i think being an examiner would be a really cool job. you get to listen to music all day and i think its quite well paid. anyone else agree?

It would be, until you get sick to death of the same pieces being played over and over!

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It would be, until you get sick to death of the same pieces being played over and over!

Yes, I agree with you there.. Bernie... Being an examiner is a cool job in that you get to hear wonderful pieces all day...and it's quite well paid.... heheh... yes, which makes me wonder....... how DO you become an examiner?? Like, is there an exam that will qualify you to become an examiner...? I really think you have to be very well versed, and have good memory to becoming a good examiner.... but... they have a very important job to fulfil..and that is helping the younger generation to 'make music'.....do you agree??

Maxalear

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It would be, until you get sick to death of the same pieces being played over and over!

like when you have to sit through Creepy Crawly for the three hundred and nineteenth time ................

If you really want to know about being an examiner, the AB will send you details.

I think you have to be prepared to travel where they want to send you .

Maggie

My teacher said that examiners travel all around the world and only comes home once in a year!

wouldnt you have to be really good at piano and be able to sight read paino music, like for the aurals?!

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I think you have to be prepared to travel where they want to send you

kind of, i know someone who has recently applied and the whole thing is very laid back, apparently they write to you asking what dates you can do, you reply and then they give you examining in those dates, so you can pick and choose. dont know about areas though, presumably you get something of a choice in that too.

It's something I want to apply fo, but they dont take anyone under 30 so i got a year to wait lol

I think that I will not like being an examiner because I may need to listen to awful performance many times!
It is a bad dream for me.

IT depends on the board, I know for one exam board (my teacher is an examiner) you have to have grade 8 piano and obviously an understanding of most instruments. I think on some boards you have to be over a certain age.

my singing teacher is an ABRSM examiner....i dunn know how she's got it (to become an examiner)...but she always says that she needs to follow a mark scheme and sometimes she has to give marks to those that their preformance isn't very interesting (it doesn't mean that with a lot of wrong notes, wrong scales)...simply because the person has done the criteria in the mark scheme...

Well aside from the obvious qualifications and all, I reckon that you'd have to have pretty good people skills to put hysterical candidates at their ease and calm them down (I have heard many tales from my accompanist of candidates who broke down into tears, or had to be almost physically dragged into the room). And not intimidate the little ones. Or the big ones for that matter. Then there is not looking bored when the 5th grade one tumbles in and plays the same old pieces in exactly the same way as the previous ones. I know that this is not the job for me!

I have just found out that the examiner for my next lot of pupils is an ex-music teacher from my old school and the husband of my ex-piano teacher!! It will be very strange to meet up again, but unfortunately I don't think there will be a chance to talk and catch up.

Hi,

I know an examiner who is a chief examiner and he travels some of the world to some very exotic places to examin people. He has a really great time and as well as hearing english musicians, he can listen to Africans, people from the Carribeann (is that how you spell it?!) and many other nationalities which i think would be really interesting.

I just thought i'd tell you all to say that you don't just have to go to centres in this area/in england, you can also travel to some very interesting places! Just a thought!

C ya!
Daisy
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Wow. I think it's a FANTASTIC job! I'd love being an examiner, even if that means hearing the same piece 258473 times! It's just fun being on the other side and looking at how different people play...especially for the upper grades.

Just a question. Do you have to reside in the UK to apply to be an examiner for the board?

Sean

Being a examiner needs EXPERIENCE!