I am happy to share with you that I have received an 85% on my Grade 10 piano exam with the RCM! That counts as First Class Honours, which I have also received for all of my practical exams, both voice and piano. I am now officially working on my ARCT (Associate of The Royal Conservatory) in Piano Pedagogy so that I can be a more effective teacher to my students.
In case you are new to my story, I will fill you in. I did my Grade 9 piano exam back in 1998 when I was 17, achieving 84%. So, just a little time gap between exams! In my 20’s I studied recording and engineering at the Harris Institute for the Arts with the goal to become an original artist. I wrote, recorded and performed my own music until I decided I wanted to study pop music by playing in a Motown/Funk/RnB/Disco dance band. Our band Gooding Jones and the Overtones played almost every weekend for 3 years! This was great practical experience that taught me what elements go into a great song, and what gets a crowd going. I then got into full time music teaching, and decided that since I loved teaching so much, I would like to go back to the Conservatory to complete my ARCT in piano, and eventually also in voice.
Yay for learning!