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Start Your Next Piece the Right Way

Start Your Next Piece the Right Way

By Informance, 2026-07-16
Posted in: Learning Pieces, News

Discover a clear five-stage process for starting a new piano piece with greater structure, direction and musical understanding from the outset.

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Tags: course
Start Your Next Piece the Right Way
Piano Day Practice Clinic

Piano Day Practice Clinic

By Informance, 2026-07-09
Posted in: Events, Practising

Watch our latest Practice Clinic with Graham Fitch, featuring audience questions on building speed, ornaments, challenging repertoire and rubato, recorded during the audience Q&A at our recent day of presentations, demonstrations and live coaching.

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Tags: building speedChopindouble notesornamentspractice clinicrachmaninoff preluderhythmrubato
Piano Day Practice Clinic
From Bach to Rach

From Bach to Rach

By Informance, 2026-06-30
Posted in: Events, Inspiration

From Bach and Haydn to Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff, discover some of the repertoire likely to feature in Graham Fitch’s upcoming performance workshop!

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Tags: online eventsperformance
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From Bach to Rach
The Secret of Beautiful Phrasing

The Secret of Beautiful Phrasing

By Informance, 2026-06-25
Posted in: General tips, Performing

What makes one pianist sound expressive while another, playing exactly the same notes, sounds mechanical? More often than not, the answer lies in phrasing. In this article, Graham Fitch explores how breathing, direction, accompaniment and musical imagination combine to transform notes on the page into compelling musical communication.

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Tags: interpretationpedallingphrasingsinging tone
The Secret of Beautiful Phrasing
Why Perform as an Amateur?

Why Perform as an Amateur?

By Informance, 2026-06-18
Posted in: Performing

In this blog post we offer encouragement and suggestions for how to approach performing and to enjoy your playing to the full as an amateur pianist.

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Tags: concert preparationPerformance Practicepiano groups
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Why Perform as an Amateur?
Stop Rehearsing & Start Performing

Stop Rehearsing & Start Performing

By Informance, 2026-06-11
Posted in: Performing

Discover why performance can feel so different from practice and how to prepare more effectively in our new course: Lights–Camera–Action.

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Tags: Adina Mornellcoursepsychology
Stop Rehearsing & Start Performing
Who Is Judging Whom on Stage?

Who Is Judging Whom on Stage?

By Informance, 2026-06-04
Posted in: Performing

Takeaways From a Four-Question Survey Yesterday’s player pianos were able to execute note-perfect performances. Yet, they lacked the engineering needed for expressive nuance. Fast forward to today’s machines. Robot fingers…

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Tags: performingpractisingpsychology
Who Is Judging Whom on Stage?
Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Memorisation

Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Memorisation

By Informance, 2026-05-26
Posted in: Practising

Graham Fitch answers questions from participants in his course on analysis, pattern recognition and applying various memorisation tools to pieces.

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Tags: deep learningetudesfloating fermataHaydnlearning piecesmemorisationornamentspractice clinicSchubertSchumannvilla-lobos
Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Memorisation
The Practice Sleuths Episode #6

The Practice Sleuths Episode #6

By Informance, 2026-05-21
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Practising

Learn how to break out of autopilot and make your piano practice more creative, engaging and effective with our Practice Sleuths, Graham Fitch and Adina Mornell.

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Tags: ChopinDebussyinterpretationpractice sleuthspractice toolsSchubert
The Practice Sleuths Episode #6
Do you think of yourself as a performer?

Do you think of yourself as a performer?

By Informance, 2026-05-14
Posted in: Performing

Do you think of yourself as a performer? Take our short anonymous survey and help shape our upcoming course!

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Tags: amateur
Do you think of yourself as a performer?

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