SE22 Piano School ~ East Dulwich
Music Lessons for adults and children in East Dulwich & Music Aptitude Test training
Free Music Aptitude Test & Scholarship Advice Clinic on Zoom
Find out more about a free advice clinic for parents and guardians of Year 6 students that are sitting the Music Scholarship and Aptitude Test entry to secondary school this Autumn. Limited dates and spaces available:
Music Scholarship Specialist Tutor’s Advice for Succeeding at the Music Aptitude Test for UK Secondary School Admissions
How To Succeed at the Music Aptitude Test
Prepare in advance and make sure that you are familiar with the style of tests that you will hear on the day. Try not to leave it until September to start researching the Music Aptitude Test. The school holidays are the perfect time to practise for the test and make sure your Round 2 audition is ready to go too!
It’s that time of year when we are just a few weeks away from the start of the Music Aptitude Test season. Some schools such as Claremont High School Academy and Ashmole Academy hold their MAT test earlier than most schools and this takes place in June.
Many students want to know how to pass the MAT test. This is a selective test that secondary state schools use to select a number of students each year, often bypassing the catchment requirements, hence the popularity of it amongst Year 6 students. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to secure a space at your desired local secondary school and living within the catchment area is not always possible due to the steep increase in house prices near schools rated Outstanding by OFSTED.
Most schools operate a 2-part Music Scholarship system. Without passing the MAT you will not be able to progress to the audition stage so it’s very important to put the time in to prepare thoroughly for the Music Aptitude Test so that you can have the chance to perform for the scholarship panel. This is often on a separate date but some schools will put the two sessions on the same day.
Here is a video from our head teacher with information about the 1-to-1 sessions including whether you need to prepare and what the lesson includes:
We offer 1-to-1 Music Scholarship and Aptitude Test training on Zoom for students hoping to gain entry to a UK secondary school using the Music Aptitude Test criteria. We can prepare you for ANY school as they all use a very similar test or variant on a standard set of questions.
All sessions can now be booked online and we have just released all of our dates for September and October tuition. If you do not see a date you require then please save this link and check back regularly. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-scholarship-aptitude-1-to-1-lessons-with-ben-or-mirna-on-zoom-tickets-152094367347
Here is a sample of what we cover in the lesson. Each lesson is tailored to your individual needs and we will discuss at the start of the lesson your requirements.
I have been preparing my own students for over 12 years for Music Aptitude Test and scholarship entry to state secondary schools. Through the grapevine, other students from UK schools found out that I have produced training test materials for my students and they enquired about purchasing these, and also about having individual or group MAT training sessions. This led to me offering the tests for sale and also inviting students from any area to attend my monthly Aptitude Test sessions. It gives me great pleasure to receive so much feedback from students that have successfully passed the MAT and many continue to succeed at the audition stage. I am available to prep students for both test and audition. Do make sure you engage your music tutor in the process too as they can follow the plan of action we come up with at the workshops to ensure you are ready for the tests that take place in Autumn.
In addition to preparing many music students over the years, I’ll be thinking about whether to send my daughter to a school on a scholarship place if she’s keen to pursue music at secondary school and she now enters Year 5 and we start looking around local schools in South London. Many of our local schools such as Prendergast, Haberdashers, Norwood and Kingsdale offer music scholarships. Kingsdale also offer sports scholarships.
Here are a few things to consider when preparing your child for the Music Aptitude Test.
Which schools use the Music Aptitude Test? This list is not exhaustive and is subject to change so please check your prospectus for current information.
We also have free videos to help you with the tricky bits of the test such as the Texture section:
Kingsdale, Norwood, Saint Cecilia’s and Harris Wimbledon Music Aptitude Test scholarship feedback
We are starting to a spike in our web stats for the Music Aptitude Test preparation as students that sit the test earlier for schools such as Ashmole Academy start doing their internet research.
We currently have a small selection of weekly slots reserved for online tutoring but if you click Follow on our Eventbrite organiser profile, you will be informed by email as soon as we release all the dates in the Easter Holidays onwards.
We have been tutoring students for entry to all UK state secondary schools that use the Music Aptitude Test and will tailor the lesson to the exact needs of your chosen schools as they all use a slightly different test. If you look at the Eventbrite listing here you can see extensive information about what the tutor session involves and a sample video of a lesson.
