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Have fun with scales!

Our new Scales Trainer app for iOS contains everything you might need to make learning scales more fun and rewarding!

Classical 100: Win a Yamaha Clavinova for your school!

Piano Exam Pieces 2017 & 2018 - pre-order your copy!

Our Piano Exam Pieces 2017 & 2018 books are now available to pre-order from the ABRSM music shop prior to their launch alongside the new syllabus on 7 July 2016.

ABRSM scholar becomes BBC Young Musician 2016

Many congratulations to Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist and ABRSM Junior scholar at the Royal Academy of Music.

Libretto: looking to the future

As part of our mission to support music teachers and learners, we are making some changes to the way we share ideas and information.

Speedshifter featured on the App Store

Speedshifter has recently been selected by Apple as a featured app for ‘Classical Fans’ in seven countries: UK, Ireland, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

BBC announces major initiative celebrating amateur music-making

BBC Music has today announced a major initiative in partnership with ABRSM, Get Playing, aimed at shining a light on amateur music of all kinds across the nation.

Preparing for a Music Performance diploma

We caught up with Carolyn Lo May Yeeng, who recently achieved a distinction in her FRSM Music Performance diploma.

Joining the Dots: the author's perspective

Alan Bullard, composer and author of Joining the Dots, provides an insight into the most recent additions to ABRSM's series of books to support sight-reading and sight-singing practice.

Helping children with communication skills and working in groups

In the fourth video in our new series about our work with fellow music education charity Music for Youth, the Tree Army (with Boston Youth Jazz Orchestra) perform at The Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham.

Encore shortlisted for Music Teacher Award for Excellence!

We are delighted to announce that Encore has been shortlisted for a Music Teacher Award for Excellence!

Calling all music teachers, students and parents!

Queen’s University invite you to complete a survey to help them learn more about the experiences of students, parents, and teachers in music studios around the world.

Music: an inspiring form of communication

In the fourth of a new series of videos about our work with fellow music education charity Music for Youth, we see mentor Paul Griffiths running a Session with the Artists workshop featuring the Royal Northern College of Music Session Orchestra and Sound Junction.

How children benefit from music

In the third of a new series of videos about our work with fellow music education charity Music for Youth, their artist in residence, Joe Broughton, conducts a workshop and shares his thoughts about how children can benefit from making music.

Live Bowed Strings syllabus chat - our answers!

On Wednesday (7 October) we hosted a live hour-long chat on Twitter during which members of our Syllabus team answered an extensive set of questions from our followers about the Bowed Strings Syllabus 2016-2019.