Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

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The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music ( ABRSM ) , based in London, is the world's leading institute for music examinations and assessments. It has branches and partners in 93 countries and annually tests over 600,000 musicians in eight performance levels. The ABRSM also has a book publisher that designs and sells curricula, scores and examination materials, and offers professional training courses and seminars for music teachers. The ABRSM is one of the 200 largest non-profit organizations in the UK (top 500 ranked by annual financial expenditure). In 2013 the organization had revenues of £ 42.9 million, of which the largest part (£ 39.7 million) was used to cover costs and subsidize the materials and courses offered. In 2016, the organization invested £ 44.5 million of the £ 49.2 million raised in its charitable projects.

The title refers to the following four universities under royal sponsorship:

history

The board was founded in 1889 by the two directors Sir George Grove ( Royal College of Music ) and Sir Alexander MacKenzie ( Royal Academy of Music ) and was initially only called "Associated Board". The purpose was to create a testing institution that was independent of financial interests and therefore less subjective, in order to improve the quality standard of musicians and then to keep them at a high level.

In the first examinations, 1141 candidates were examined in 46 centers in Great Britain in only two performance classes, "Junior" and "Senior". After that, the test categories were successively adapted to the experiences and needs of the candidates, who differed in age and ability, until the "performance class system" and the current name, which is still valid today, were introduced in 1933.

Education system

The ABRSM offers standardized tests for all common instruments as well as all relevant theoretical and practical areas of music. Subjects are:

  • piano
  • Music theory
  • String instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass)
  • Woodwind instruments (recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone)
  • Brass instruments (trumpet, horn, flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium, tuba)
  • other instruments (vocals, guitar, harp, organ, percussion instruments, harpsichord)
  • practiced musical ability
  • jazz
  • Group ratings (ensembles, choir)
  • Advanced diplomas (performance, conducting, vocal teaching, instrument teaching)

For each of these subjects eight levels (grades 1–8) are defined, in which it is described in detail which skills a musician should have in the corresponding area at the respective level. At the same time, the ABRSM provides corresponding training materials that can be used by teachers and students.

The skills defined in the levels are regularly "translated" into corresponding exams and can be completed by the examinees worldwide at the ABRSM-certified locations (branches / partners).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Info video on the 125th anniversary on the ABRSM website. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Charities Direct: Top 500 Charities - Expenditure. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Charity Commission . Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ Charity details: The Associated Board Of The Royal Schools Of Music - Data for financial year ending January 31, 2017 , accessed March 20, 2018.

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