For anyone waiting for Session B results, I notice the Board has published its timetable of when they will be issued:

Published 18/06 - 23/06 for exams 04/06 - 09/06
Published 25/06 - 30/06 for exams 11/06 - 16/06
Published 04/07 - 11/07 for exams 18/06 - 23/06
Published 16/07 - 21/07 for exams 25/06 - 30/06
Published 23/07 - 27/07 for exams 02/07 - 07/07
Published 23/07 - 27/07 for exams 09/07 - 14/07

Looking about a three week wait.

What utter joy, S_G!

My lot only did their exams on 28th/29th June and I am impatient already! I was stewarding as well as accompanying and hope mine all made it although I think there were a couple of very iffy school entries.

Sigh.

Multi-Tasking-Wanna-Know-NOW-Bag x

That's quite a wait for the results.......over 2 weeks predicted....

I would have thought this is to be taken with a large pinch pound of salt

Hmmm that's frustrating. Three weeks seems much longer than usual, last Summer I got them in 10 days. Anyone had anything yet and if so, when was the exam/s?

Happy waiting...

I received a result for a student who took the exam on 13th June. Result received on Thursday 28th June (2 wks 1 day). Slighly longer than my usual experience but not by much.

G3 Piano - a good strong merit as expected.

3 more taking exams on 13th July - that'll be a long wait! Oh, and son taking one more on 16th July in a Special Visit - that'll take even longer!

I only had 7 ABRSM candidates this term, but am guessing that at least three of them will have gone abroad by the time their results are published.

For those of you who work in schools - does this mean that the candidates only get their results from you in September?

No - I will ring them up......
My daughter's exam was 20th June and her result came through today- distinction in her Gr 8 - whoop whoop!

Congratulations! Great result. I had some on 20th June, so hopefully will get results soon. More on 11th July so no results till after end of term.

Congratulations to both you and her!

I've just got my first - he's gone abroad, back where he came from, but is hoping to go to university in Britain next term. A modest grade 1, and he got 113, but I thought he was going to fail.

My three TG's took theirs (2 x Initial Grade and 1 grde 1) in the music department of Cambridge University on Saturday morning. Never had grade exams there before, and not only the exam room, but even the warm-up room housed a concert grand. It had an amazing effect on their playing, and in particular on their posture, becasue the music sits slightly higher up so they needed to sit taller to see it.

My younger Initial Grader (age 7) was meant to have done Sight-reading and General Musical Knowledge. When she came out, I asked what she had been asked, and she said only about two questions, but that she had had to do aural, and mentioned some of the things she'd been asked to do. We'd not really prepared her for aural since the decision was made (didn't want to sing, threw a massive tantrum, for *** sake, it was only one flippin' note! but she knew her own mind and had made her own decision and informed me of it ). She said she didn't get given a tune to look at and play. I mentioned this to the steward, who went in and spoke to the examiner, who replied that the sheet had indeed said General Musical Knowledge and Sight-reading and that was what she'd done.

Steward then brought us back the message and said that it was only what the small child said, that she'd done aural instead of sight-reading. Of course it's possible she may have just been attention-seeking, but she did describe it in some detail, and this is a very bright articulate little girl. I said we might need to make a written complaint if the "aural" mark wasn't very good (though it would say sight-reading) but it might be better just to leave it if it was an excellent mark anyway, and the steward said quietly "well, I believe that's the case"

So is it worth making a comment about? She will almost certainly have managed a merit, and maybe, just maybe, even better. I suppose it depends if she wants to carry around with her a mark sheet which says she got 10/10 for sight-reading she never did...

How did dave_brum get on with his Grade 3, linda?

I'm hoping the result will be in today or tomorrow. However (surprise) I lost touch with him a week after I entered him for it, and had to have the appointment sent to him by the board so I can only hope he actually did it at all.

I've just got my results through - my first ever exam entrant passed Grade 1 with distinction! Absolutely thrilled for her.

Just had my student's results today for exam on 19th June. He got 139 for Grade 5, both of us slightly shocked but delighted!

Team Scooby results from 20th/21st came today, so very pleased with that. No email, but they were online when I looked. A good crop of merits and distinctions over grades 1 to 5, so very happy.

Still to come - a couple of TGs, one more AB who did his exam today and a grade 5 theory - busy session for me this time!

They seem to be publishing AHEAD of the schedule!! I've had all three results (from two different centres) from the 20th June.

Much as I expected, apart from a rather dismal 9 for aural for a g5!

My only candidate has his exam on Saturday (TG grade 3 clarinet).
I'm more concerned about me messing up the accompaniment than I am about his playing.

I had only one student taking an exam this session, Grade 1 piano, and was a little concerned about her since she doesn't have a piano at home, just a keyboard.

But she got a Merit, including an excellent 28/30 for her A list piece. I'm delighted.

[I think her mum hinting that if she did well they'd get a piano probably helped. The piano was coming no matter how she did though. ]

Result has come in today for an exam taken 26th June - so fast turnaround! We were one of the lucky few who managed to get a new date sorted after the original clashed with a school trip. Exam taken a week earlier than expected but still a distinction at G3.

So delighted for this young lady as she came to me having had lessons where all she ever learnt were her 3 grade pieces for an entire year (she came into her first lesson with me with her G2 certificate and the first of her G3 pieces to learn which had been given to her at the subsequent lesson). She couldn't read music to save her life so we started almost from scratch and have finally got almost up to where she should have been 18 months ago. I'm particularly pleased with the 18/21 for sightreading for her, as this is a real achievement.

Two G1 results to go, but I have high hopes of them too - both took their exam today and came out looking really happy and relaxed.

I don't think I've had a session like this before - all three could have easily sat their exam on day one of the session without me breaking a sweat! In fact, one of them has barely touched his pieces, just kept them ticking over whilst we went on with G1+ repertoire! Oh, that they were all like that!

Good luck to all those on the waiting bench!

Catherine x

My two practical results are in! A grade 2 merit pass and my daughter grade 3 also merit pass, both AB! I'm delighted. Just have to wait on my three theory results now!
Both practical exams were taken mon 25th June and results in 5 mins ago so again they are ahead of schedule!
Fab!

Nothing in here for the 25th yet...

He got a very good merit with an excellent mark for sight-reading.

Ooo thanks for the tip off.I had a student take an exam on 25th June so I logged in to check and it was there!
She passed (but what happened with her scales??) shall have to wait and see what the mark sheet says. Must have been a bad day I guess but still passed anyway...

Still waiting for 18th June.... and 27th June ....and the exams taken today (I could try hi jacking the examiner as she leaves and looking at those results).....

Result in from the 25th - Merit for Grade 2 flute so pleased with that. Result wasn't there this morning, so maybe they are working weekends!

I was shocked when I received results from my 2 exams on 27th June yesterday! Very pleased with the results though - 1 grade 6 flute merit and 1 grade 2 piano distinction!!

Unfortunately setting the bar rather high for the 6 other results I'm waiting for from 3rd July (not including one for my own exam!) and 2 LCM keyboard exams I'm sure they've all done just as well.

Well done to all with results so far!

So far this term..... merit for Gr 6 clari at beginning of term- really pleased with that, Grade 4 pass clarinet (TG) and Gr 4 Sax Distinction (TG), and a good pass (116) for a 7 year old clarinet player (Eb) whose biggest struggle was to concentrate for 12 minutes in the exam...... She got 16 in the aural and therefore I can summise that she did remember what sudden and gradual meant in the exam (She kept getting it wrong as she confused the meaning of the 2 words).

Result received from 29th June but nothing yet from 27th!!

Results from 27th now received on line

Got my results today (from 25th). Really pleased, especially as they found the examiner 'huffy'. One pupil got 30/30 for one of her pieces - a first for me and am very very chuffed

well done you- sounds great.... you never can tell with examiners can you?

Got grade 3 clarinet result from Saturday (TG). 82, a good, solid merit.

Special visit yesterday - TG so I know the results already! 4 passes, 8 merits and 6 distinctions and really pleased as they were as I had predicted and the examiners comments back me up 100%! I was shattered afterwards though, loads of accompanying and parents to keep happy

Well done everyone! I also just got results for a TG exam last Saturday. A merit for a Grade 7 clarinet pupil! Very happy as she had decided that the examiner didn't like her by the time she left the exam room I wasn't so impressed with the two running the exam day though, which is a shame as I'm usually very happy with how TG exams are run.

Just got mine from 27th. All good, even the one I thought might only just scrape through. Especially pleased with a grade 3 girl who got 28 for Northern Lights.

Interesting - I've had a couple of really high marks with that piece as well, including from one otherwise very weak student. It's a good'un!

Pass for a Grade 2 clarinet exam taken three weeks ago, with a mark for sight-reading far higher than I was expecting

Well done all ! Northern Lights is definitely raising some interest - a couple of mine want to do it next term. It's great to find a piece at this level that 'paints a picture' in this way. One of my pupils' mums said it reminded her of Debussy - I thought for a non-expert that was not too far wide of the mark.

My pupil played it quite a bit slower than the suggested speed (which I thought was definitely too fast for the dreamy style of the music) so I was very pleased that she got such a good mark. She loves the piece and played it in our recent concert. It's good to find such attractive alternative pieces - I had 3 pupils, taking different grades, who played from the Teachers' Choice book this session.

Results for Team Bag were out on the 10th (session was 28th/29th June) - 1 merit, 5 distinctions.

Can't grumble at that despite the s-t-r-e-s-ssssss.

Cold-Bag x

Well done, Bag. Great results - as always!

Cheers....but there's always an element of luck in these things....

Wine-o'clock-Bag x

(And it WASN'T 'luck'....)

Does these time relate to theory exams as well??

No. Theory exams are all taken on the same day and results are usually issued 4-6 weeks later (though I think some people have had them already.

I had 2 students do the Theory on 16th June and other students taking their practicals around the same time. The practical results have come through but not the Theory. I didn't worry initially until I received an email from Guy Perricone apologising for problems with the results. I was not aware there was problems. Are they to do with the Theory exams or Practical?

Practical results nearly always come faster than theory ones. Don't forget that theory papers have to be collected in, sent out to be marked, then collated again before results can be issued so it's naturally longer. It used to be about 6 weeks, but I think in the last session it was about 4.

I'm not aware of any problem with the issue of results this session. There have been problems, but to my knowledge, these aren't related to results, rather to appointments.

Thanks for the help. I'll just have to sit back and wait a little longer.

My younger daughter got her grade 7 piano result last night. A mid-merit