If your child is starting secondary school in 2014, then you may be thinking about your different options for entry to local schools, particularly the Music Aptitude Test that is offered at schools such as Haberdasher's Askes' in New Cross and Prendergast Hilly Fields.
The Music Aptitude test for 2014 entry will take place in Autumn 2013. Get a head start on practising for the test by using these training materials produced by the SE22 Piano School in conjunction with audio engineer and musician James Richmond.
What is the Music Aptitude Test (MAT)?
The MAT is a series of tests that use a combination of instruments including electronically generated sounds. Students that are familiar with the Aural part of ABRSM and Trinity exams may not necessarily be at an advantage as these tests are all conducted at the piano in the examination. The MAT tests use intervals smaller than a semitone and on the piano, such an interval does not exist. The MAT uses a wide variety of instruments and electronic ‘beeps’ so that instrumentalists do not have any advantage over students that may not have studied music formally. For this reason, we decided to commission a set of sample tests that we can use with our students to prepare them as fully as possible for the MAT.
Watch a video of a sample Music Aptitude Test:
You are invited to the SE22 Piano School Family Classical Music Concert at Alleyn's School, January 27th 2013
This is our annual showcase for our younger piano students. We welcome families to come along and hear our students perform. Babies are most welcome to come and make lots of noise! We don’t just have pianists on stage - will have opera singers and instrumentalists too. We are mostly performing classical music but there will be a little bit of jazz and pop music too.
View more information about the recital here along with videos from the 2012 recital at Kingsdale Foundation School:
Happy New Year from the Dulwich Piano Festival team. The competition is now open to students in the South London area and beyond. Come and take part at a piano competition at Alleyn's School in June 2013.
We have three classes for beginners, a Set Piece class for Under 16s, 8 graded classes and a class just for adults.
East Dulwich-based sculptor offers baby hand and feet casting in the comfort of your home. Professional baby casting appointments are available everyday including Sat and Sun and can be planned to suit your baby's routine.
The casts are available in a variety of finishes including metallic and stone-effect resins, bronze and silver.
Lou is running a special offer in the month of September for Dulwich Mums' blog readers which is 2 for 1 in all the resin finishes.
The next Sparkle & Spin sample sale is on September the 10th 10-2pm at St Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, London, SE21 7BT.
We casually strolled up around 11am to the last sample sale and found that about half the stock had already been sold, so do try and get here when it opens to grab the bargains!
With up to 70% off from all your favourite Danish kids designers including Ej Sikke Lej, Hollys and more! There are LOADS of fantastic things for the babies so if you have a tiny one or a bump make sure you put this date in your diary.
22nd July, 10am. If interested, please leave a comment here.
A local photographer, Lorenzo Ali, has done lots of pics of East Dulwich babies and is usually in the region of £300 for a portrait shoot. I was talking to him about doing a group photo session with all the babes/toddlers/kids together and he suggested the following:
Cost per child: £25 to be pre-paid by June 14th.
Photos would be in an outdoors setting such as the park during a picnic or similar event.
He would cover: natural, reportage-style photos of the babies in a group, individual portraits and pictures of the mums and babies. Obviously how many photos he gets of each child and mother depend on the mood of the baby, but I would imagine you would get about 10 photos of your child, including the group shot. We will limit the size of the group to about 10 babies, but if there's enough interest, we could do two sessions. Older children and dads are, of course, welcome to come along too.
He will provide the hi-res images on CD to each parent. I will also make these up into a Photobook, so can order extra copies for whoever wants one. That cost is about £25 - £30 but that's entirely optional whether you want this or not. You can see the book first before buying it.
