Well done Lizzie and pupils!

I have often thought this:



as the exams are there as a signpost of the level you've reached, not one to "reach up" for or to "look back" at! I might consider entering a very nervous adult for an exam which might be, say half a grade too easy for them, but having said this the ones who've done exams with me so far have entered at the correct level and done well!

I've said before, the proudest moment of my career was when a very dyslexic girl passed grade 1 clarinet after 3 years of learning and a big struggle with learning scales. I'm so proud of her, and indeed of them all! I think age is irrelevant, so I won't be putting ages or exact marks (I don't want any of them to log on and identify themselves!) but I started the thread so that anyone who wants to, can share their successes.

Yesterday went quite well I think, nobody was really outstanding but nobody messed up either, so fingers crossed.

Oh there was one girl who hadn't put in anywhere near enough work - I gave up wasting time worrying about her weeks ago! The rest were good though.

Thanks Ann and Elliewelly for your helpful comments. It is so true that success is relative to the situation. I think I feel proudest of my grade 4 candidate who was only 11 but put in so much work and really deserved his pass. No wonder you were proud of your grade 1 candidate struggling with dyslexia, Elliewelly. Hope your results are good.

Liz

Exams 19th June. Results came yesterday, 13th July, so over 3 weeks. Bit last minute for comfort - we were having a school concert last night & giving out the certificates would be special for them in front of parents etc.
Got the results on-line, but the post came in time, so they got their certificates at the concert after all.
2x Grade 2 Piano (1 merit)
1x Grade 1 Piano.
Smiley faces all round!

Great!

The only candidate I have ever entered for exams is myself! So far...

Well the results are through and are:

1 x cornet - distinction
2 x cornet - merit
2 x clarinet - merit
1 x trumpet - pass.

The children are over the moon and so am I!

Woohoo!

And so you should be! Congratulations.

I had a student taking Grade 1 piano. She has been so worried about her results despite me constantly telling her she would be fine! Shes taken to it like a duck to water!

Anyway she got 134/150 distinction, so i was very proud of her and took great delight in popping round to her house to give her the results and seeing the huge smile on her face!

Just waiting for the theory to come now!

Well done Allannah to you and your pupils! and Deborah L W to yours - that's a lovely result for her.

I keep wishing the theory would hurry up too!

Yeah I keep checking my email now to see if the results have come through!!

Still no sign of results for my pupils............. 3 weeks today

Yamaha - I think that is a long time to be waiting, maybe there is a hold up somewhere? Hope they come soon for you though.

Got my pupils theory results yesterday, I had 2 doing Grade 5...........

1 x Distinction
1 x Merit

I'm really pleased

How come Theory results for exams taken on 17th June are coming out before practicals taken a week later (in my case 26th June)?

I'm really getting very impatient now!

Hello, OTHC! I met your teacher yesterday - she came to listen to the concert at the Clarinet Summer School! We had a good gossip!

My pupils' theory results aren't out yet

Hi Jo! Found a usable computer? My students' theory results aren't out yet, either. Nor the practical ones.

Well done yamaha - congratulations to both you and your pupils.

Hi andante! The computers here are passworded, but just occasionally (if you look carefully) you can find one that has been left on by mistake! I have to go now, as others are waiting to use this one!

My theory results have just popped up online. Two Grade 5s, both safely passed. Phew!

Well done to you and your pupils Andante

Still no sign of my June 26th practical exam results Pupils are getting impatient now

Told a couple of hours ago that I have got a Merit with 123 marks - including 18/18 for Aural, although the scales let me down, only 16 for that when I knew them all really well.

Anyway, no danger of having to perform in the High Scorers' concert with only a Merit!

thanks Nat for the lessons and the accomp in the exam!

Be happy with a merit OTHC. It's a great maek. Well done xx

Well done!

Many congratulations, OTHC, to both you and your excellent teacher.

WOOOOOO!

Well done.

Still no sign of results for my 26th June exams............ 3 weeks and 2 days I think this is the longest I've ever had to wait

I had to wait 3 weeks and 1 day but my pupils result is in!! I only had 1 entered this time but I was really unsure if she would pass (g2 violin) as as the exam date drew nearer she totally lost her confidence and started going downhill. However she did pass, only with a pass but hey I am so pleased for her!

I still haven't got my result for my grade 8 violin from the 26th june as well.

But I ended up by coincidence having the same examiner for my piano exam which I did on monday......and he played the same piece in the aural. So that might explain why it's being so slow if he's only just finished his tour.

I've got the result for one boy who took his exam on the 5th July (both online and in the post), but nothing yet for the ones who took it on the 3rd July.

Strange how it goes.

I really hoped I would get them before they finished with me for the summer, which most of them have now

Sympathies for those who are still waiting from June

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Mt piano pupils had their exams last friday (14th july).
Grade 5 x 1
Grade 6 x1
Grade 1 x 1

The grade 5 candidate was an adult male who got very nervous. I hope he has done well as he has worked so hard. Will let you know results when they come through. ( soon,I hope the suspense is killing me)

Just received my results from the 4th July. Thirteen(!) candidates got 3 Distinctions, 8 Merits & 2 Passes - including the girl who did no work until the last week. I'm very pleased but as I teach them in school, I can't tell them until September.

W

Well done to you and yours, willobie. Those 13 accompaniments must have been brilliant.

I've lost count of who I've congratulated and who I haven't. Sorry about that - consequence of having skived off a week.

So congratulations to all teachers, and all their pupils.

Cheers

katyjay

Well done everyone!

I think they must have got sympathy marks - I notice the Grade 4s all got their best marks for the Bernstein...

W

I got my results come through yesterday, after 2 1/2 weeks.

Guitar -
Grade 2 x 1 - Merit
Grade 4 x 1 - Distinction.

I'm a happy bunny. Ooh, and got a distinction in my grade 5 piano so all has gone well for me this session!

Congratulations Lixandreth, to you and your pupils.

Must have been something to do with your overnight accommodation.

A little more relaxed than usual...

I got the results today after 3 weeks and am so excited!

Grade 1 clarinet - pass
Grade 1 saxophone - pass (very nearly a merit, and the little boy is dyslexic - he's thrilled!)
Grade 3 clarinets - 1 merit, 1 pass (very nearly a merit again!)
Grade 3 saxophone - distinction (140!)
Grade 4 clarinet - pass
Grade 5 piano - fail (not a big surprise)

and my Grade 8 saxophone - also distinction! I am VERY surprised because I made mistakes in my aural and study, had one 'blob' in my Bach, and one re-start in my scales. I was obviously being a bit negative about how badly I'd done though.

My prep test piano boy did really well too.

Does anyone else, like me, feel more than a little hesitant about posting their pupils' results on a public noticeboard without their agreement???

(I got a good smattering of passes, merits and distinctions, from all three main boards, the largest number getting good merits - no fails - but wouldn't dream of being more specific!)

Mine don't mind - I asked them. I wouldn't specify marks, apart from the one who did so well!

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As long as it's fairly general and not as specific as 'John got 130 in grade 1 piano, Andy got 125 in grade 5, etc I suppose it's ok. My ABRSM results were as expected but my two weakest candidates got merit and distinction in Trinity and LCM - I almost fainted in shock! They were shocked too - one of them thought she'd failed and I thought she'd fail too.
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I find, like Steve Hopwood (I don't know how to put up old threads for easy access), that Trinity are more concerned with musicianship and interpretation, whereas AB are more concerned with precision in notes and timing.

One of my LCM results was disappointing this time (a bare pass) - in contrast to last time, when they were higher than expected. I usually get pretty much what I expect from the other two.

Congratulations on a great set of results No wonder you're thrilled!

Liz

Thank you! The children are really happy too, apart from the obvious. I too had a pupil I wasn't hopeful about, and she was fully expecting to fail - but she passed! I'm still on cloud nine about my own result - I did make a few mistakes and I have a 9-month-old baby so practice opportunities had to be grabbed here and there. I think this is my happiest ever result personally.

I think we all like to be proud of our results, but they don't exactly match with the effort we put in. For instance, someone with natural ability and musicianship, that perhaps plays another instrument, is more likely to get a better mark than someone who is struggling to get to grips with the theory side at the same time, and is a first timer at the aurals, etc.
Some of my most satisfying results have been bare passes, which, for the candidate concerned with their particular set of circumstances is THEIR distinction. Without bring rude, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
One of my singing students was proudly telling me that her partner, a guitar teacher, had never had anything LESS that a distinction from his students. That may be, but I would be suspicious i) that he was telling the truth, or ii) that he was entering them for too low a grade, either deliberately or due to lack of experience.
A healthy spread of passes, merits and distinctions means we as teachers have got it about right.
Whatever results we care to post publicly, others will form a view of us as teachers, and that is very misleading.

Well said, Ann. My proudest achievements have included bare passes, especially by a girl with special educational needs. Some of my students who did well play other instruments and are experienced exam-takers, but others were first timers.

I agree with this:

"One of my singing students was proudly telling me that her partner, a guitar teacher, had never had anything LESS that a distinction from his students. That may be, but I would be suspicious i) that he was telling the truth, or ii) that he was entering them for too low a grade, either deliberately or due to lack of experience."

I used to over-estimate how good my students had to be to pass, resulting in a lot of high marks early on. I've relaxed into it now though. Except with my own exams - I thought I'd done really badly.

Hooray at last I have got the results. They are as follows:-

Adult male Grade 5 got a pass of 116. (he and I were very pleased with this as he was very nervous and his grade 4 was taken in the 70s)
Grade 6 merit (age 14 years).
Grade 1 merit (age 8 years)

Splendid results. Congratulations to your pupils and to you.