Highlights & Most Popular Content of 2024
We’re currently taking a break, but here are some highlights and links to our most popular content and events from the last year.
Festive Greetings & a Happy New Year
Wishing all of our readers a happy, peaceful holiday season and all the best for 2025!
Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata
Delve into Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata with our new video lessons and performance by acclaimed Beethoven interpreter Julian Jacobson!
Learning Pieces, Beethoven & Bach
Our last Practice Clinic recording for the year features answers to questions on ornaments, a tricky passage and avoiding over analysis in the early stages of learning works by Bach & Beethoven!
Happy Birthday Herr Beethoven!
Although there's no authentic record of Beethoven's day of birth, the registry of his baptism on 17th December 1770 has survived. Since it was custom to baptise within 24 hours…
Inspiration from the New ABRSM Syllabus
Are you a teacher preparing candidates for an exam? Or are you looking for some inspiration for new repertoire and ideas to energise your playing? Join us on Fri 29th November…
Pieces to Play – Chopin, Schubert & Rachmaninoff!
The next instalment in our Pieces to Play series features features some of the most popular pieces from the classical piano repertoire by Beethoven, Debussy, Satie & Chopin!
The Online Academy Turns Eight!
October is a special month for us as it’s the Online Academy’s birthday! This year, the Online Academy will be turning seven.
Ravel, Granados, Thumbs & Theory
Our last Practice Clinic before the summer break features answers to questions on a mazurka and nocturne by Chopin, ornaments in a Handel suite and mastering the jumps in Siloti’s beautiful arrangement of Glück’s Melody from Orfeo!