Lucknow girl secures distinction in ABRSM Violin grade 5 exam

 Lucknow, 31 January : In a first for the city of Lucknow, Ritika Tiwari, a student of class X of City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Extension Campus passed the ABRSM grade 5 practical exam in Violin with Distinction. Ritika achieved this feat with online teaching by the CMS Western Music Teacher, Mr Shamim Mohaved who took all her classes online for the last 10 months due to COVID. Earlier, she had also passed grade 5 music theory exam with Distinction.

              To secure Distinction in grade 5 violin is a serious achievement as violin is a difficult instrument and Grade 5 of ABRSM requires a high level of playing and much skill. She achieved this feat while also preparing for her board exams for which she will appear this year.

              A banker's daughter, Ritika wants to make a career in Music. She says, 'Seeing my interest in music, my teachers at CMS motivated me to take violin classes which I did and kept getting better under the guidance of my western music teacher. I had never taken any professional music classes before my school music teachers trained me.' Ritika is being trained in western classical music by her music teachers in CMS since the last 3 years.

              The Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is the UK's largest music education body, and the world's leading provider of music exams, holding over 650,000 assessments in more than 90 countries every year, providing graded music exams, assessments and diplomas. An ABRSM grade in a Music exam has worldwide recognition and its exams are designed to motivate learners at all levels and ages, providing realistic goals and tangible rewards for their achievements.

              Dr Jagdish Gandhi, Founder Manager, CMS congratulated Ritika and said that in addition to Indian classical music training, CMS also offers one-to-one western classical music lessons to interested students.