Chopin’s Sostenuto in E flat
A banker by profession, Émile Gaillard was a friend of Chopin, and in his youth apparently the master's best student. It is thanks to this association that we have two…
On Studies and Exercises
I follow a middle path when it comes to the studies and exercises I suggest or assign to students, preferring to work on technique from the music itself rather than…
Which Hand?
It is an integral part of my own work to practise each hand alone on occasion. I have a little twist on this though, because I will expect my left…
Online Academy – What’s Coming?
It’s been almost a year since the launch of the Online Academy in September 2016 and the site has grown to almost 200 articles and over 700 music excerpts, 150…