Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2016-04-07 17:45
Is it an option to continue doing piano in a non-graded context? Could he take lessons and simply progress at the rate he can keep up with, rather than aiming for an exam? I think piano skills are quite important, especially if he does go on to music post high school, but this would enable him to focus on oboe without as much pressure on his piano without giving up the piano all together.
FWIW, I teach a lot of students who start on piano, and I think there are skills learnt on each which are transferrable between them. I'm yet to have a student unable to learn both concurrently, but at any one time, one does seem to take precedence over the other (oboe practice becomes less important as piano exam time looms, etc).
I don't know how the exams work that your son is doing, but my students do either AMEB or ABRSM and the timeframe for working towards each grade is flexible. Perhaps that is another option to seek, whether the timeframe for completing each level is flexible.
Rachel
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