Can Sight-Reading be Taught?
The Online Academy's collaboration with the Read Ahead team is a very happy one for me, since I can heartily endorse the innovative programme they have created to help pianists…
Observing the Score
I remember playing those spot the difference puzzles when I was a kid – where you have to find a number of differences between two images that at first glance…
Senza Pedale
I wonder how many of you have embarked on Dry January, perhaps as a New Year's resolution? The idea is that by abstaining from alcohol for a month you reset…
Q&A: Pedal in Brahms Intermezzo in A minor, op 76 no 7
Continuing with my occasional Q&A series, a reader wrote in with the following query about Brahms' Intermezzo in A minor, op 76 no 7, currently on the ABRSM Grade 8…
Happy New Year – and Plans for 2018
Many thanks to those who entered the Christmas competition. Two lucky winners who correctly identified each extract will each receive a signed hardback copy of Neil Rutman's Stories, Images, and…