Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Exam

Renee went for her internal aural and practical exam @ Nafa YT today(theory exam was last week).

Things are different with Nafa's exam.  1st, the time given for preparation weren't as early as in private learning(also not as much practices with the pianist[only once during the studio class yesterday], but I feel that this shouldn't be a big problem if she's hard working enough), plus I no longer coach her the way as I did before, she's now practicing on her own...  2nd, unlike the ABRSM exams, there were 6 examiners at Nafa, instead of 1! - Papa said that this ensures fair judgement, hmmm, makes sense too...

Renee had gone in thinking that there's only 1 examiner but faced with 6, she was shaken(she told me so) and now she's very afraid that she won't get to continue learning with Nafa(she even tear-ed, on our way back).  At this, we told her that if she hadn't been lazy with her practices(everyday, less than 1/2 hr!), she shouldn't be afraid nor be bothered with whether there're 1 or 6 examiners.  Whatever it is, there's nothing much she can do now and we'll just have to wait 1-2 weeks' time for the results to be announced, to which she claimed that she'd work harder if she gets to continue, we'll see...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

She"ll do well :)

Abrsm exams can be prep for many mths... Nafa exams maybe only a mth or few weeks?

Renee's Mommy said...

Jen, is that you?

It depends on the teacher also but the last time she went for hers, it was 'mine' - cos I only decided at the very last minute to let her go for the ABRSM exam but then again, she was still given 1-2 mths to prepare ahead then. It's totally different at Nafa, just a few weeks at most and only 1 week for their masterclass performances.