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Hatcham College MAT Test Reminder for our Students

For our students that have just started Year 6 and will be applying for a Music Aptitude place to Hatcham College for September 2015 entry, please ensure you check the dates below:

The music aptitude closing date is Monday, 29 September 2014 for receipt of the online application form.

All applicants will be invited to the Music Aural Test which will be held on Saturday, 4 October 2014.

Sample tests to help you prepare for the Music Aptitude Test are available here:
http://www.se22piano.co.uk/downloads/music-aptitude-tests/

 

Music Aptitude Tests for 2015 Secondary School intake

This half-term sees many schools such as the Chancellor’s School, Chelsea Academy, Leventhorpe School and many more holding their Music Aptitude Test for September 2015 entry. A list of some schools and the MAT dates are to be found below.

Help prepare for the Music Aptitude Test by trying our specimen tests to give you an idea of the 4 sections on which you will be tested. You can order the tests online for instant download via your desktop computer. You can also make payment by online banking.
musicaptitudetests@gmail.com

Buy The Music Aptitude Test

The test consists of 60 questions of four types: Pitch, Melody, Texture and Rhythm.

Watch this sample video of Section 1, Pitch

Watch this sample video of Section 3, Texture.

Hear it Live! at the Horniman Museum & Gardens

From the Horniman‘s web site:

As part of our new At Home With Music display, we are hosting a live performance on our 1772 Kirckman harpsichord in the Music Gallery on the last Tuesday of each month.

On Tuesday 30 September, Lorraine Liyanage will perform selected pieces.

Lorraine Liyanage

J.S. Bach – Allemande from French Suite no.4
Sweelinck – Ballo del Granduca
J.S. Bach – Gigue from French Suite no.5
Graham Lynch – Ay!
Soler – Sonata no.7 in C major

Lorraine Liyanage is a harpsichord based in East Dulwich. She will perform the UK premiere of Graham Lynch’s piece Ay! for solo harpsichord. ‘Ay!’ being a declamation of pain or sorrow that appears in some of the early poems of Lorca. The piece is a fusion of a tango rhythms with modal Spanish melodic lines and harmonies.

http://about.me/harpsichord

http://grahamlynch.eu/