Revisions of Yamaha Electone Eaxm Gr 13 - 3.

Have you heard of the latest news regarding the graded Yamaha Electone Exam? There are quite a few important changes, the reduction of number of songs for the higher grade exam to 4 pieces only, no more aural test for the 'A' course lower grade exam, achievement test level 13 to 10 will be rename to Student Grade Exam 13 to 10 & etc.

• The revisions for Gr 5 to 3 exam will take effect from May 2010.
• The revisions for Gr 13 to 6 exam will take effect from January 2011.

Click here for more details: Yamaha Music Foundation Japan

Chua Jie Min "Hello Dolly"

A cheerful piece in Broadway style, hope you likes it ;-)

Nicholas Chan "Yo Ho from the Pirates of the Cariddean"

Marilyn Chew "Part of Your World"

Part of Your World from Walt Disney's picture 'The Little Mermaid'.

This is one of her exam song and I'm preparing her for the coming Yamaha Electone Exam this March. Do you like her performance? You may post your comment below.

Results of the ABRSM Music Theory Exam

Congratulation to the following students whom attained excellent grade in the 'Oct 2009 ABRSM Music Theory Exam':

• Jarel Tey (PS Branch): Grade 1, Distinction 93%
• Nicholas Chan (SK Branch): Grade 1, Distinction 97%
• Anna Louise Joseph (SK Branch): Grade 5, Distinction 91%

Bravo! Keep up the good work & cheers :-)

Electone Ensemble by Yamaha Students @ PS

These are the two videos taken on 18 Dec 2009 at Plaza Singapura. Very sorry about the poor recording quality, please bear with it ;-) He he he...

Goh Jun Hui "S Wonderful"

A beautiful song composed by George Gershwin, originally in Broadway style but Daiju Kurasawa had re-arranged this piece to give it a Bossa Nova feel.

Electone Performance by my students_02

• A lovely piece by Sadao Watanabe, from his 1979's album 'Morning Island'.
• Video was taken 0n 5 Dec 2009, during Anna's performance at Yamaha PS.