube submission required. Voice: Record and Upload your Vocalises BEFORE submitting your Program Form. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Split: Technique, Orch, Ear, Sight Reading, and Etudes
Online - Read How

n/a

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email (disregard YouTube link section)

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Supplemental: Technique
Online - Read How

n/a

n/a

Available via your Confirmation Email (disregard YouTube link section)

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Supplemental: Ear Test
Online - Read How

n/a

n/a

n/a

Zoom exam

Available via your Confirmation Email (disregard YouTube link section)

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Supplemental: Sight Reading
Online -Read How

n/a

n/a

n/a

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email (disregard YouTube link section)

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10 - Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Exams Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Exam Solution

Repertoire
Recitatives

Etudes

OEs
Vocalises

Musicianship
(Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Timing

Level 10 (Complete Exam)

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Split: Repertoire

n/a

n/a

n/a

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Split: Technique, Ear, Sight Reading, and Etudes

n/a

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Split: Technique, Orch, Ear, Sight Reading, and Etudes

n/a

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Supplemental: Technique

n/a

n/a

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Supplemental: Ear Test

n/a

n/a

n/a

Zoom exam

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Level 10-Supplemental: Sight Reading

n/a

n/a

n/a

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Your exam will be scheduled. No YouTube submission required.

Your exam time will be listed in your MyRCM account

Viva Voce exam (Pedagogy and ARCT Teachers candidates)

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire

Etudes

OEs

Vocalises

Musicianship (Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Registered before and after Janaury 1, 2021.

Available via your Confirmation Email (disregard YouTube link section)

Schedule your Remote Exam. No YouTube submission required.

Advanced Piano Pedagogy & ARCT Teachers (Part 1/Practical exam)

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire

Etudes

OEs/Vocalises

Musicianship (Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Registered before January 1, 2021

Submitted via YouTube

Submitted via YouTube

Submitted via YouTube

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email - submit YouTube link where indicated at the bottom of the form

Schedule your Remote Exam. Record and Upload your Repertoire/Etudes BEFORE submitting your Program Form. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Zoom exam (Prepared Sight Reading available in your account 22 hours ahead of your exam and can be prepared immediately upon receipt)

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Schedule your Remote Exam. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

ARCT Performers - Piano

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire

Etudes

Musicianship (Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Registered before January 1, 2021

Submitted via YouTube

Not applicable

Not applicable

Submit YouTube link via this form (included in your confirmation email)

Record and Upload your Repertoire and then submit the YouTube link via this form, no later than February 28, 2021.

Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Not applicable

Not applicable

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Schedule your Remote Exam. No YouTube submission required.

ARCT Performers - Non-Piano

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire

Program Form

What This Means

Registered before January 1, 2021

Submitted via YouTube

Available via your Confirmation Email - submit YouTube link where indicated at the bottom of the form

No need for a remote exam. Record and Upload your Repertoire and then submit the YouTube link via this form, no later than February 28, 2021.

Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Schedule your Remote Exam. No YouTube submission required

ARCT Performers - Speech Arts

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire

Discussion

Musicianship (Sight Reading, Ear Tests, Technique)

Program Form

What This Means

Registered before January 1, 2021

Submitted via YouTube

Not applicable

Available via your Confirmation Email - submit YouTube link where indicated at the bottom of the form

Schedule your Remote Exam. Record and Upload your Repertoire BEFORE submitting your Program Form. Your Program Form is due no later than 24 hours before your exam.

Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Not applicable

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Schedule your Remote Exam. No YouTube submission required

Licentiate - Piano only

Exam Registration Date

Repertoire

Program Form

What This Means

Registered before January 1, 2021

Submitted via YouTube

Submit YouTube link via this form (included in your email)

No need for a remote exam. Record and Upload your Repertoire and then submit the YouTube link via this form, no later than February 28, 2021.

Registered on or after January 1, 2021

Available via your Confirmation Email.

Schedule your Remote Exam. No YouTube submission required