The repertoire strikes a balance between a radical redesign and a recognisable structure, adhering to four key principles: championing ethnically diverse composers, representing genders, acknowledging the history and tradition of violin pedagogy, and enabling students to feel comfortable studying music in a popular and classical environment.
RSL are renowned for their market-leading Rockschool examinations and comprehensive grade books. The RSL Classical Violin syllabus books are beautifully presented, each containing everything that a student would need to prepare for their RSL exam: ten repertoire pieces drawn from a diverse selection of composers, technical exercises, and examples of supporting tests including sight-reading (or optional improvisation & interpretation tests), ear tests and general musicianship questions.
Songlist:
Cortege [Boulanger]
Vogel als prophet [Schumann]
Playing With Light [Mihailo Trandafilovski]
Melodia [Grazyna Bacewicz]
Romance, Op. 78, No. 2 [Jean Sibelius]
Recitativo e Arioso [Lutoslawski]
October Waltz [Aaron Minsky]
It's Wonderful [Stuff Smith]
Cosmic Girl [Jamiroquai]
All Of Me [John Legend]
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