Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams: A Fair Evaluation? The 144-year-old (Royal, 63) Royal Conservatory of Music institution offers a variety of musical programs, but for Paul Shaffer, bandleader on the David Letterman show, “the Royal Conservatory of Music meant mostly one thing- the exam”(Goddard). Many Royal Conservatory students across the country and I, being a former student, share his sentiment. The exam dreaded and feared by all who play the Royal Conservatory of Music …showed first 75 words of 1460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1460 total…North Vancouver. 22 Nov. 2000. Keywords: Royal Conservatory Royal Conservatory of Music. Piano Syllabus. N.P. : Frederick Harris Music, 1994. Royal Conservatory of Music. RCM Examinations. Oorlan, Karigan& Associates. 25 November 2000 http://www.rcmexaminations.org Swick, David. “Royal Conservatory brings music to the nation: More to RCM than Toronto school -- it teaches, tests and sometimes saves a student.” The Halifax Daily News. 27 July 1995: 2. Canadian NewsDisk. Capilano Coll. Lib., North Vancouver. 22 Nov. 2000. Keyword: Royal Conservatory of Music and Piano.