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Jim Wells wrote: # Do any colleagues have any idea of the equivalences of musical # qualifications, for example Violin Grade 8? # # I wonder whether this might be a higher qualification than a low-ish A level # score. To me (a non-musician) Grade 8 seems quite impressive. I'd add a little to what Anna has just written. My daughter has done grade 7 and recons it is more difficult than 'A' level. Have a look at the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) site at http://www.abrsm.ac.uk/ There's nothing I can see which directly equates grade 8 with an A level, but the examinations entry page http://www.abrsm.ac.uk/nonukregs01.html indicates a GCE 'O' level pass at theory can be taken as the equivalent of grade 5 theory. This page: http://www.abrsm.ac.uk/thesemusicexams04beyond.html indicates grade 8 (distinction) used to be the level needed for direct entry into a UK music college. After grade 8 you head for one of the three diploma levels. Peter ------------------------------ Peter Glazier Exeter University [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%