Hellooooooo!!!

How's everyone! How's taking Grade 8 in November? What are you playing?

Oh, yes, forgot! I will take Grade 8 violin... (although I already finished conservatory in other country, but I just want to have ABRSM Diplomas)

Good luck!

More than 50 readers and no one GRADE 8 taker?????

Hmmm...well not yet, give me a few more years

me too !

Yeap, that's me taking this nov/dec...scary thought...just realized my sight-reading was in a mess, and scales, double-stopping...pieces...woops

Hoping to take violin 8 this term...bit of a long shot since I've not done an exam in years and also have GCSE mocks, coursework, interviews for 6th forms, auditions for music scholarships/schools and all the necessary social life which goes with being 15. I'll take it if I think I can get a distinction.
By the way...anyone know the entry fee?

Yea, me too. Will be taking grade 8 violin very soon this year.

Heyyyyyyyy finally!

What are you guys going to play from the pieces???

A: Spring, The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
B: Bagpipes (that guy beginning with W...)
C: The President (Scott Skinner)

Who can do both octaves of B in 3rds? I feel like crying when I think about it...I swear the 2nd octave is just impossible!!

Oh, I am doing the Trinity Exam

My pieces for grade 8
A: Mozart's violin Concerto in G 3rd movement
B:Kreisler Liebesfreud
C: Bartok 1st rhapsody

Geige! I will do just the same! but i'm thinking about doing better Kabalevsky's Improvisation than the Rhapsody, I don't know yet Good job also for bohemian!!!!

And yeees! I can do that with the thirds... seriously, it took a serious work

I'm going to take Grade 8 Viola in June next year. Ok it's not in nov/dec - but it's kind of relevant.

a friend of mine is taking Grade 8 Violin, dont know when, i know he's doing Spring and a Schumann Sonata.

even though he failed Grade 7 by 2 marks on the syllabus before this current 1

hi
hope you guys don't mind my first post being in this thread
i'm doing grade 8 (trinity) in two weeks... getting kind of nervous.

Of course not, good luck .

thanks. it's school holidays right now, so luckily i am getting some long practising in!

Benson,

What pieces are you doing? My exam is in Dec So worry about it now...

Mozart - Largo and Allegro
Wieniawski Romanze
and
John come kiss me now by Baltzar

I've only done grade 6, but I've decided to miss grade 7 and spend longer working towards grade 8 so i can hopefully do it before i leave for uni (so that gives me about 2 years, plenty of time)

At the moment I'm looking at the Bach Adagio, the faure andante and the bartok rhapsody, although im not sure if i'll definitely do them.

i'm not sure what i'm going to do once i've done grade 8, and my teacher doesn't seem to have much of a clue either.

There's so much option after grade 8 that i'm spoilt for choice. You can do either a DipABRSM or ATCL in either music performance or teaching.

Suprisingly the scales of Violin and Viola for every grade is the same, so I'll just do 2 of my grade 8s together.... which will be quite in a million years time...

Could anyone explain the difference? That is, what you have to do, and what it means to universities/schools. I really don't understand any of this system!

Playing my grade 8 pieces in my first solo recital next Thursday - yay! Will be so nice to get them up to standard a couple of months before I need to...

I hate diminished 7ths

Ooooooooh my!! Did it on Monday!!!!! I think it went good!!!!! we'll see...!!

How are you guys?

Hay well done LadyOrchestra! I bet you did great!

I did Grade 8 violin in June just been It was quite good...145/150 actually

I played :
a ) Vivaldi Spring (from Four Seasons)
b ) Romanze by Svendsen
c ) First Rhapsody by Bartok

Good luck everyone

:jawdrop:

WOW!!! Well done! Do you know your marks in each section?

The 4 Seasons is on a graded syllabus? Impressive.

IrisH - LoonY

Wow quick reply!!

Yes:
Piece A: 29/30
Piece B: 30/30
Piece C: 30/30

Sight Reading: 21/21
Scales: 20/21
Aural Tests: 15/18 (woops... if only I'd done a bit better in those...!)

:triple jawdrop!!!!!:

WOW! That's mighty impressive!!! Congratulations!!



IrisH - LoonY

THAT'S JUST GREAT, TCHAIKOVSKY CHICK!!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe! Thanks!

*very impressed*

Not planning on taking any grades (let alone Grade8) soon, but I read the syllabus and Vivaldi's Spring (List A) is a great piece to play. It's been a while since I learnt it, but if you are wanting to take that, I could try and help you out with fingerings on that piece if you need it... Give me a shout if you do

OMG!!!!!! GOT RESULTS

143!!!!! DISTINCTION!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!! YAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO



SO HAPPY!!!!! SO HAPPY!!!!!

Wow well done!

Fantastic!!!

Thanks saxlover and katyjay... thanks a lot! I'm truly proud, I know that I worked hard!!!! ... next station: DipABRSM in June.. (or whenever it's the next)

RUDDY BRILLIANT!!! Congrats!

YAY! Well done!! :D:D

WOW!!!!! That's amazing LadyOrchestra!!!!
Many, many congratulations

Well done!

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

136, not as good as you guys but still, I'm happy.

Hey Bohemian you did a very good work!!!! Congratulations! will you be taking diploma?

Well done you guys!!!!

Congratulations!

I hope so. I really want to do the DipABRSM this Winter (I know it sounds stupid, but I did grade 8 in under a term, and I think the Dip plays to my sterngths) and m big aim is to complete the LRSM before I leave school.

Congratulations to both of you! Really high marks! Well done

Congratulations on all of your incredible Grade 8 results!

Well done everyone!

Car Expert

I'm the same only DipABRSM standard as I hope to sit ATCL Performance Recorder