Trinity College London - New Zealand

11/04/2026

Woodwind candidates have a wide range of repertoire choices for their graded exams 🎶

To help you prepare and plan with confidence, we're putting together a series of blogs around selecting pieces for Trinity College London Woodwind exams.

The series starts with a blog focused on the requirements for Flute and Recorder, guiding you through what’s required at each level, for both face-to-face and digital exams.

Read at: https://hubs.la/Q04bbpC00

12/03/2026

Heard about our new Rock & Pop diplomas? ⚡

Now, you’re probably thinking about how you put together your own set list.

Here's a recent blog post 'Stairway to Distinction: crafting your Rock & Pop diploma set list' with some great pointers for how best to do this: https://hubs.la/Q0468Dqx0

Discover more around our Rock & Pop diplomas at: https://hubs.la/Q0468s9n0

26/02/2026

A wonderful book for beginning piano students. Check it out!

24/02/2026

An overwhelming majority of teachers say that performance and creative education develops the transferable life skills for career readiness.

Would you agree?

As an international exam board offering a wide range of music and performing arts qualifications, we know that valuable 21st century skills are built through creative and performance-based subjects.

Confidence, team work, creative thinking, to name a few.

Trinity College London are therefore proud to offer the findings of our recent white paper 'Career ready: bridging the skills gap'.

We surveyed over 2,300 teachers and young people, to delve deeper into the relationship between creative education and work readiness.

Read for free: https://hubs.la/Q044mkp10

21/02/2026

Referrals form an important part of our quality assurance processes and exist to make sure that all candidates are treated fairly and equally.

A little while ago, we published a blog 'Common reasons why graded music exams are referred and how to avoid them'. It proved popular, so we wanted to follow up by turning our attention to Classical Performance diplomas.

Some of the most common diploma referrals are related to the programme performed so, in this post, we explore what Trinity College London candidates should be particularly mindful of when crafting this.

Take a look at the full blog: https://hubs.la/Q0432vZ90

30/01/2026

This isn’t the perfect timing for NZ, unless you’re a night owl, but register anyway and you will receive a link to watch the webinar at your leisure.

Exploring Trinity College London's new Rock & Pop Diplomas!

Join us Tuesday 3 February, 12:30pm (GMT) as Sector Support Manager, Natalie Christopher, talks through Trinity's new Rock & Pop diplomas with Lead Senior Examiner, Kate Bradbury-Proudlove.

They'll be discussing:
- the requirements
- building a programme
- how the exams are assessed

If you cannot join live on the day, but would like to receive a link to the recording to watch back on demand, please register your place and we will send it on to you.

Link to register: https://hubs.la/Q040RSzb0

22/01/2026

You asked, we listened: Trinity College London’s suite of Rock & Pop diplomas are here and ready for you to take online from the end of January 2026!

Our digital only Rock & Pop diplomas are available at ATCL, LTCL and FTCL levels in Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals, providing the perfect progression route for those who have already worked their way to the top of our Rock & Pop graded music exams.

If you’ve not taken any of our Rock & Pop grades, this isn’t a barrier!

There are no pre-requisites for our performance diplomas, although we recommend candidates achieve an LTCL or equivalent qualification before progressing to FTCL.

Read our blog to get the full information on these exciting new diplomas: https://hubs.la/Q03_rN1g0

23/10/2025

Trinity’s Communication Skills exams encourage learners to think critically, present confidently and speak persuasively. Whether delivering presentations, preparing for interviews or sharing opinions, our Communication Skills exams provide a structured way to build confidence and fluency in spoken...

07/10/2025

02/10/2025

Here's something for all the Rock & Pop'ers out there. Some great suggestions for incorporating technology into lessons

Technology can be a great tool for the classroom but, with so many available, which ones do you choose? Read on for our recommendations!

26/09/2025

In this blog, we explore some standout pieces from our new Strings repertoire lists!