ABRSM Performance Grades
Channel: The Curious Piano Teachers
Date: 2020-09-23

ABRSM’s brand new Performance Grades bring the essential performance skills of communication, interpretation and storytelling to a regulated qualification.

But we know that teachers have lots of queries about the new qualification so we are delighted to welcome ABRSM to this free webinar where your questions will be answered live by Mervyn Cousins, ABRSM’s Deputy Chief Examiner and Ali Bowen-Davies, Deputy Head of Learning & Qualifications.

Performance Grades are available at Grades 1 to 8 for all of ABRSM’s instrumental and singing syllabuses apart from Jazz, with the assessment made from a video recording submitted by the candidate. They’ve been designed to complement ABRSM’s existing Practical Grades and offer an additional progression route with a focus on performance.

As the exams are assessed from recordings that you and your student create, they offer flexibility and accessibility. Performances can take place at home, at school or in a community setting – perfect for all ages with the freedom to choose where to record the performance, and with whom.

The Performance Grades booking period in the UK is from 28 September to 5 October and the exam submission date for recordings is between 19 October and 7 November.