Aural Skills Task Performance with Composition Background Portfolio and Aural Mandatory topic Research Analysis Music 1600–1900 Mandatory topic Mandatory topic Two short rhythmic and melodic notation Music 1600–1900 Music 1600–1900 exercises and short and and responses to one Additional Topic Additional Topic aural excerpt and one unseen score. Solo and/or ensemble performance of two Composition portfolio pieces, one from the with aural analysis of mandatory topic and two contrasting works one from the additional with reference to the topic, with background concepts of music and research of compositional performance repertoire techniques. with reference to musicological focus within the topics.