Some jigsaws are too easy, and some just too big and time-consuming. This is what it’s like when you are learning a piano piece.
Being a good pianist does not mean that you have general music skills that last for life. Do you identify more with Student A or Student B?
My most favourite, comfortable, ‘happy place’ and most exciting thing in the whole world to do, is to make a singalong happen.
Like all experienced teachers, my skills have evolved over the years. But my ability to teach composition has more than evolved… it has transformed every other part of my skill set! So, how did this happen? Read on to learn more.
Off we will go on our Spanish Soundscape adventure — it’s about featuring pieces that explore sounds that are quintessentially Spanish, and discovering the music theory behind what makes them sound this way
There are MANY things we teach by rote when we give a piano lesson: technique, expression, posture. Does Rote Teaching Work? Read on and find out.
Like many teachers around the world I have run the 40 piece challenge. This year I came up with a bit of a twist. Read more about it here.
Find out how this piano teacher found new ways to getting her students spot the difference with their ears instead of their eyes.
See why mental preparation is just as important as physical practice, and how training won’t get you all the way without focus and determination.
Learn how this new-found excitement caused me to say yes to a recital, and the given music was Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata in A major.