How to Practise Music by Andrew Eales is one of the best books related to instrumental teaching and learning I've read for years. It's essential reading for music teachers, students…

[This post contains affiliate links] I know I evangelise about Editions Musica Ferrum publications, but they really are some of the most beautiful and adventurous books for piano on the…

The journey Birmingham Festival Choral Society (BFCS) have taken to reach this point hasn't been an easy one. It was only recently they discovered that the Lichfield Cathedral Chorus were…

[This post contains affiliate links] As many of you know, I'm a big fan of Editions Musica Ferrum publications, not least having recently reviewed James Welburn's Adventures and Accolades. Italian…

If I could only use one word to described the singing of the Birmingham Bach Choir, it would be effortless. That's not to devalue the huge amount of work it…

I own many, many books seeking to dispel the mystery of learning scales and arpeggios for the piano. There are scale books, scale manuals, books to improve your scales and…

I'll admit, I went for the Shostakovich. I went for the Britten too. I didn't go expecting to like the Thorvaldsdottir, a CBSO Centenary Commission (in conjunction with the Berlin…

[This post contains affiliate links] ABRSM have not had the best of press recently. I was one of many who experienced problems making my exam entries online this session, and…