21st July -
25th July, 2025
Welcome to Stamford, UK!
Ages 10-17
Open to UK & International Students.
For ABRSM Exam Students Grades 3, 4 & 5.
Course Tuition/Fees: £1200 (All Included)
Course Overview
Save money on 1-2-1 lessons!
The GRMT Residential Crash Course (ABRSM) is a 5-day/4-night Music Theory Crash Course geared towards those students taking their ABRSM Grades 3, 4 or 5 exams.
We are excited to be returning in 2025, once again in the historic town of Stamford, Lincolnshire.
The course curriculum includes the entire syllabus covered in just 5 days, with plenty of time for students to do past papers and a mock exam.
The course is also an opportunity for students to create new friendships and take part in fun activities, including a trip to the famous Burghley House – England’s oldest Elizabethan estate.
For UK based students, our course can be used towards Duke of Edinburgh Awards (DofE), and also for Arts Awards.
International travellers are given the opportunity to truly experience British culture and history at its finest. The course is also a fantastic opportunity for these students to enhance their resumes, experience boarding school and ‘dorm life’, and strengthen their college/university applications.
Students reside and have meals in Garden House, right in the heart of Stamford! Garden House is a wonderful establishment that has hosted multiple courses like ours. For a further look at accommodation, please be sure to check out their website: https://stamford.holiday/garden-house/
Amelia C. - Age 11
Please note that this is an account of one of the days during our 2023 course. Courses are subject to change annually (including location and activities) but will not affect the enjoyment of the course.
August 3, 2023
Day 4
8:47pm
Today was the best day of the course so far! When we woke up this morning, we reviewed what we did for homework last night, and then learnt about intervals and chords. We then went to Grimsthorpe Castle! On the way there, we played a music theory vocab game to help us with the Terms and Signs section of the exam. A highlight at the Castle was seeing the artefacts that told us how people worshiped their leaders. My favorite part though was getting to bond with new and old friends from last year’s course! After we finished the guided tour around the castle – we got ice cream! I got the lemonade flavor and it was so good, especially because it was hot today. We had lunch, then went to the park with our books to play and then study. After we had more classes and got more studying done for tomorrow’s mock exam, Vivian and Will announced the annual treasure hunt! We were split into teams to solve theory problems to get the next clue. We were all running around like crazy! We had dinner and got started on homework and past paper questions from the topics of the day. We all came back to our rooms and started getting ready for bed. I hung out with the other girls and chatted for a while. Now, I have showered and will go over my study notes from today until lights out time!
Good night!
GALLERY
Student/Parent Feedback
“My son enjoyed the whole week; meeting new friends, gaining knowledge and confidence. The after support my son received was excellent, with lots of practice papers to complete. Read more >>
Lisa
Parent“I can’t wait to get started on grade 5… you have now made me believe that I really can do it. Thank you so so much. See you next year. What a great end to the summer.”
Carys
Student" GRMT has a remarkable way of teaching and exciting young children in music and music theory. Both my children went over to the United Kingdom for this summer camp, Read more >>
Chee wei
Parent" What I had hoped Phoebe would gain from this course (apart from Grade 5), was confidence in herself as a musician, after such a long time of zoom lessons in isolation. Read more >>