Congratulations to Grade 12 learners ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต๐ฎ and ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ผ๐ป, who recently participated in the Rockschool Classical Grade 7 Graded Examinations.
Jamie Jaftha was awarded 91% (Distinction) for her efforts, while Barbara McNaughton achieved 83% (Merit).
Both learners have been playing piano for five to eight years and have extended their advanced level playing.
They have mastered the key skills up to Grade 6 and developed notable security of appropriate techniques, use of expressive devices, rhythmic complexity, fluency and musical understanding.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
According to Ms Zelda van Rooyen, their music educator, they demonstrated strong musical form and structure, mature and authentic stylistic awareness and excellent interpretation of each piece.
๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ!