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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jul 1, 2006 8:14:07 GMT
The next one, I believe, is another 25 miles on top of where we were allocated last time. Although we live where there's an examining centre - he actually gave us one 25 miles up the M5! I think rep is going to have to retire before I put my toe in the water again. It's so costly for the students - accompanists charge more if they have to travel further. I sympathise. Apart from the extra cost, driving round Somerset is no fun these days - my mum still lives in Burnham, so I know this to be true. There is no point in considering TG, if there are insufficient advantages in the syllabus to make up for the extra distance. Steve
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Post by annc on Jul 1, 2006 15:30:04 GMT
The things I really like are the concert certificates. The first one is a useful stop gap between grades 5 and 6 whilst the theory catches up!
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Post by jod on Jul 1, 2006 20:51:18 GMT
They did say in their seminars that they are looking for more local reps so they can expand the number of centres they offer.
Whereabouts in Somerset are you AnnC. Family holiday there in August. (Wells)
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Post by annc on Jul 2, 2006 18:22:17 GMT
Weston-super-Mare. About 40 minutes drive from Wells.
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jul 2, 2006 18:24:18 GMT
Weston-super-Mare. About 40 minutes drive from Wells. And about 20 mins from Burnham. Next time I'm down, I will stop by and say ppppo. Steve
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Post by annc on Jul 2, 2006 19:50:17 GMT
OK
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Post by hoxie on Jul 3, 2006 19:57:11 GMT
The syllabus does look good - I'm just off to go and print one off to show my flute teacher tommorrow There seems to be much more choice - especially with the flute syllabus (I've only looked at flute and piano) where you can substitute one piece for a piccolo/alto flute piece rather than having to play just flute... I think one of my friends would quite like that aspect of it (she plays piccolo and loves it!!)
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Post by Dulciana on Sept 8, 2006 16:13:24 GMT
This is the first time I have been to the alternative fora, which I discovered through reading a thread on the whereabouts of SteveHopwood! I must say that reading this post has been like a breathe of fresh air; :)I always feel like a bit of a heel on the AB forum when I say anything in favour of Trinity, Guildhall or TG, and hardly anyone ever seems to agree with me! I enter most of my pupils for TG and am delighted with the new syllabus, particularly with regard to the exercises at the back of the book, and the aural tests, as others have said. The exercises seem to have been very well thought out, and I feel that they are more closely related to the playing techniques required for real music than is the memorising of endless scales.
As for the aurals, I suspect that they may be a little more time-consuming in lessons, but this is because they are also a little more thought-provoking, with more emphasis on musicality and less on memory and singing - which, after all, is not what most piano students have in mind when they come along for piano lessons! Personally, I'm a terrible singer! I know it can be improved up to a point, but I'd rather spend the time playing the piano, and teaching others to play the piano!
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Sept 8, 2006 22:21:40 GMT
Ehup Patricia This is the first time I have been to the alternative fora, which I discovered through reading a thread on the whereabouts of SteveHopwood! I must say that reading this post has been like a breathe of fresh air; :)I always feel like a bit of a heel on the AB forum when I say anything in favour of Trinity, Guildhall or TG, and hardly anyone ever seems to agree with me! I enter most of my pupils for TG and am delighted with the new syllabus, particularly with regard to the exercises at the back of the book, and the aural tests, as others have said. The exercises seem to have been very well thought out, and I feel that they are more closely related to the playing techniques required for real music than is the memorising of endless scales. There are people in TOP (The Other Place ;D) who are open-minded about these things. They are few and far between. Mostly, they are so far up their own arses they suffocate on their own...................... sorry. For crying out loud, don't say that in TOP. You will get murdered. See what happened when I did this in TOP: forums.abrsm.org/index.php?showtopic=8135&hl=instrument+specific+aural(copy\paste the complete link into your browser as this board is unable to cope with unusual url's - in this case after the first + sign) I made some real enemies as a result of that thread. You can guess whom from the contributors to the thread. It turns out that these people belong to a Favoured Few able to say anything they want, however unpleasant, whilst the rest of us get moderated out of sight for the slightest infringement of the labyrinthine TOP rules. That is why I no longer contribute to TOP except to wind up potty, using a different identity. ;D Welcome to the AF. Granted, there does not tend to be a lot of deep musical discussion here but we are all friends. I gather that TOP was once a friendly place to be as well, so I hope we can retain this friendly atmosphere as the AF grows. Steve
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Post by princessmoose on Sept 8, 2006 22:41:25 GMT
Oh that thread brings back memories .....
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Sept 8, 2006 22:51:01 GMT
Thought it might. I assume you replied with your nose, whilst improvising a keyboard accompaniment to a sight-sung 8 part motet (one hand) whilst providing 8 part harmonies on a 4 string left handed violin with your left hand and operating the bellows for a trombone playing a concerto with one foot and kicking a photo of 'The L. Ron Hubbard of Music' with your left. Happy days. I sort-of miss them ;D Only sort-of, mind.
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Post by princessmoose on Sept 8, 2006 22:54:40 GMT
Thought it might. I assume you replied with your nose, whilst improvising a keyboard accompaniment to a sight-sung 8 part motet (one hand) whilst providing 8 part harmonies on a 4 string left handed violin with your left hand and operating the bellows for a trombone playing a concerto with one foot and kicking a photo of 'The L. Ron Hubbard of Music' with your left. Also stamping on the photograph whilst sight singing all orchestral parts of Mozart's Requiem with a mouth stuffed full of chocolate cakes .
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Sept 8, 2006 22:59:54 GMT
Thought it might. I assume you replied with your nose, whilst improvising a keyboard accompaniment to a sight-sung 8 part motet (one hand) whilst providing 8 part harmonies on a 4 string left handed violin with your left hand and operating the bellows for a trombone playing a concerto with one foot and kicking a photo of 'The L. Ron Hubbard of Music' with your left. Also stamping on the photograph whilst sight singing all orchestral parts of Mozart's Requiem with a mouth stuffed full of chocolate cakes . Or drinking sherry? * slaps my own wrist *
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Post by princessmoose on Sept 8, 2006 23:07:36 GMT
Whisky actually .
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Sept 8, 2006 23:09:58 GMT
Whisky actually . Not in the case of the k freak to whom I refer
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