Section 100: VCE Unit 1 & 2 Own Classical Selection

• Perform one item of your choice in the classical style

• Competitors must be enrolled in VCE Music Unit 1+2 with Classical Voice as their main instrument of study. 

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Section 101: VCE Unit 3 & 4 'CVSC VCE Award'

• Competitors will perform three contrasting items from their VCE Unit 3+4 program as a small recital.

• Competitors must present at least two different languages and one unaccompanied work.  

• Chosen repertoire must be sung in a classical style.

• Competitors must be enrolled in VCE Unit 3+4 Music Repertoire or Music Inquiry focusing on Classical Voice performance. 

  • ​Please Note: Heats from previous years have been removed, and Section 101 now stands as a single section.

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Section 102: Year 9 - 12 Novice Aria Award

• Competitors are to perform one aria of their choice.

• It may be from Oratorio, Opera, or Operetta.

• Any period is acceptable. 

• As this is a Novice Aria, competitors may perform works from sources such as the Schirmer 24 Italian Songs and Arias, Arie Antiche, or any other arietta, provided the work has an operatic origin. 

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Section 103: Year 7 - 12 Duet or Trio Own Selection

• Own choice duet or trio. 

• May be from the classical repertoire, legit musical theatre, or a contemporary work written in a classical style. 

• Some harmony must be demonstrated. 

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Sections 104, 108, & 112: Own Choice Classical Solo

• Own choice classical song solo. 

• Any period is acceptable, including contemporary works written to be sun in a classical style. 

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Sections 105, 109, & 113: Own Choice Musical Theatre Solo

• Own choice solo from a musical or operetta. (Arias from an Opera not accepted). 

• Must be in costume and character. 

• Minimal props are optional.  

• Competitors must demonstrate an appropriate level of stagecraft relevant to the chosen piece they are singing. Stagecraft and movement are taken into consideration in the adjudication of this section. 

• Competitors may have another person on stage with them should their performance benefit from dialogue at the beginning or middle of the piece. Associate performer must not sing.  

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Section 106, 110, & 114: Folk Song or Traditional Ballad Solo

• Own choice traditional folk song or traditional ballad. 

• May be in any language. 

• Any arrangement is suitable. 

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Section 107, 111, & 115: Art Song Solo

• Own choice Art Song solo.

• The work chosen must be performed in the original language in which it was written.  

  • Exceptions are made where a particular translation is commonly recognised as part of the informed performance practice of the selected work. ​

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Section 116: AMEB (or equivalent) Own Choice Solo

• Competitors are to perform one item from any AMEB (or equivalent) vocal syllabus.

• Repertoire chosen must be from any current (2023) syllabus. 

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Section 118: Golden Age Musical Theatre Ballad Solo

• Competitors will perform one ballad from the Golden Age of Musical Theatre (Pre-1965). 

• Competitors do not need to be in character or costume for this section. 

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Section 119: Religious or Sacred Song

• Competitors are to perform one song of their choice with a religious or sacred theme. 

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Section 117: Undergraduate Aria Award

• Competitors are to perform one aria (in the original language) of their own choice.

• Competitors are required to be enrolled at an Australian university in an undergraduate course studying classical voice. 

• Competitors in the Undergraduate Aria Award are excluded from consideration for any of the Scholarship Prizes on offer. 

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