Review: Rediscovered Gems for Piano Solo (Florence Price)
I write a lot about music aimed at students, at teachers, and the slightly wonkily-defined ‘educational market’, but this book was a beautiful reminder of how much music there is…
Review: The Faber Music Piano Duets Anthology
It's rare, almost unheard of, for me to be sent a book of piano duets to review. Personally, I've always enjoyed playing piano duets, something I did with my own…
Review: My Seaside Notebook (Angeline Bell)
My Seaside Notebook is the fourth in Angeline Bell's piano 'notebook' series published by Editions Musica Ferrum. Hot on the heels of My Lyrical Notebook, My Quirky Notebook, and My…
Review: These Sweet Days (Nancy Litten)
As I played through these pieces, I breathed a happy sigh. We all need a reminder - teachers and students - that sometimes, we can find such enjoyment and pleasure…
Review: Graded Piano Anthologies, Grades 5-8 2025-26
I'm always a little wary of published books whose focus is primarily on repertoire for music exams. Exams don't feature hugely in my teaching, and there are still many teachers…
Review: Piano Dreaming (Pam Wedgwood)
Piano Dreaming is a brand new publication from one of the world's most popular composers for the educational market, Pam Wedgwood. Earlier this year, Pam won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement…
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…
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…
Review: The Piano Player, Classical Chillout
As you may have guessed, new volumes of Faber Music's The Piano Player series are released far quicker than I can keep up in reviewing them. The series is clearly…
Review: 22 Nocturnes for Chopin
Given that if I was really honest, quite a bit of the stuff I’m sent for review is, at worst, pretty awful, mediocre at best, it makes it even more…
Review: Solo, Yiruma 20th Anniversary
If you haven't heard the name Yiruma, then even if it's unknowingly, I'm sure you've heard 'River Flows in You', probably his most iconic piano piece. South Korean-born pianist composer,…
Review: The Joy of Graded Piano, Grades 1-5
If you've had any experience of learning, playing or teaching the piano, you can't failed to have missed the extensive series of books, 'The Joy of...'. Some 50 volumes have…