Approaching Music Performance Diplomas – Written Programme for ATCL and LTCL

Trinity’s Performance Diplomas Syllabus requires a written programme to be presented at ATCL and LTCL level.

For face-to-face exams, the requirements (as stated in the 2019 Performance Diplomas Syllabus) are that the printed programme booklet includes the following:

• Names of the candidate and the accompanist (if applicable)
• Date, place and time of the recital
• Composers, full titles including movement titles and opus numbers (where available) of all the works to be played, in order of performance
• An accurate timing for each piece, and for the entire programme
• For singing diplomas only: translations of the song texts

For digital diploma exams, the requirements are the same but the written programme may be a neatly formatted A4 page, as opposed to a booklet.

Please note that detailed notes on the pieces are not required at ATCL and LTCL. For FTCL, please refer to pages 20-21 of the syllabus and our guide to writing programme notes.