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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.
11 months 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.
11 months ago -
Flute favourites
Consultants Alison Uren and Carol Green give a snapshot of what’s on offer in our 2018-2021 Flute syllabus.
11 months 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.
11 months ago -
Choices for Clarinet
Chris Swann, one of our Clarinet syllabus consultants, takes you on a personal journey through the 2018-2021 repertoire lists.
11 months 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.
11 months 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.
2 years ago -
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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 years ago -
Trumpet taster - our refreshed syllabus
Trumpet syllabus co-selector Geoff Harniess offers a taste of some of the exciting repertoire on offer and provides ideas for exam preparation along the way.
3 years ago -
Introducing ARSM – a new performance diploma
From January 2017 anyone who has passed a Grade 8 Practical exam will be able to take our new performance diploma – the Associate of the Royal Schools of Music.
3 years ago -
Piano music to challenge and inspire
One of our expert selectors, Timothy Barratt, takes a look at some of the wonderful music on offer in the new Piano syllabus.
3 years ago
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