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15,000 musicians sign up for innovative new music exam

Remote performance exam success shows music learning revolution here to stay, UK’s leading music exam board says.

ABRSM Chief Executive decides to move on

Michael Elliott had decided that he would step down from his role as Chief Executive of ABRSM in 2021 to focus on new personal and professional priorities and has subsequently agreed to leave earlier than planned, at the end of December 2020, to assist ABRSM to effect a timely succession.

New plan to promote greater diversity across all areas of ABRSM work

Music Theory – updates and changes

Introducing Online Music Theory exams at Grades 1 to 5 from 2020 onwards

Exam booking opens on 28 September

We’re pleased to confirm that our exam booking periods are opening as planned on Monday 28 September with Public Venue exams going ahead as long as we can run them safely and in line with government guidance.

Landmark music exam puts musicians’ performance skills centre stage for first time

The UK’s oldest music examination board is breaking with 131 years of tradition with the launch of a landmark exam which, for the first time, spotlights students’ performance skills, letting them choose what they play and then submit videos of their performances.

Share your love of performance with our new Performance Grades

For the first time in ABRSM’s history, students and teachers can curate their own programme with our Performance Grades.

Update 28 August – Online Theory exam on 26 August

Since the exam on 26 August we have been working through a high volume of queries and analysing your survey feedback on a daily basis. There are some common questions arising so we are providing the response to as many people as possible through this page and social media.

Online theory exam update

A big thank you to all who took their Grade 5 online Theory exam tonight. We will be in touch with everyone who took part to ask for feedback so that we can make improvements for future candidates.

Award-winning Trinidadian musician tells young commonwealth composers: ‘be yourself’

An award-winning young Trinidadian composer has urged musicians to create music ‘that is an extension of themselves’ as they bid to repeat her success in the Commonwealth International Composition Award.

Updating our exam booking service

We’ve made some improvements to our online booking service to create a better experience for everyone involved in booking and taking an ABRSM exam.

48 pieces from ABRSM’s new 2021 & 2022 Piano syllabus available to buy as digital downloads

For the first time, ABRSM will make a selection of pieces from its Piano syllabus available as digital sheet music downloads.

ABRSM’s new Piano syllabus 2021 & 2022

ABRSM have just released their new Piano syllabus, for use in exams from 1 January 2021.

48 pieces from ABRSM’s new 2021 & 2022 Piano syllabus available to buy as digital downloads

For the first time, ABRSM will make a selection of pieces from its Piano syllabus available as digital sheet music downloads.

Piano syllabus 2021 & 2022

ABRSM have today (9 July 2020) released their new Piano syllabus, for use in exams from 1 January 2021.

Working towards more representative syllabuses

The rise of the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement has thrown a spotlight on the lack of diversity across the entire cultural infrastructure and it is right that ABRSM is, above many others, part of that debate.

ABRSM’s Performance Grades

Take to the stage, share your musical story and discover an additional route to progress with our Performance Grades.

Our Diversity Statement - Inspiring Musical Achievement for Everyone

We know that we can only serve everyone - and inspire musical achievement- if we include everyone.

700 musicians aged 4-70 unite from around world for virtual performance of Disney track

ABRSM unites nations for June 21st Make Music Day

Lockdown transforming instrument tuition with 87% UK music teachers adapting to online teaching, survey shows

Lockdown has transformed the way in which UK music teachers deliver instrument tuition, with 87% of them adapting lessons for delivery online, an ABRSM survey reveals.