Piano Grading Test in Eastern China—A Case Study on Nantong
Yun Guo · US-China Education Review A · 2017
The universal education and basic education of piano in China have entered an era of rapid development.Parents are willing to invest in their children's art education if only they can afford it, which has become a trend throughout the nation.Nantong is a city in Jiangsu Province located in eastern China.As a member of Yangtze River economic belt, its uplifting economy and massive urbanization have improved the cultural taste of the whole city.Therefore, piano education has already blended into the spiritual life of citizens.Countless training institutions have been established to meet the market demand.Meanwhile, all sorts of art grading tests turned up, contending for students.This paper focuses on the piano grading tests in this area, digs into their specific features, and tries to analyze their status quo and future development.From that single point, a wider horizon of art grading tests can be speculated, which hopefully will attract the attention of other researchers.