Trinity College London Rock & Pop

Creative education builds life skills and readiness for the workplace. Every rehearsal, performance and creative project helps young people practise something much bigger than technique, it helps them build the confidence to communicate, collaborate and adapt.

Trinity’s latest research confirms what teachers have long known: performance and creative education give young people the human skills they’ll use for life. Our white paper, Career-Ready: Bridging the Employability Skills and Confidence Gap, reveals that learners who take part in music, drama or dance are:
- More confident speaking and presenting ideas
- Better collaborators who thrive in group settings
- More adaptable and resilient when faced with challenge or change

These experiences shape not just performers, but confident, capable individuals who are ready for the workplace.

Teachers who took part in the research agree: performance and creative education help students develop communication, teamwork, problem-solving and social fluency, the very skills that employers and universities value most.

Read the full Trinity College London white paper - https://hubs.la/Q03WPJG70

Trinity College London joins the nation in mourning the loss of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II, and we extend our deepest condolences to the entire Royal Family at this time.

Her Majesty was Britain’s longest serving monarch and the importance of her place in the national consciousness, and that of the wider Commonwealth, cannot be overstated – she will be sorely missed.

As a mark of our respect for Her Majesty, and our royal patron HRH The Duke of Kent, Trinity will be joining others in entering a period of social media silence across all our UK and Ireland-based and centrally-managed channels. We will, however, continue to respond to urgent queries and provide customer support during this period.

Do you want to drill down into the Trinity Rock & Pop syllabuses, exam options and supporting resources? Join our webinar on Tuesday 15 February hosted by National Development Manager for Rock & Pop, Toby Davies, and Head of Development UKI Arts, Annabel Thomas, in which they will explore some of their favourite pieces in the syllabus, the range of teaching options and both the face-to-face and digital assessments: https://hubs.la/Q011BPdx0

Clinching the top spot as this year’s most-read Trinity music blog is ‘What are your options when choosing accompaniment for a digital exam?’. With our Digital Grades and Diplomas proving increasingly popular, find out more about how these exam formats work and consider taking one in the new year! https://hubs.la/Q011bXL30

What are your options when choosing accompaniment for a digital exam? Senior examiner Anna Dryer-Beers explains what options are available for accompaniment when recording your performance under Covid related restrictions.

Today it’s the turn of Martin Oetegenn, Trinity’s Market Communications Manager, to reveal his new year’s resolution for 2022. What are your music ambitions for the year ahead?

Snatching second place in the line-up of most-popular Trinity music blogs for 2021 is ‘Do we really need music teachers and graded exams?’. Discover the answer to this question now by catching up on this blog: https://hubs.la/Q011bZRH0

Do we really need music teachers and graded exams? Kell Hallman shares his thoughts on the importance of music teachers, how music grades support progress and the introduction of digital exams for music.