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Rockschool's Popular Music Theory Exam Guiding you to success... Popular Music Theory plays a fundamental role in the learning process; whether you're an instrumentalist, vocalist, music producer or a sound engineer.  Learning Popular Music Theory enables students to understand how music fundamentally works, as well developing their writing and performing accuracy. Each learner gets the opportunity to grasp key skills such as: notation, key signatures and articulation, which better prepares a student if they choose to pick up other instruments later down the line. Whatever area of music you wish to pursue, RSL's Popular Music Theory qualification is the best resource to expand your knowledge in all areas of popular music - and here's a few reasons why: Communicate freely with other musicians : Even if they play instruments you’ve never laid eyes on before. Become a Musical Director : Gain the confidence and articulation to direct and work with bands, perf...

Music Production - Summer Exams 2018 The popularity and influence of Music Production continues to rise, which is being mirrored by its rapid growth in music education. With more and more institutions now introducing it in their teaching, students are being given the opportunity to learn the key skills associated with contemporary music production. Despite this positive start, it is still very early days; with many learners left wanting when it comes to enhancing their creativity based on their own musical tastes. Exposing the next generation of artists to the skills that will give them a great advantage later in their musical development is vital to RSL, are our Music Production release serves to provide a relevant syllabus for today's learners. If you are looking to enter into a career in music production, having a well developed knowledge of industry fundamentals will aid the development of confidence, as well as the necessary skill-sets.  A career in music productio...

CMU: Music Education Conference @ the Great Escape Festival 2018 Catch us on the panel! RSL will be attending The CMU Education Conference taking place on Wednesday, 16th May 2018 at the wonderful Great Escape Festival, Brighton. The festival, which provides a platform for upcoming artists from around the world, returns to Brighton for its 13th edition, bringing with it 450 of the most exciting up and coming artists of 2018. In 2016 alone, music contributed £4.4 billion in GVA (gross value added) to the economy, proving that the UK music industry continues to be one of the UK's biggest success stories with a rich, respected heritage. The event attracts a wide array of education professionals who have a great opportunity to network, discuss the current state of music education, and engage in profitable discourse with the aim to support students who have the ability to become a part of the UK's popular music industry. Like many, we want music education to prosper and...

The MMA Conference is back!        We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year’s MMA National Music Teaching Conference! The conference will be a three day event from 18 th -20 th May 2018, and will be held at Eton College (Berkshire). The MMA conference connects an array of music education professionals from music administrators, instrumental teachers and heads of department. We're always eager to attend events that present a great opportunity for music education professionals to network effectively with inspirational people from inside the music industry. If you would like to share ideas on good practice, develop your classroom skills, and participate in industry-focused activities -then please feel free to come along. As many more music education professionals react to the rapid growth in the  Music Production  market, we're finding that interested parties can find themselves feeling lost when it com...