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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

The Associated Board fully supports Practice-a-thon and wishes all participants lots of fun with their practising.

"Practice-a-thon is a fantastic way of nurturing musical talent." Says Christine Morris of the ABRSM

"As well as providing motivation and encouragement to practise for concerts or music exams, it offers people of all ages the perfect opportunity to discover new types of music and instruments."

The Associated Board is the World’s leading provider of music exams and assessments.  Each year over 630,000 candidates take our exams in over 90 countries worldwide.  A total commitment to music education lies at the heart of our work.

Dawsons Music

Established in 1899, Dawsons Music is one of the longest serving musical instrument retailers in the UK. Offering everything from traditional orchestral instruments to the very latest in music technology. 

Managing Director, David Briggs said "We are proud to be partnered with Practice-a-thon. Not only is it an extremely worthy cause but it also helps to encourage young people to develop their talents and put them to good use at the same time".

Dawsons pride themselves on offering the broadest range of musical instruments and equipment in the UK, they are also one of the leading suppliers of both traditional musical instruments and state-of-the-art music technology to schools.

Their dedicated Education Department is not only a welcome source of help and advice to music teachers throughout the British Isles and abroad but it also provides essential product training to hundreds of teachers every year.  

Rockschool

Rockschool was set up in 1991 to bring the best in pop and rock into mainstream education. This is done by providing exams, publications, advice and support to teachers and educational bodies.

Rockschool offers both what candidates want and what teachers need within a fully recognized and accredited framework. It offers rock and pop music exams from Debut up to Grade 8 in Guitar, Bass, Drums, Popular Piano and Vocals.

Rockschool offers qualifications catering for all ages and levels of ability.  In addition to the graded exams, you can choose from teaching qualifications and part-time and full-time courses in conjunction with their partners.  These include Teaching Diplomas at levels 4 and 6, developed in collaboration with the Musicians' Union and also, in partnership with Access to Music, Music Practitioner and Music Educator vocational courses.  top of page

Bridge Violins

Bridge Violins have been making bow played instruments for nearly 15 years now, and over that time they feel lucky to have had the opportunity to meet with, and endorse many young musicians with their instruments, players who are now touring the world with artists such as McFly, Sinead o’Connor, Mark Knopfler and Gnarles Barkley. And that takes some practice!

Bridge Violins have very kindly donated 10 acoustic violins to give away in regional newspapers to promote the Share a Stage at Glastonbury festival competition. They have also made two bespoke gold plated violins for Linzi Stoppard and Ben Levi to play at the festival and will be donating a white laqured violin for CLIC Sargent to get signed and auction. 

"We at Bridge are proud to be sponsors of Practice-a-thon, and this exciting competition, in aid of the CLIC Sargent Charity," said Ceris Jones, Company director.

Sibelius

The world's best-selling music notation software. Sibelius is the easy way to write, refine, hear, scan and print beautiful scores. Sibelius are offering us their software for FREE as an incentive for schools.