Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 2004/04

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Music exams in U.S.
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:46:56 -0400


> From: tony-w@-----.uk]

> So are the music grades a system which *belong* to the schools, and
> *organised* by the schools for kids attending school?

By the state in most cases.

> What about the kids who learn privately, and who do not want to
> participate
> in the school system of music grades 1 to 6? Is there an *outside school*
> system? (which is essentially what ABRSM is - i.e. nothing to do with
> schools).

Nope.

Or are these kids who learn privately away from school obligated
> to come into the school system 1 to 6 whether they like it or not, due to
> the absence of *outside* exams like ABRSM?

They can participate in the "festivals".

> In UK, there is no school system of music exams. If you want a certificate
> of proficiency, it`s all done outside of school with ABRSM and other
> institutions.

In the US, there is generally no system of music exams, period. If you want
a certificate of proficiency, you print it out on your computer :^)

> By the way - totally off topic - sorry - - - - as an aside, which State
> would you recommend as being the most accommodating and comfortable, (the
> most English?) for a Limey to start living in, always assuming a Limey be
> allowed in, in the first place.

I've lived in a number of places and states in the US: east, midwest,
central, and west, and I can't think of any place that _wouldn't_ be
accommodating. I work currently in the Detroit, Michigan area, work for a
"limey", sit next to a different "limey" at the office, and, well, come to
think of it, 70% of the people at my workplace are immigrants anyway, and no
one really cares.

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