Congratulations to All Grade 9 Recipients!
Yamaha Music School of Boston Celebrates Milestone
The very first group of Boston Yamaha students to take the Yamaha Grade 9 Exam were recently presented with their Certificates of Completion.
Taught by Ayako Hattori, the students are:
Elliot Hayes
Lily Hoyt
Renee Jiang
Melissa Murphy
Tristan Ohler
Varun Sasisekharan
Alex Zhang
Congratulations to these young musicians and their families!
About the Yamaha Grade Examination
Available to the general public, Yamaha tests students, teachers and professionals in a broad range of musical skills with the Yamaha Grade Examination System.
Since its debut, this innovative method of evaluating musical ability has inspired excellence in students and teachers in 27 countries. Since 1980 over 400,000 candidates, ranging from beginner to professional, have taken the Yamaha Grade Examination at authorized locations around the world.
Yamaha originally established in 1967 to improve and standardize music instruction by requiring teachers to achieve certain levels of musical knowledge, proficiency and teaching skills.
Examination Content
- Repertoire
- Improvisation
- Sightplaying
- Hearing (Grades 9-6 only)
Examination System Structure
Yamaha Grade Examination student grades begin at Grade 9 and progress through Grade 6. Grades 5-3 are teacher level examinations, and Grades 2 and 1 are available to anyone interested in taking a professional performance examination.
Eligibility
The Yamaha Grade Examination System is open to all music students, teachers and professionals. A candidate need not be enrolled or employed at Yamaha Music School to take the examination.
Preparation
Courses offered at Yamaha Music School provide excellent preparation for the Yamaha Student Grade Examination. For teachers, the Yamaha Corporation of America Music Education Division conducts preparatory workshops throughout the year.
Preparatory materials include: repertoire collections, workbooks for improvisation and sightplaying, collections of past exams, cd's, and a video with study guides for Piano Grade 5.