Have your say: letters to the editor, August 2023

Recently, I have felt an increasing level of anxiety and frustration from music teachers who feel overwhelmed by the numerous changes made to graded music exams over the past few years. Even after 22 years’ teaching, I've struggled to keep up. Change can be good and, indeed, there have been some very welcome changes and developments, but change has come at an alarming rate. To name but a few: a new ABRSM booking system; ABRSM Performance Grades and subsequent updates; recorded and digital exams from LCM; several new booking systems for LCM recorded exams; digital grades and diplomas from Trinity; a lot of new syllabuses, some well overdue from their scheduled release date; ABRSM Grades 1-5 Theory Exams going online; and the increasing reality that many physical exam centres will never reopen.