Photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
LEFT: Richard Morris (right) toasts the music teachers with British High Commissioner Jeremy Cresswell.
RIGHT: A demonstrative Maxan Russell (right), president of the Jamaica Music Teachers Association, expresses herself to Major Joe Williams, past president of the association, and secretary Ruth Miller.

Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter

With all these music people, there should be a recital. British High Commissioner Jeremy Cresswell hosted a reception last Thursday for Richard Morris, CEO of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) in London. His visit is part of the centenary celebrations of the ABRSM exams being conducted in Jamaica.

So music teachers, mentors and a few professional instrumentalists turned out for the reception and no doubt, the talk was all about music - the food of love. Morris said that Jamaica was one of a few Caribbean islands he was touring.

He updated the gathering on the ABRSM's latest activities, including new syllabuses. Looking ahead, he pledged there would be more jazz incorporated into the programmes, extended percussion and revamping of the theory aspect. The association is even going online.

The ABRSM offers exams in over 90 countries with 650 candidates participating yearly.

Guests out included: Dr Winsome Clarke, Vivian Crawford, Bob Bark, Lloyd Hall, Michael Sutherland and Douglasse Burrulace.