Review: Jazz Piano for Kids
I don't know about any other teachers, but I have a shelf dedicated to jazz piano books. Like many of us I'm sure, I enjoy playing jazz, but I definitely…
I don't know about any other teachers, but I have a shelf dedicated to jazz piano books. Like many of us I'm sure, I enjoy playing jazz, but I definitely…
Darren Day has, over 25 years, developed a versatile career as a teacher, performer and composer. He is also an examiner for Trinity College, London. He publishes a number of…
A year ago, only LCM offered any kind of online music exams, and that was their Performance Awards. These consisted of a video submission of the candidate's performance which was…
As some of you will have seen, I have previously reviewed a number of ABRSM's Piano Star series, including Piano Star Theory. The latest addition to the series is a…
Best known for the Rockschool assessments, and now in its 30th year, RSL have recently introduced a brand new Classical Piano Syllabus which I feel pretty sure is going to…
It's always good at the end of another calendar year (and what a whirlwind year it's been) to look back see which blog posts were the most popular. These so…
It'll come as no surprise to you that I have two shelves of Christmas carol books and another whole shelf dedicated to Christmas books for piano. Then there's all the…
It's been about eight months since the majority of us began teaching online lessons. Whilst some experienced a brief return to face-to-face teaching, the majority are now back online. It's…
I should preface this post by saying this is not a review of the online theory exam or the changes to the ABRSM Theory Syllabus that were necessary in order…
It would be easy to say that Zoom88 is a book about using Thought Field Therapy (TFT) as a means to improve musicians' performance anxiety; however, it's about so much…
From Music Wings Publishing comes a brand new book for young pianists, Piano Wizardry by Jason Hawkins. Jason Hawkins is an award-winning musician, writer and educator based in Yorkshire. Having…
Do you remember train travel and hanging around in railway stations? Back in 2018, Ruth and Nic Carlyle were eating cheese scones at Birmingham New Street railway station when they…