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jonna

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  1. Organ at St Barnabas is lovely; main advice I'd give is when you get your hour or so practice time on the organ before you take the exam, make sure you bring someone along who, as well as turning your pages, can give you advice on how the organ sounds away from the console. It's absolutely invaluable. When I did the exam a couple of years ago, the examiners were off to the left a little at the centre of the church. I also found the RCO ARCO workshop day very helpful, mine not least because it was actually at St Barnabas, so you got a chance to play the organ before the event. It's useful to hear the points of view of examiners, and there are always a couple of obvious-but-you-hadn't-thought-of-it points you can pick up then. They also demythologise the whole thing a little, so it doesn't sound quite so awful. As for written papers, for all the components it somewhat comes down to what experience you have in the various subjects. The Cambridge Companion to the Organ is a good basic starter for many subjects, make sure you listen to as much organ music as possible beforehand, and play lots of repertoire, so you can recognise who composed what when you get the examples (if you still have to do that). The H&C again depends rather on what you've done before. If you haven't done any, then find someone who will take you through the basics, and give yourself plenty of time for practise. If you've done A-level or more, there should be nothing there that should be too much of a problem. Aural you can get practice papers, as you can with keyboard tests. Would certainly advise doing that!
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