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Flute favourites
Consultants Alison Uren and Carol Green give a snapshot of what’s on offer in our 2018-2021 Flute syllabus.
2 years ago -
Music learning through partnership
ABRSM’s Partnership Manager, Olivia Funnell, takes a look at our flourishing collaborations with a wide range of organisations that all share our passion for music.
2 years ago -
Choices for Clarinet
Chris Swann, one of our Clarinet syllabus consultants, takes you on a personal journey through the 2018-2021 repertoire lists.
2 years ago -
Using Sight-Reading Trainer in your piano teaching
Our Sight-Reading Trainer app is a great addition to the piano teacher’s tool kit. Sally Cathcart, a consultant for the app, explains the thinking behind it and the benefits for piano teachers and their pupils.
2 years ago -
Saxophone selection
With new repertoire now being played in our Saxophone exams, we asked our syllabus consultants, Beverley Calland and Melanie Henry, to share their thoughts on some favourites.
2 years ago -
How to grow your choral audience – and bring communities together in song!
Choral composer and ABRSM jazz examiner Alexander L’Estrange shows how a creative and collaborative approach can bring the joys of choral singing to new participants and audiences.
2 years ago -
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.
3 years ago -
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.
3 years ago -
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.
3 years ago -
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.
3 years ago -
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.
3 years ago -
The benefits of being an adult learner
What’s it like to take up an instrument after a break of many years?
4 years ago -
Sponsoring a unique coaching programme for young musicians
Every year Chamber Music New Zealand holds a competition for young chamber musicians and composers which includes a unique coaching programme funded by ABRSM.
4 years ago -
First steps in piano playing: some ideas
Working with beginners is at once demanding and immensely rewarding.
4 years ago -
Scales and arpeggios – creating connections
Why are scales and arpeggios important? How can teachers make them relevant and interesting?
4 years ago -
ARSM: your questions answered
The new ARSM joins the existing DipABRSM, LRSM and FRSM diplomas, and is intended to bridge the gap between Grade 8 and our DipABRSM professional qualification.
4 years ago -
Supporting music education in Malaysia
Ryan Lewis, our Malaysia National Consultant, reports on the latest festivals, competitions and seminars that we’ve been involved with around the country.
5 years ago -
Playing with music
All musicians can benefit from learning how to improvise or ‘play with music’.
5 years ago -
The magic of performance
Every now and then, there’s something that happens, a magic that rises, glowing, through a choir as it sings. It is indefinable, untouchable, ineffable and it is the thing that brings tears to our eyes even when we don’t know what the words being sung actually mean.
5 years ago -
Assessment with a difference
Think of someone taking an ABRSM exam... what do you imagine? A slightly nervous small child, clutching their music? A flamboyant teenager ready to wow the examiner?
5 years ago
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