At the Noodle Bar: Practice Tips for a Chord Stream
I have just featured the hauntingly beautiful B minor Intermezzo of Brahms (from the op 119 set) in a series of video demonstrations for Trinity College London on their new…
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
I am very happy to announce a new publication for the Online Academy - a study edition of Debussy's Prelude La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen…
My Upcoming Piano Courses
I am pleased to be able to give you a rundown of the piano courses I shall be tutoring on during 2018, and there are quite a few. Hoping to…
Be Your Own Teacher
If you are a piano student taking regular lessons do you expect your teacher to do all the work, or do you take some initiative to solve problems yourself and…
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…