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Rally
2010 in the Midlands
The date and venue of this
biennial event have now been fixed for 5th–7th March 2010 at
Edgbaston School for Girls, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TS
hosted by the Midlands Fretted Orchestra. See the Rally Page for
full details.
Summer
School 2009
Urchfont Manor in Wiltshire has been booked for
the weekend 10th to 12th July 2009. Tutors and courses have been
decided.
Click here for more details
The BMG Summer School held at
Burwell House, Cambridgeshire in July 2008 was a great success
For details click here.
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Mandolin
Teachers Diploma Course Successfully under way
The BMG Federation ran a very successful Mandolin Teachers Diploma course
which offered students the opportunity to gain all 5 credits required for
the Diploma awarded by Victoria College. Further Teachers weekends are
being planned for 2008.
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Download general information on
teachers course |
See Teachers
Course
Banjo syllabus
Danielle Saxon Reeves and David Wade have been working hard to put together a
banjo syllabus and several composers have written new compositions towards it.
Now nearing completion, it will be published through Victoria College once
finalised.
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Graded Exams
Victoria College of Music is now publishing their
syllabus for mandolin. The exams are open to anyone and starts from
"First Steps" progressing to Grade 8. Graded exams are widely
used in orchestral instruments and the piano. It helps students to
gauge
their progress and gives them a recognised certificate. Victoria College
already publish a guitar syllabus.
For Details go to www.vcmexams.com
SHEP’S BANJO BOYS back on stage with a 40th.
Anniversary Show entitled “AN EVENING WITH SHEP’S BANJO BOYS” on
Wednesday 26th. November 2008 at 8 p.m. at Manchester’s FORUM
HALL. Click
here for more information.
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