Press releases

The road to Carnegie Hall: Piano books reveal musical journey of Isata Kanneh-Mason

One of the world’s most acclaimed young pianists has shone new light on her thrilling rise from child prodigy to international performer after curating a personal collection of piano music by composers as diverse as Coleridge-Taylor, Robert Schumann and Natalie Klouda.

Pioneering music assessment marks landmark milestone as students opt to take 500,000 exams online

Remote performance exam changing face of global music learning – 30,000 renditions of Hässler later!

Playing On around the world: ABRSM launches landmark fund to support more music makers around the globe

Grassroots music learning projects around the world are to share in a landmark new ABRSM fund set up to support, inspire and connect more communities of learners, teachers and music creators.

ABRSM supports next Brass Band England Youth Champs event

Brass Bands England (BBE) is delighted to announce a new partnership with ABRSM,  the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, who will be supporting the Championship Section at the next National Youth Brass Band Championships.

Marching on: film music and Afro-Cuban rhythms influence ABRSM’s widest ever brass syllabus repertoire

Afro-Cuban rhythms, Brass Band repertoire and the Harry Potter films are amongst influences in ABRSM’s widest ever Brass Syllabus repertoire.

Pop Performer! : Songs by Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Elton John and Adele feature in landmark collections of ABRSM graded piano arrangements

Pop classics and chart toppers help broaden repertoire for budding pianists

Six composers join ABRSM mentor scheme as pilot hailed a success

ABRSM to help unlock world of music education for more emerging composers

RAG ‘N’ BONE MAN AND DESTINY’S CHILD TO HELP INSPIRE NEW ERA IN CLASSROOM MUSIC LESSONS

Queen’s I Want to Break Free, Think by Aretha Franklin and Rag ’n’ Bone Man’s Human are to join favourites by Mozart and Holst after being selected to help reinvigorate school music lessons across the UK.

Hits from Hamilton and Six The Musical star as ABRSM launches landmark new Singing for Musical Theatre Grades

Showstoppers from Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Six and West Side Story are amongst a century of stage and screen hits to feature on ABRSM’s landmark Singing for Musical Theatre syllabuses.

Enriched woodwind syllabus aims to ‘inspire curiosity of learners'

A new, enriched woodwind syllabus designed to inspire the curiosity of learners and spark interest in music from all corners of the world and by people of all backgrounds is launched by ABRSM this week.

Music from the rooftops: Make Music Day video celebrates how lockdown changed the way we make music

A powerful video showing how musicians around the world took to rooftops, bedrooms and even bathtubs to play on through a year of lockdown will be released by ABRSM on Monday.

More than 100,000 students complete radical new exam designed to reach broader range of musicians

More than 100,000 students have now completed a radical new music exam designed to appeal to a broader range of musicians by focussing on their performance skills and assessing them by submitted video recordings.

Landmark exam designed to reach broader range of musicians tops 100,000 bookings in just months

A radical new music exam designed to appeal to a broader range of musicians by focussing on their performance skills and assessing them by submitted video recordings has attracted more than 100,000 bookings.

Award-winning Trinidadian musician tells young commonwealth composers: ‘be yourself’

An award-winning young Trinidadian composer has urged musicians to create music ‘that is an extension of themselves’ as they bid to repeat her success in the Commonwealth International Composition Award.

48 pieces from ABRSM’s new 2021 & 2022 Piano syllabus available to buy as digital downloads

For the first time, ABRSM will make a selection of pieces from its Piano syllabus available as digital sheet music downloads.

ABRSM’s new Piano syllabus 2021 & 2022

ABRSM have just released their new Piano syllabus, for use in exams from 1 January 2021.

700 musicians aged 4-70 unite from around world for virtual performance of Disney track

ABRSM unites nations for June 21st Make Music Day

Lockdown transforming instrument tuition with 87% UK music teachers adapting to online teaching, survey shows

Lockdown has transformed the way in which UK music teachers deliver instrument tuition, with 87% of them adapting lessons for delivery online, an ABRSM survey reveals.

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb MP presents Classical 100 prize to winning school

ABRSM New Singing for Musical Theatre Exams Supported By Industry Experts and Global Theatre Talent

Announcing new exams in Singing for Musical Theatre at Grades 1–3