| What are exams and the different examination | | | | speech and drama, by offering high quality syllabuses, |
| boards? | | | | educative services to our teachers, examiners and |
| Music examinations are a method of formally | | | | candidates, and quality publications to the highest |
| assessing the accomplishments of pupils learning | | | | editorial standard. |
| musical instruments. Although there are music | | | | The AMEB has a long record of providing quality |
| examinations available to school and university | | | | music examinations for students, with over 100,000 |
| students alongside other regular qualifications and | | | | students nationally taking its examinations each year. |
| assessments, there are also a number of independent, | | | | AMEB standards are well respected internationally, and |
| examination bodies who solely provide assessment in | | | | it is the only examining body with formal links to the |
| musical ability which are open to all. | | | | major Australian universities and Ministers of Education. |
| Music exams are set in both theory and practical | | | | *AGMS: Australian Guild of Music Education |
| aspects. The theory examinations are taken by pupils | | | | The AGMS was founded in 1969 as a continuation of |
| of all instruments and typically cover areas such as | | | | the London Guild of Music and Speech (Australia). It is |
| musical notation, construction of scales and | | | | non-profit, Public Education Institution, constituted to |
| composition. The practical exams concentrate on the | | | | provide professional and private Teachers and |
| particular instrument favoured by the pupil, for example | | | | Students of Music and Speech (including Drama) with |
| piano, guitar or flute. They cover elements such as | | | | a responsive organization through a comprehensive |
| playing set pieces; scales; sight reading and aural. | | | | set of syllabi throughout Australia, New Zealand, |
| Most students who enter these exams have taken a | | | | Malaysia and Singapore with examinations which |
| course of music lessons with a private teacher. Often | | | | recognize excellence in the selected study, as well as |
| this is a way for children to receive music training over | | | | providing supportive encouragement for teachers and |
| and above what is provided at their usual place of | | | | all music and speech students and candidates. |
| learning. | | | | The Guild education system provides an avenue for |
| Examination Boards: | | | | music & speech teachers to offer a methodical |
| * ABRSM: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of | | | | teaching and assessment system for their students via |
| Music | | | | the Guild's public examinations and opens the way for |
| The Associated Board is the world's leading | | | | further education at Tertiary level, for both themselves |
| examination body for music, with a system of | | | | and their students, by distance education in the |
| examinations and assessments in over 80 countries | | | | Creative Skills program from Certificate to Advanced |
| around the world. The Associated Board is linked to | | | | Diploma and the Higher Education program with the |
| some of Europe's leading Conservatoires - the Royal | | | | Bachelor of Music degree. |
| College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in | | | | *ANZCA: Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts |
| London; the Royal Northern College of Music in | | | | Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts Limited |
| Manchester and the Royal Scottish Academy of | | | | (ANZCA) offer syllabuses and both practical and |
| Music & Drama. | | | | written examinations in modern and classical streams, |
| Established in 1889, the Associated Board provides | | | | which stimulate students of all ages. For over |
| schools, private teachers of music and the general | | | | twenty-three years, examinations have been |
| public with a scheme of music examinations of | | | | conducted throughout Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, |
| recognised authority. Examinations are offered in 35 | | | | Malaysia and Indonesia. |
| instruments, singing, theory and practical musicianship | | | | *Trinity Guildhall Examinations (Australia) |
| and are open to students of all ages. The Associated | | | | Trinity College London, the international examinations |
| Board examines over half a million candidates each | | | | board incorporating Trinity Guildhall, offers accredited |
| year making it the largest examining body for music in | | | | qualifications in English language and the performing |
| the world. | | | | arts. Trinity has been assessing students since 1872 |
| In 1991, the Associated Board was delighted to be | | | | and is considered a leader in performance |
| asked to return to examine in Australia after an | | | | assessment. |
| absence of more than 30 years. Associated Board | | | | Trinity is supported by the leading performing arts |
| examinations are conducted at St.Andrew's Cathedral | | | | organizations, teacher associations, colleges and |
| School, with the Board's examiners making regular | | | | universities in Australia and worldwide. |
| visits to Sydney. | | | | 500,000 assessments are conducted each year |
| *AMEB: Australian Music Examinations Board | | | | worldwide, from graded examinations and certificates |
| The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) | | | | to diplomas and higher level vocational qualifications. |
| provides a full range of music and speech and drama | | | | Trinity offers a flexible range of syllabuses, across a |
| education, from the first steps through to Diploma level | | | | variety of teaching and learning styles, to encourage |
| performance and scholarship. The AMEB exists to | | | | and motivate students to achieve their personal, |
| provide a graded system of examinations in music, | | | | vocational and professional goals. |