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Trinity College London
graded music exams
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• This presentation has four sections:
– About Trinity College London
– About our graded music exams (general)
– Information about specific syllabuses (piano,
brass, woodwind and jazz woodwind and
singing)
– Recap – Why Trinity?
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• About Trinity College London
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• Why Trinity?
About Trinity College London
About Trinity College London
Our music exams:
• Recognise that a flexible approach is best,
prioritising candidates’ individual needs
• Offer freedom of choice within assessments,
enabling candidates to demonstrate their
musicianship in the way that suits them best
• Assess real-life skills that translate naturally
from real music-making to the assessment
About Trinity College London
• Assess skills that are specific to each discipline
– the opposite of a one-size-fits-all assessment
• Allow candidates to express their whole musical
personalities through options to demonstrate
creativity in different ways
• Use diagnostic mark schemes where
appropriate, offering precise and specific
feedback to inform continued learning
About Trinity College London
• Provide flexible progression routes to Trinity’s
other music assessments to support long-term
development
• Draw on Trinity’s many relationships around the
world to feature exciting and relevant syllabus
content
Key principles
• Performance
• Authenticity
• The whole musician
• Every musician as an individual
• Every discipline as an individual
• Summative assessment for formative purposes
• Assessment not curriculum
• Heritage – music exams since 1877
Performance
• Performance is at the heart of Trinity’s
music assessments
– Assessments are strongly performance based
• Grade exams assess practical performance
across repertoire, technical work and
supporting tests
• Certificates concentrate on the performance of
repertoire, including marks for stagecraft
– No theory prerequisites are required for any
of Trinity’s performance-based assessments
Authenticity
• Our graded music exams reflect the way
music and music teaching exist in real life
and assess real musicianship
– Technical work focuses on specific skills
needed by musicians
– Supporting tests assess real musical skills
– Repertoire features both established and new
works that would be encountered by
musicians in real performing situations
The whole musician
• Our graded music exams assess the whole
musician
– Assessment criteria and mark schemes work
holistically, giving overall marks for the
whole musician while also breaking down
into separate marks and feedback for
particular musical components
Every musician as an individual
• Our graded music exams assess every
musician as an individual recognising that
musicianship is personal and demonstrated
in many different ways
– Trinity music assessments offer a range of
pathways, enabling candidates to take
different kinds of assessments at different
levels depending on how they develop
Every discipline as an individual
• Our graded music exams are bespoke to
every discipline, designed to recognise the
unique features of each instrument or
voice
– Each grade syllabus is tailored to a particular
instrument or family of instruments, or the
voice
• Technical work is specific
• Duets are allowed in some exams
Summative assessment for
formative purposes
• Our diagnostic mark scheme is designed to
offer detailed and specific feedback and a
personalised report to inform continued
learning and development
– All assessments include a personalised report
to inform future learning
Assessment not curriculum
• Our graded music assessments are
designed to support good practice in
teaching and learning and are relevant to
a range of learners and contexts across
different styles and traditions
– Our exams promote the learning of real-life
music skills, rather than skills that will be
used for the assessment only and enable
teachers to personalise their teaching
Heritage
• We’ve been assessing in music since 1877
and our exams are internationally
recognised and accredited by education
authorities around the world
– Our exams are internationally recognised and
accredited by education authorities around
the world
Our music exams
• We offer a range of different exams
designed to suit different musicians
– Graded music exams
– Certificate music exams
– Diploma music exams
Our music exams
• Graded music exams:
– Candidates perform three pieces (one may
be an original composition)
– Candidates choose two supporting tests from
four options
– Candidates choose from two technical work
options (usually scales and arpeggios or
exercises)
Our music exams
• Certificate exams:
– Candidates perform a mini-recital made up of
pieces chosen from a wide list of repertoire
lists
– They may include their own compositions in
the programme
– Marks are awarded for performance and
programme planning
Our music exams
• Diploma exams:
– Our most advanced exams, diplomas follow
on from grade and certificate exams and
take musicians up to a professional standard
– Available in:
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Performance
Teaching
Theory and Composition
Pro-music
Our graded music exams
Our graded music exams
• Our graded music exams offer the choice and
flexibility to allow candidates to play to their
strengths, enabling them to gain recognition for
their own unique skills as performers
How are our exams structured?
• Pieces
– Candidates play three pieces and may
substitute one piece for their own
composition
• Technical work
– Candidates can choose to perform either
scales and arpeggios or exercises in the
exam
How are our exams structured?
• Supporting tests
– At grades 1-5, candidates choose two
supporting tests from four options: sightreading, aural, improvisation and musical
knowledge
– At grades 6-8, sight-reading is compulsory,
and candidates choose from improvisation or
aural for their second test
Our assessment criteria
Criteria for pieces: Pieces are assessed by three distinct
components:
Marks
Notational Accuracy & Fluency: the observation and realisation of
the notes and any other details in the musical score
7
Technical Facility: the ability to control the instrument effectively
with things such as tone, breath control and articulation
7
Communication & Interpretation: the interpretation of the music
and the way it conveys a sense of contextual understanding and
audience engagement
8
Total:
22
Piano (Initial–Grade 8) 2015-17
Our piano exams
• Our Piano syllabus offers the choice and
flexibility to allow candidates to play to their
strengths, enabling them to gain recognition for
their own unique skills as performers
• Brand new repertoire lists featuring a wide
range of styles and genres, as well as new
technical work
Our piano exams
• Flexible exam structure offering unparalleled
choice
• Uniquely diagnostic mark scheme providing
detailed musical feedback
Our piano publications
Our piano publications
• New graded repertoire books featuring all new
pieces and exercises, including previously
unpublished works submitted in response to a
worldwide call for repertoire
• New scales and arpeggios books and a new
book of teaching notes
• High quality recordings of repertoire and
exercises available on CD
Brass (Initial–Grade 8) 2015-18
Our brass exams
• Our Brass syllabus offers the choice and
flexibility to allow candidates to play to their
strengths, enabling them to gain recognition for
their own unique skills as performers
• Brand new repertoire lists featuring a wide
range of styles
• New technical work with a new set of exercises
by respected trombonist and composer Mark
Nightingale
Our brass publications
Our brass publications
• Technical work published in new scales,
arpeggios and exercises books — great for
teaching as well as exam preparation
• Newly commissioned lip flexibility exercises to
promote healthy warming up
• New orchestral extracts, including brass band
extracts
• Example sight reading pieces available in a
range of Sound at Sight books
Woodwind and Jazz Woodwind
(Initial–Grade 8) 2015-16
Our woodwind exams
• Our Woodwind syllabuses offer the choice and
flexibility to allow candidates to play to their
strengths, enabling them to gain recognition for
their own unique skills as performers
• Fully refreshed repertoire lists for Jazz
Woodwind with more opportunities for
improvisation
• Varied Woodwind repertoire lists including
pieces from our Musical Moments books
Our woodwind exams
• New exercises for clarinet, flute and saxophone
covering tone and phrasing, articulation and
finger technique
• Flexible exam structure offering unparalleled
choice
• Uniquely diagnostic mark scheme providing
detailed musical feedback
Our jazz woodwind exams
• Refreshed repertoire lists for Jazz Woodwind
offer more opportunities for improvisation,
enabling teachers and candidates to explore
different ways into this important jazz
technique
• Our jazz woodwind exams are available from
Initial to Grade 8
Our woodwind publications
Our woodwind publications
• New scales, arpeggios and exercises books,
including the new exercises
• New orchestral extracts at grades 6-8 for
bassoon, clarinet, flute and oboe
• Example sight reading pieces available in a
range of Sound At Sight books
• Solo pieces available in our Mosaics books
• Musical Moments repertoire books
Singing (Initial–Grade 8) 2015-18
Our singing exams
• Our Singing syllabus offers the choice and
flexibility to allow candidates to play to their
strengths, enabling them to gain recognition for
their own unique skills as performers
• Extensive and wide-ranging repertoire lists are
provided, with few limitations placed on
repertoire selection
Our singing exams
• Technical work includes the option to perform
an unaccompanied folk song as an alternative
to vocal exercises
• Accompanied sight singing has been introduced
at Grades 6-8 in response to requests from
teachers and candidates
Our singing exams
• Flexible exam structure, offering unparalleled
choice
• Uniquely diagnostic mark scheme, providing
detailed musical feedback
Why Trinity?
Why Trinity?
• Our music exams offer the choice and flexibility
to allow candidates to play to their strengths,
enabling them to gain recognition for their own
unique skills as performers
Why Trinity?
• Our approach to assessment — through our
exams we:
– examine real musical skills specific to each
instrument or voice
– include options for candidates to improvise
and perform original compositions to express
their individuality
– offer precise and specific feedback through a
diagnostic mark scheme
Why Trinity?
• Choice and quality of repertoire — we work
with a wide range of specialist composers,
teachers and musicians to develop varied and
diverse repertoire
• Our heritage and recognition — we’ve been
assessing in music since 1877 and our exams
are internationally recognised and accredited by
education authorities around the world
Why Trinity?
• Our teacher support — we hold events all
over the world and offer free teaching
resources, articles, forums and more through
our online learning platform
• Our examiners — our exams are assessed by
a panel of friendly examiners who are
rigorously trained and standardised
Find out more and keep in touch
• Visit www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music to find
out more about our graded music exams
• Visit www.trinitycollege.co.uk/support to
access syllabus support materials
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