Hello and welcome…
Whether you have journeyed here in search of a teacher, mentor, piano accompanist, composer, arranger, writer, or researcher, it’s a joy to welcome you to the David Barton Music website.
My mission is to create and facilitate an environment where you have the opportunity to grow, and to experience all that music offers, no matter where you are on that journey, and no matter how you engage with music.
Catalogue of Compositions & Arrangements
A large catalogue of works is available representing over 100 of my published pieces. Works are available for voice, choir, organ, piano, woodwind and chamber ensemble. Full details, including sheet music and audio samples are available where possible.
Flute, Piano & Singing Lessons
Here in Lichfield, Staffordshire, I offer a range of simple and flexible options to help students learn, all of which centre around creativity and imagination. Lessons can provide a gateway to a whole range of musical experiences, hours of enjoyment, and a lifetime’s fulfilment.
More of my services
Piano Accompanist
Composer & Arranger
Freelance Writer & Researcher
Latest Blog Posts & Reviews
Finding the music in the words: song settings of poems by L. M. Montgomery
The Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery is best known for her novels, particularly Anne of Green Gables. Anyone who has read her fiction will have come across her beautiful descriptions of rosy sunsets and shining waters; it will…
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Review: Piano Grades are Go! Grades 4-5 (Victoria Proudler)
I have been eagerly waiting for the next volume in Victoria Proudler’s Piano Grades are Go! series to appear, and if you have too, you won’t be disappointed. The two existing books, both of which I reviewed…
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Review: How to Sight-Read (Paul Harris)
I love to sight-read! …and yes, I can feel you groan as you read that! No one ever really taught me to sight-read, I just seemed to pick up the necessary skills, and my goodness, it’s probably…
Review: ABRSM Piano Syllabus 2025-26
The new ABRSM Piano Syllabus seems to come round alarmingly quickly. It often feels as that no sooner have I reviewed one, the next one drops through the letterbox. The launch of the latest syllabus seems to…
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