A selection of video excerpts from our recent new additions to the Online Academy featuring Mozart’s variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, maman”, Schumann’s Einsame Blumen, an Impromptu by Schubert and the slow movement from Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata!
For Beethoven, the key of C minor was especially associated with tragedy, drama and intensity; he wrote three piano sonatas in this key (op. 10 no. 1, op. 13, and…
Have you ever stressed about what to do during a long rest that appears in a piece you are playing? In my experience of listening to pianists, rests often get…
When it comes to fingerings, it helps to understand the principles behind certain fingering patterns we find in our scores, rather than just merely playing what we see. In this…
At the core of my practice tools are what I call The Three S's - or Slowly, Separately, Sections. They refer to nitty-gritty practising, the sort of thing we do not…
A respected colleague teaching at the College level used to challenge his new students in their first lesson with him by getting them to play almost impossibly slowly with the…
We all know that "practice makes permanent" and that if we try to learn a piece by constant repetition via repeated complete up-to-speed readings, we are going to regret it…
