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The 2026 ANZCA Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 1st of May, commencing at 10:30 am. Venue:  ANZCA Office, 3/33 Heatherdale Road, Ringwood Vic. This meeting is open to the public; all teachers, students, parents and other interested parties are welcome. Please contact the office to confirm your attendance (admin@anzca.com.au or 03 9434 […]

The 2025 ANZCA Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 2nd of May, commencing at 10:30 am. Venue:  ANZCA Office, 3/33 Heatherdale Road, Ringwood Vic. This meeting is open to the public; all teachers, students, parents and other interested parties are welcome. Please contact the office to confirm your attendance (admin@anzca.com.au or 03 9434

The 2025 ANZCA Examination Handbook and Information is now available for download in PDF for Australia and New Zealand. Click on these links, or go to the Exam Entry page for each country (see menu above). The Handbook contains closing dates, exam fees, regulations and other important information for exams in 2025.

Popular composer, performer and educator Dr Robert Keane passed away on Tuesday, 19th of November. The composer of countless works for a wide range of instruments and ensembles, Robert will probably best be known to ANZCA teachers and students for his very popular piano pieces, published in albums including his Alphabet series, and of course

Backing and demonstration tracks for all Singing Technical Work items are now available to stream or download from this site. Just click on the Support tab above, then go down the list to >Audio Tracks >Singing Backing Tracks and choose any level from the grade list. Each track can be streamed individually, or downloaded to

We’re proud to announce the release of our new Violin Technical Work book. Compiled by May Gavin and based on Edward Pople’s Essential Technique for Violin, this book includes all the scales, arpeggios and exercises required for ANZCA Violin exams, presented grade-by-grade from Preparatory to Grade Eight. Violin Technical Work is available now from our online

Requirements for Singing technical work have been updated, and are now available in the Second Edition of the Singing Technical Work book. The changes consist of: More flexibility in choice of keys and vowels Some tempos reduced Fewer exercises in some grades There are no new exercises or other material in the Second Edition. Already

The closing date for Series 3 exam entries has been extended to Monday, 5th of August. The online entry portal will remain open until close of business on this date.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of David Urquhart-Jones, renowned composer, educator and performer. David had a long association with ANZCA, being a former Board Director and Examiner, and of course having many of his works included in our syllabuses and pianoforte grade books. David was a multi-instrumentalist (including piano, bass, bagpipes