At higher grades you must be able to discuss with the examiner musical features such as texture, form, style, and period of a piece of music. My own web pages to help with these parts of the test at Grade 5+ and at GCSE are available here!
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have the following music and teaching qualifications:
ALCM (what's this?)
CTABRSM (what's this?)
BA(Hons)Oxon
MAODE(Open) (what's this?)
A level Music (including theory, analysis and harmony elements at approximately Associated Board Grade 8)
Grade 7 clarinet
Grade 8 piano
Grade 7 theory
I am a professional member of EPTA (European Piano Teachers' Association) and an associate member of the ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians)
CTABRSM: Certificate in Teaching (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)
For more details on this extremely valuable and effective professional development course, go to the ABRSM Teachers' pages
Basically it has four facets:
mentor sessions, which are instrument specific. We studied many features of piano technique and how to teach them effectively, including achieving the best tone, pedalling, sightreading, and memorising. We also looked at pupil case studies and evaluated new repertoire
group learning sessions, which are more generalist. Some key areas were music technologies, music in schools, teaching children with dyslexia/dyspraxia, tension in performance, and Kodaly approaches
observed teaching, mentor-assessed lessons with a number of pupils over the year
written assignments
ALCM: Associate Diploma in Piano performance
(London College of Music)
For more details on performance requirements at this level, visit the London College of Music's pages.
MAODE: Masters in On-line and Distributed Education
(Open University UK)
