RSL (Rockschool) High Achiever's concert 2024 held in Kohima

Published on Mar 31, 2025

(From left to right) Arup Gohain, Time Bennett and Mele Pucho addressing the media at RCEMPA, Jotsoma on Monday.

KOHIMA — The RSL (Rockschool) High Achiever's concert 2024 for East India was held on Monday at Regional Centre of Excellence for Music and Performing Arts (RCEMPA) in Jotsoma, where various artistes from across the eastern states of India took part in the programme.
Addressing a press conference prior to the concert, Mele Pucho, representative of RSL Nagaland briefed that RSL is an international exam board from United Kingdom (UK) and is operating in over 60 countries, and informed that in Nagaland too more than thousand students appears for the exam every year.

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He stated that the RSL High Achiever's Concert is a prestigious event celebrating outstanding musicians who have excelled in their rockschool examination, and showcasing top talent across various instruments and vocal performance. He said that the concert provides a platform for students to demonstrate their skills and highlights their excellence and dedication fostered through Rockschool's globally recognised educational programmes.
During the concert, 31 students from eastern states of India, who scored the highest mark in the RSL exam, were awarded the high Achiever's award.
Pucho, at the conference encouraged young music students to continue giving the exam citing that music is the way forward.
Tim Bennett, CEO of RSL awards who is from UK said that this is his first visit in Nagaland and expressed that he is overwhelmed by the music quality education in Nagaland while praising the state government for the commitment to take music forward.
Arup Gohain, director of RSL awards India shared that they plan to organise this concert every year from now on.