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Keyboard Syllabi
Pianoforte (Comprehensive)

A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles and Australian compositions. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Optional repertoire graded albums available  (Piano Odyssey)Optional digital technical workbook, aural & sight-reading tests available (Pianoforte Mastery)
Contemporary Piano (Comprehensive)
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A dynamic and modern syllabus that incorporates technical work and a diverse range of contemporary piano styles including Latin, funk, blues, rock, movie themes, pop songs and Australian music. Supporting tests are aural or sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Optional repertoire graded albums available  (Piano Odyssey)Optional digital technical workbook, aural & sight-reading tests available (Contemporary Piano Mastery)
Light Classical Piano (Comprehensive)
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A dynamic and modern syllabus that incorporates technical work and a diverse range of piano styles, blending the elegance of classical music with the vibrancy of contemporary styles and Australian music. Supporting tests are aural or sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Optional repertoire graded albums available  (Piano Odyssey)Optional digital technical workbook, aural & sight-reading tests available (Light Classical Piano Mastery)
Electronic Keyboard (Comprehensive)
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A fun contemporary electronic keyboard syllabus includes technical work, with a diverse selection of styles and Australian works. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading, and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Electronic Organ (Comprehensive)
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A contemporary electronic organ syllabus includes technical work, with a diverse selection of styles and Australian works. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading, and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Accordion (Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus includes technical work, with a diverse selection of styles of music. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading, and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance (Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist (All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician (All Instruments)
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Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Vocal Syllabi
Vocal (Comprehensive)
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A fun and modern syllabus that incorporates technical work and a diverse range of contemporary vocal styles including popular, jazz, songs from movies and musicals. Supporting tests are aural or sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist (All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Guitar Syllabi
Classical Guitar(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Modern Guitar(Comprehensive)
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A dynamic and modern syllabus that incorporates technical work and a diverse range of guitar styles including Latin, funk, blues, rock, movie themes, pop songs and Australian music. Supporting tests are aural or sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Ukulele(Comprehensive)
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A dynamic and modern syllabus that incorporates technical work and a diverse range of ukulele styles and genres including: Fingerstyle (classical and modern), Campanella, and chord melodies. Candidates present a combination of full notation and strum and sing. Supporting tests are aural or sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist (All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician (All Instruments)
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Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Woodwind Syllabi
Clarinet(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Studies, Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles and Australian works. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Jazz Clarinet(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus in Jazz for grades 5 to 8, including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Jazz Studies, 20th/21st-century modern styles and Australian works. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Saxophone(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Studies, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles and Australian works. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Flute(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recorder(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Oboe(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Bassoon(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist(All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician(All Instruments)
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Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Brass Syllabi
Trumpet(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

NEW 2026 – French Horn(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist(All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician(All Instruments)
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Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Strings Syllabi
Violin(Comprehensive)
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A comprehensive syllabus including technical work, pieces spanning a diverse range of music from Baroque, Classical and Romantic through to 20th/21st-century modern styles and Australian compositions. Supporting tests include aural skills, sight-reading and general knowledge. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist(All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician(All Instruments)
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Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Any Instrument Syllabi
NEW 2026 – Ensemble(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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An ensemble examination for candidates performing as a group using any combination of instruments/voices, focusing on musical cooperation, balance, rhythmic accuracy, and cohesive interpretation. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Performance(Repertoire–All Instruments)
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Candidates present a graded programme of pieces with accompanying written programme notes, all in a single, unedited take. Each piece is announced and presented as in a live performance. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, or by recorded submission.

Recording Artist(All Instruments)
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Recording Artist (repertoire only) focuses exclusively on performance repertoire. Examinations are offered by video recording only and require three pieces, each recorded separately.

Adult Musician(All Instruments)
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Adult Musician is designed for adult candidates and includes technical work based on the keys of the selected pieces, and a graded programme of repertoire. Examinations are offered face-to-face, live online, and by recorded exams completed either in one continuous take or as three separate unedited videos.

Theory Of Music Syllabi
Theory of Music
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A dynamic theory syllabus including chords, melody writing, transcription, orchestration and more, to create well-rounded, skilled musicians.

Theory of Music sample past papers available.
Video Examinations Guidelines
NEW 2026 – Video Examinations Guidelines
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A step-by-step guide on how to record Comprehensive, Performance (repertoire only), Recording Artist (repertoire only), and Adult Musician exams for submission to the AGMS for assessment.

Speech and Drama Syllabi
Speech and Drama(Comprehensive)
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The Speech and Drama syllabus is the most longstanding  within the Speech syllabus package. It is designed for individual students  who wish to undertake practical speech and drama training, accompanied by  equivalent theoretical studies. As such it takes the most academic approach.

Speech and Drama Performance
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This syllabus is designed for individual students who wish to undertake practical speech and drama training. The focus is on performance and creativity.

Theory of Speech and Drama
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The Theory of Speech and Drama course provides a structured study of the principles underpinning effective communication and performance.

Communication and Public Speaking
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This syllabus is designed to complement the Speech and Drama syllabus and to provide wider opportunities for Speech on a personal level. This syllabus will also meet the requirements of many people who are in occupations where there is a special emphasis on speech.

Schedule Of Fees
Music Fees
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The 2026 Schedule of Fees for Music Subjects.

Speech & Drama Fees
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The 2026 Schedule of Fees for Speech & Drama Subjects.

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