Review: The Key to Scales and Arpeggios
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 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] This isn't the first time I've written about being a private music teacher. I've previously blogged about 10 Things I've Learnt in 18 Years as…
[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…
[This post contains affiliate links] I have to say, I feel a little bit of a fraud reviewing a book about the clarinet. I don't teach clarinet, and indeed my…
[This post contains affiliate links] If you don't know Pam Wedgwood's name, where have you been?! She has been a doyenne of the music world, not just throughout my own…
There are a lot of music theory books on the market. In the past, these have largely been driven by exam syllabuses, but there are nevertheless books which exist in…
[This post contains affiliate links] I get a lot of things sent to me for review. In fact, you may be surprised to hear that I get far more items…
The enthusiasm of the CBSO's Principal Guest Conductor, and Chief Conductor and Artist Advisor-elect, Kazuki Yamada, is infectious, and no more was this evident than in today's programme of which…
I've been entering students for LCM Music Theatre exams for nearly 20 years. Whilst many students still opt for 'traditional' singing exams, music theatre exams suit many, allowing them to…
[This post contains affiliate links] Paul Harris is one of the UK's leading music educators. His name is known worldwide, and his brand new book, Unconditional Teaching, joins over 600…
Birmingham's Good Friday St Matthew Passion has become an iconic fixture of Passiontide, and what a joy it was to be gathered, once again, in Symphony Hall to hear it…