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Essential tips for online Music Theory exams
Make sure your exam experience goes smoothly by taking a moment to read our essential tips.
3 weeks ago -
International Sponsorship Fund 2022 open for applications
Our International Sponsorship Fund 2022 is now open for applications from music education projects around the world.
1 month ago -
Online Music Theory exams on demand
From 2 August we’ll be providing a new flexible service for our online Music Theory exams at Grades 1 to 5.
1 month ago -
New syllabus ‘connects more people to musical story’
Composers on ABRSM’s new woodwind syllabus have spoken publicly about the opportunity to inspire a new generation of music learners and audiences by showing how they are ‘part of this musical story’.
2 months ago -
Enriched woodwind syllabus aims to ‘inspire curiosity of learners'
A new, enriched woodwind syllabus designed to inspire the curiosity of learners and spark interest in music from all corners of the world and by people of all backgrounds is launched by ABRSM this week.
2 months ago -
Music from the rooftops: Make Music Day video celebrates how lockdown changed the way we make music
A powerful video showing how musicians around the world took to rooftops, bedrooms and even bathtubs to play on through a year of lockdown will be released by ABRSM on Monday.
3 months ago -
Initial Performance Grade - coming soon for Piano and Bowed Strings
Early learners playing the piano, violin, viola, cello or double bass will soon have the opportunity to take a new exam.
3 months ago -
Music teachers take on Performance Grade challenge to raise money for local food bank
Jon Deakin and Chris Dunn, Senior and Junior Directors of Music at Shrewsbury High School, have taken on a challenge to learn a new instrument and pass their ABRSM Grade 5 Performance Grade exams within a year.
3 months ago -
Mentor scheme unlocks music education world for new generation of composers
Six talented young composers this month join the pilot of an ABRSM scheme which will support a new generation of musicians by opening up the world of music education and ultimately boost the variety of music available to everyone.
3 months ago -
National shift to more flexible and relevant exams welcomed by ABRSM
ABRSM has today welcomed a new national report which signals a post pandemic shift in the way students are assessed, with a rise in more flexible, adaptable and relevant approaches to examination.
4 months ago -
ABRSM’s World Theatre Day Competition inspires musical imagination
Performers across Europe and Asia participated in ABRSM’s song competition in celebration of World Theatre Day. Launched on 27 March, the competition invited participants to submit a video singing “Pure Imagination” from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” to win musical theatre repertoire books.
4 months ago -
More than 100,000 students complete radical new exam designed to reach broader range of musicians
More than 100,000 students have now completed a radical new music exam designed to appeal to a broader range of musicians by focussing on their performance skills and assessing them by submitted video recordings.
5 months ago -
ABRSM partners celebrating after national award win and Culture Recovery grant success
ABRSM partner, the London Music Fund is celebrating its 10th anniversary with national award success after it was named ‘Outstanding Musical Initiative’.
5 months ago -
Helping more young people access music learning – why we welcome the new Model Music Curriculum
ABRSM today welcomes the Model Music Curriculum, published by the Department for Education in England.
6 months ago -
Introducing Performance Grades, with Chief Examiner John Holmes FREE Webinar
ABRSM has just announced dates for an ‘Introduction to Performance Grades’ webinar, led by Chief Examiner John Holmes. This free webinar will provide helpful understanding and insights into ABRSM’s Performance Grades.
6 months ago -
Landmark exam designed to reach broader range of musicians tops 100,000 bookings in just months
A radical new music exam designed to appeal to a broader range of musicians by focussing on their performance skills and assessing them by submitted video recordings has attracted more than 100,000 bookings.
6 months ago -
Cash help for music learners around the world as global fund re-opens
A global fund set up by the UK-based ABRSM music education charity to help provide inspiring experiences for music learners in different corners of the world re-opens today (20th January).
8 months ago -
Let the music Play On: ABRSM reaches out to musicians in lockdown
ABRSM is reaching out to inspire musical achievement and help music makers, parents and teachers Play On as nations around the world enter further lockdowns.
8 months ago -
Music Theory exams in 2021
Regrettably we are cancelling the Music Theory exams scheduled for March 2021. We will still offer Grades 1 to 5 (online) in May and June, and Grades 6 to 8 (paper) in June, as previously advertised.
8 months ago -
New CEO unveils plans to put candidates first with ‘anytime, anywhere’ exams
ABRSM’s new Chief Executive has announced plans to extend the organisation’s digital transformation and build the music examination experience around the needs and preferences of candidates as he took up his post.
8 months ago
