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> How Do You Become An Abrsm Examiner?
nmlj
post Nov 25 2008, 02:52 PM
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What training/qualifications are required?
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post Nov 25 2008, 04:06 PM
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Probably best to field that question directly to a member of the ABRSM staff. You might like to post it on the 'Ask the Chief Examiner' board.

As a rough idea, the minimum requirement before applying would be recognised music qualifications (at degree/licentiate diploma level) and good facility at the piano.
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post Nov 25 2008, 04:16 PM
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my pupils tell me I should become and examiner or an invigilator - apparently I have the right voice!
Yes, I think having a sympathetic approach towards people is equally essential. I'm sure not all examiners had that when I took my practical grades. Some of them were very 'matter of fact', which made a stressful situation even more terrifying. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

Another useful skill would be a basic knowledge of how other instruments are played - the foibles, technical problems, things specific to a certain type/family of instruments. It would go a long way towards a more rounded opinion of a candidates performance.

While the rules and regs state that things like fingering, posture, tone production etc. is taken into account, when I read many of the mark forms of my own pupils, it's very clear to me that the examiner had absolutely no idea about such things on the violin. This leads to them marking on nothing other than what they hear, which is fine in essence, but please don't say that other factors are included when it's obvious they aren't.
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post Nov 25 2008, 09:11 PM
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I reckon it's just a matter of PMing Ed and fluttering one's eyelashes - job done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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It's handy if you can play the aural tests (at all grades).

Some adjudicating experience is useful I think.
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[quote name='noodle' date='Nov 25 2008, 09:10 PM' post='763751']
[/quote] My students tell me they wouldn't like me as an examiner because I probably wouldn't pass them!
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you can give them a mock exam, but you cannnot exam them in real life.

my godmother is an ABRSM examiner, she also sits the diploma exams (which she enjoys the most).
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post Nov 26 2008, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(carol*piano @ Nov 25 2008, 09:11 PM) *

I reckon it's just a matter of PMing Ed and fluttering one's eyelashes - job done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)


There are a few other criteria! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Apart from the musical criteria, the ability to construct a grammatical sentence under pressure, and to spell simple words correctly, would definitely be an asset - if only to avoid the wrath of boring pedantic old teachers (such as myself).
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post Nov 26 2008, 07:36 PM
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post Nov 28 2008, 01:42 PM
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You have to also have experience of teaching all level pupils up to and including diploma level I believe, or certainly did when I investigated the same thing a few years back. (Or it suggested you had to have that experience.) And I think your own piano playing skills have to be pretty good. Not sure where I filed all the info now, as I never got around to applying.........
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post Feb 17 2009, 11:25 AM
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For anyone who's interested, there's an ABRSM podcast coming up shortly on How to Become an Examiner - here's the link with info

but I presume there's no problem copying the text from one part of the ABRSM web site into another part (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)


Tuesday 24th February - How to become an ABRSM Examiner
Clara Taylor returns to talk about the selection and training required to become an ABRSM Examiner. This second podcast provides listeners with a behind-the-scenes look at one of ABRSM’s most important processes
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post Feb 17 2009, 12:24 PM
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Good job I read this thread from the beginning - I was about to post the same idiot remark I had already made in my previous incarnation... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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post Feb 17 2009, 12:26 PM
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QUOTE(maledictis @ Feb 17 2009, 12:24 PM) *

Good job I read this thread from the beginning - I was about to post the same idiot remark I had already made in my previous incarnation... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

So v2.0 is no improvement on v1.0 then.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Feb 17 2009, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE(Holz Gedeckt @ Feb 17 2009, 12:26 PM) *

QUOTE(maledictis @ Feb 17 2009, 12:24 PM) *

Good job I read this thread from the beginning - I was about to post the same idiot remark I had already made in my previous incarnation... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

So v2.0 is no improvement on v1.0 then.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Oh no, there are improvements, it's just that you have no access to them yet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Feb 24 2009, 04:29 PM
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Just to remind you - our podcast in which Clara Taylor discusses how to become an ABRSM examiner is now available from here.
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