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Allianz Musical Insurance creates partnership with ABRSM
Allianz Musical Insurance creates harmonious partnership with ABRSM as the lead partner of new ‘Shine’ event.
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ABRSM brings more sunshine to city workers
On Make Music Day, 21 June, ABRSM joined forces with Music in Offices (MIO) to create a lunchtime surprise musical performance in Paternoster Square near St Paul’s in London to celebrate the impact music has on our everyday lives.
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ABRSM and the Royal Schools of Music launch new joint website
ABRSM and the Royal Schools of Music – the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Northern College of Music - have today (28 June), launched a new website to promote the United Kingdom as a destination to strengthen music education learning.
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Maintaining the ‘Gold’ standard
We would like to congratulate the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music who have been awarded a gold rating for the quality of their teaching.
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New Woodwind Syllabus coming soon
On 6 July we’ll be launching a new Woodwind Syllabus featuring refreshed repertoire for Flute, Clarinet, Saxophones, Recorders, Oboe and Bassoon.
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New Singing syllabus on the way
We are currently developing a new singing syllabus which will include refreshed repertoire lists for all grades.
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ABRSM scholar profile: Bobby Chen
Every year we provide more than 70 scholarships for talented British and international musicians to study at the four Royal Schools of Music in the UK, in addition to our core donation to each of the Schools.
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Improving our Music Theory exams
Grades 1 to 5 from 2018
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Engage, educate, entertain - thinking about choral programming
With so much fantastic choral music to choose from, how can you create programmes for your choir that work for singers and audiences alike? Robbie Jacobs has some suggestions.
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What jazz can do for your students
Whatever their musical preferences, all developing musicians can benefit from exploring some of the concepts at the heart of jazz performance practice, as Mark Armstrong explains.
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Ideas for an adventurous ARSM
Our new diploma – ARSM (Associate of the Royal Schools of Music) – provides a wonderful opportunity for post-Grade 8 musicians to create and perform a 30-minute programme of music. Anthony Williams takes a look at some alternative approaches to choosing ARSM repertoire.
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Piano Star: ask the editors
This new series offers three books of specially commissioned pieces to put young pianists on the path to success. Find out more from our Piano Star editors and compilers, David Blackwell and Aisling Greally.
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Dyslexia, music and exams
Learning to play an instrument or to sing presents particular challenges for people with dyslexia. Sally Daunt, from the British Dyslexia Association, summarises the issues involved and suggests strategies for supporting students.
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Everything connects - Why musical knowledge and understanding matter
When you make music, practical skills need to be supported by knowledge and understanding, and craft needs to go hand in hand with study, as ABRSM’s Chief Examiner, John Holmes, explains.
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The story of an ABRSM scholar - Tasuku Noguchi
ABRSM scholar Tasuku is six months into his undergraduate course at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
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