Jade Park sat for her first trumpet exam with AMEB (NSW) at the age of 7. Over the next decade, she successfully completed twenty AMEB exams across six different subjects.  Jade’s AMEB journey culminated with receiving the Licentiate of Music (LMusA) for both oboe and trumpet in her early teens.

The Sydney Morning Herald recently published an article about the fear of public speaking. The article shared that Chapman University in the USA published a survey that cited the fear of public speaking to be just behind a fear of sharks and ahead of a fear of snakes and spiders. In the UK, fear of public speaking was the third most common fear after a fear of heights and spiders.1

The study says between 60 and 70 per cent…

We congratulate the private teachers, music schools, conservatoria and NESA accredited schools who achieved excellent results for the 2023 examination year. The honour roll appears below.

Most outstanding private teacher Preliminary to Grade 6 - Keyboard    

• Olena Nikulina

Other commendations (alpha-order)    

• Sarah Chen
• Yuqi Fu…

We have returned to usual exam protocols and can once again enjoy the experience of making music with others.

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If you plan to enrol for:

• Repertoire exams (face-to-face or video)
• Piano
• Piano for Leisure
• Violin

please…

The AMEB Theory of Music, Musicianship and Music Craft syllabuses provide different approaches for theoretical learning. Find out more about why students should sit for an online written exam and which…

On Saturday 2 July 2022 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Emeritus Professor David Lockett AM, the AMEB Federal Chief Examiner, presented an informative workshop to an audience of AMEB teachers and students of all instruments preparing for Associate and Licentiate Diploma exams.

During this three hour workshop, Professor Lockett provided his perspectives on preparation for Diploma level performance not only as an…

The NSW Government funds a Creative Kids program as an initiative to encourage NSW children to participate in the arts and explore their creativity.

Parents, guardians and carers can apply for a voucher with a value of up to $100 per calendar year for each student aged 4.5 to 18 years old enrolled in school. The voucher may be used with a registered activity provider for registration, participation and tuition costs for a…

During 2021, exams throughout NSW and the ACT were again disrupted at various times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Government-enforced lockdowns were experienced in many regions during the year which meant that teachers and their students had to change their usual approach to lessons and their exams. Teachers had varying levels of access to conduct online lessons via Skype and Zoom and in many cases, exams were unavoidably cancelled…

AMEB (NSW) is pleased to announce a new and improved video exam submission process commencing from the Video Exam Second Session (Session 21). Please read the following carefully before enrolling.

The enroller is to upload directly to AMEB Connect:

• video recording
• exam…