The health and safety of all Trinity candidates, examiners and staff is our absolute priority. Therefore, due to the increasing spread of COVID-19, we have taken the decision to suspend all exams and awards with immediate effect.

Trinity is committed to supporting the hard work of candidates and teachers around the world. We know the amount of time and effort involved in preparing for our assessments, and how disappointing it will be to have to postpone exams.

We are therefore working on a number of exciting new initiatives that will enable candidates for certain examinations to submit work digitally during this difficult period.

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"It definitely feels deeply odd to be thinking about an album rollout at this time," reflects pianist Aaron Parks. "But on the other hand, as a listener and as somebody who's affected by this as well, I know how much I'm needing to get my mind off of this."

Parks, a leading jazz pianist, is speaking by phone from his mother's house in Putnam County, N.Y., where he and his wife have relocated for the time being. He's referring, of course, to the widespread anxiety and disruption caused by the coronavirus — a story that has unfolded just as he prepares to release a new album, Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man. The cognitive dissonance of a promotional cycle in the face of a global pandemic isn't lost on him.

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With most Hongkongers staying home to help stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Ming’s Piano lost 70 per cent of its normal operating profit during its worst month in February since the outbreak started in the city.

But the music instruction centre recently managed to get some students in front of carefully sterilised keyboards in mobile classrooms made by loading pianos onto special trucks.The centre’s first “piano truck” hit the road on February 20, 2020, and since then two others have been rolled out to reach students across Hong Kong.

The company is now looking ahead to a post-pandemic future, and planning to keep the trucks moving for the convenience of their students.

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Pianist plays concert for her neighborhood in an effort to lift morale during coronavirus outbreak. California neighbors gather at a distance on balconies and in driveways to listen and sing along.

Date of Performance: Mar 17, 2020

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