Our Exams

ABRSM is the UK’s largest and the world’s leading authority in music assessment since 1889. For more than 125 years, the board has set a worldwide gold standard, delivering music exams in over 90 countries, with over 600,000 candidates taking them every year.

An ABRSM grade has worldwide value. Carefully structured syllabuses give developing musicians motivational goals, high-quality repertoire, and all-round musicianship.

Brooklyn Melodies Music Center is an approved ABRSM exam centre and, since 2007, has been a leading institute with the largest number of students entered each exam session in the UAE.

RSL Rockschool has been the world’s leading graded exam syllabus for popular music since 1991. It delivers carefully developed syllabuses tailored to the modern music industry — creating benchmarks, not boundaries.

Rockschool exams cover Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano & Keyboards, Ukulele, Vocals, Music Theory and Music Production — from Premiere/Debut through eight grades and on to higher education pathways.

Brooklyn Melodies Music Center is the exclusive representative of RSL Rockschool in the UAE and an approved exam centre since 2011, with the largest number of students entered each session.

NATD is a respected UK examining body for dance, supporting teachers and students with structured syllabi and internationally recognised assessments.

At Brooklyn Melodies, ballet and dance students can prepare for NATD examinations alongside regular class training — building technique, artistry, and measurable progress.

Combined with our ABRSM and RSL music pathways, NATD completes Brooklyn Melodies’ exclusivity offering across music and dance education in Dubai.