Decaffeinated Practice
This is the first post of a short series on tension. Today I will be talking about how to play with full communication without allowing musical and expressive tension to…
Piano Teaching for the 21st Century Short Course
In conjunction with EPTA, Lucinda Mackworth-Young and myself are presenting a short course at the Leeds College of Music at the end of March. There are still a few place…
Visualisation for Performance Anxiety
How often have we heard it said after a performance that didn’t quite hit the mark: “But I can play it perfectly well at home”? When we play for ourselves…
Special Offer – eBooks on Kindle and iBooks Stores
We’re offering over 60% off the first volume of each part within the series on the Apple iBookstore and Amazon Kindle until 14/02. Click here to visit our catalogue and…
Memory Tips: Transposition
When I was a student at the Royal College of Music, part of my course was a weekly class called "Keyboard Harmony" that dealt with such musicianly skills as harmonisation…