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.
Focus does not mean staring hard at something, and it only becomes more difficult when we try to force it. Natural focus occurs when the mind is interested in what we are doing. Here are a few ways to help keep our mind focused when we perform
Exam results. Encouraging? Soul-crushing? Well deserved? A definite fluke? It’s the combination of those that are either brilliant or lethal for us and our sanity.
This is a guest blog written by my friend and colleague Anne Jakes. Anne has been teaching for several decades and took the time to write to me in detail about her experience of various grades in the recent AMEB Theory exams.