Author: Lorraine Liyanage

Owner of the SE22 Piano School in East Dulwich. Founder and Director of the Dulwich Music Festival. Piano teacher based in East Dulwich since 2007.

How to use the online entry form for Trinity Music Exams

 

Here is the online  booking form to make your exam entry.
1. Register for an account
2. Fill in the entry form:
Syllabus: Select Piano from the dropdown
Instrument: Select Piano again from the dropdown
Grade/level: Select the required level
Ignore the Purple “Add another”button

Find your nearest  location

Country: select England from the dropdown
By postcode: Enter your postcode

Please enter your preferred date

Select 28 January OR 25 February
Select your chosen dates. Click on BOOK EXAM. Next screen, click on Confirm booking details.
Login to your account using all the details you signed up with.
You can add in your teacher’s details and use my email address for the Teacher’s email. Fill in all other data as requested. Make payment and the email confirmation will come through to you, shortly followed by the exam time. You may have the option to select AM or PM exams if this is available. If not available, then that may mean your exam centre doesn’t do morning exams (eg Forest Hill Methodist Church is afternoon only on Sundays but all day on Thursdays).
Once you receive confirmation of the exam time, please forward the email to me so I know when your exam is. The online form has details of the closing  dates for each session.
Any issues with the entry form – please come and see me at the start of the lesson next week.

Music Scholarship success!

Congratulations to Ollie and Susannah on achieving music scholarships to Kingsdale and Haberdashers. Well done on passing the Music Aptitude Test and Auditions Round!

We offer Music Aptitude Test training to all of our students in Years 5 & 6. You can also download our training materials and/or book lessons with our Head Teacher to prepare for the aptitude test. We have been preparing students successfully for these tests for nearly a decade. We also offer seminars for parents to answer your questions about the scholarship process.

http://musicaptitudetest.co.uk/

Music Scholarship Seminar, January 2018
Music Scholarship Seminar, January 2018

Christmas Carols for Beginners by Jessie Blake (Duets)

One of my first memories of duet playing is Jessie Blake’s Eight Duets for Beginners. I used to love playing these pieces with my teacher – The Old Banjo and Pink Parasol are timeless classics!

Christmas Duets by Jessie Blake

There is also a very easy beginner Christmas Carols book in the same series and this is ideal for students that have only been learning for a term or so. Do pick up a copy this week and we can have some Christmas songs ready in time for the 25th of December! If this book isn’t in stock at the local music shop, do try these two instead. The John Thompsons Solo Christmas book and also the Duet Christmas books. The solo book is better suited to beginner pianists as the duet book is quite tricky and also features lesser known carols. We  have a copy of both books in our piano studio in East Dulwich and have been using these with our students since the start of this half-term.