What's your education background?

[jamesgeorge]

I'm interested to know where some of you are coming from. In what type of system did you spend most of your years?

[Gill the Piano]

Why do you need to know? Personally, up to Masters degree, but I don't believe qualifications mean a lot - I know I'd be a dreadful teacher, for instance.

[joseph]

7 scottish standard grades, 5 highers, BA (hons) from the RSAMD, PG Dip from the RCM, and M.Mus from the RSAMD.

To be honest though..... not the most useful experience in my life (what can you do with a performance degree? not really worth the paper they're printed on).... don't tell anyone I said that though :p

[jamesgeorge]

Why do you need to know?

I'm doing assignment on this topic, So I'm collecting different views from different countries.

[Gill the Piano]

Interesting...have you found enough results yet to spot a pattern emerging?

[jamesgeorge]

No:( , i will post the result here.i have to submit it before 14 November.

[chrisw]

Physicist by training. Went back to piano in middle age but play for "enjoyment" and not to obtain grades. Sometimes think not attempting grades may be a mistake.

[Gill the Piano]

Sometimes think not attempting grades may be a mistake.

Depends on your self discipline - which is why I'm doing grades on classical guitar; makes me practice, for I am at heart a lazy mare.