When New York's famed Carnegie Hall decided the United States' patchwork of state music programs should have a national system to unite them, its leaders gave little thought to starting from scratch.

distributed for local students who have participated in the Winter, Spring, and Summer examination sessions 2000. Over 90 island students took part this year in the theoretical and practical exams.

Local piano teacher Mary Ann Hrassnig’s students did well in their winter session Royal Conservatory of Music exams. Teresa Chalmers scored a 77 per cent in Grade 4 piano and 96 per cent in ...