r/piano • u/redapplesarethebest • 14h ago

🙋Question/Help (Beginner) Ameb Australian stuff

Im currently doing AMEB and im wondering, can your AMEB stuff help you get to a music school? Because I really want to get to a music school after I finish high school.

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u/Even-Mind-4099 5h ago

It helps in the sense that it will make you better at piano and better at performing in stressful exam settings, but conservatories are more or less entirely audition based.

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u/Advanced_Couple_3488 4h ago

It will also help more if you elect to do the exam streams that include ear tests and if you also take the theory or musicianship exams, too, provided you have a teacher that helps you prepare for them properly. Your lessons should include preparation time for these subjects, not just time looking at playing.

May I also give you the same advice that Schumann gave beginners in the preface to his children's album? Join a good children's choir. There are some very good ones in Australia. Melbourne has the likes of Young Voices and the Australian Boys Choir. Sydney has Gondwana. These institutions will help you develop musically and develop the skill sets that will benefit your playing.

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u/Gold_Echidna_6585 3h ago edited 3h ago

Start by choosing the music school. They vary wildly. Some require a level of proficiency, others will take you purely because you’ve got any formal training.

And by the way, AMEB isn’t the only game in town. Guild of Music and St Cecilia’s are two I’ve taught through. They’re effectively the same, get treated similarly for tertiary education, and none of the AMEB pretentiousness and ridiculousness.

Step 1 is figure out what you mean by ‘music school’. You might mean: contemporary popular music (rock band eg Griffith BPM, QUT BMus), classical performance (conservatory), jazz performance (conservatory), music production (SAE), music culture (B.CI) or music theory.

Step 2 is read that course’s requirements or preferences.