Rest and the Music Teacher
I don't know about you, but as a teacher, I spend a lot of time talking about rests. I think they're underrated. It's often much harder to 'play' rests than…
Review: From My Book of Melodies (Alma Deutscher)
At the age of just 16, Alma Deutscher already has her own Wikipedia page, having composed her first piano sonata at the age of five, and a short opera at…
Introducing Compose Yourself!
I have been very lucky throughout my life, that I have always had teachers, both instrumental and school teachers, who encouraged me to both improvise and compose. I started making…
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…
Review: Connections (Piano Solos by Darren Day)
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…
Online Music Exams: Our Experiences So Far
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…
Review: Piano Star Skills Builder
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…
Review: RSL Classical Piano Syllabus 2020
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…
My Top 10 Blog Posts in 2020
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…
My Top 10 Christmas Books for Piano
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…
4 Things I’ve Learnt Teaching Online
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…
Review: ABRSM Discovering Music Theory
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…
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