Musical Sorcery
Adina Mornell explores how to conjure up a positive and productive approach to practice and performance by leaving negative focus behind
Bach Isn’t Boring!
This week’s blog post features an interview with pianist & teacher Beate Toyka discussing her approach to practising and learning pieces, with specific reference to her “Step into the 48” project on the Online Academy!
Of Planes and Pianos
This week’s blog post features an interview with Dr. Adina Mornell. Adina answers questions on her background and work in the fields of piano pedagogy and performance psychology.
Practice Tools for New Pieces
Graham Fitch shares some tips and practice tools that can be used to build firm foundations when learning a new piece or for tackling problematic passages in pieces you can already play.
Engaging Your Mind Learning a New Piece
Graham Fitch shows how to use a tool he calls Personalised Pattern Recognition when learning a new piece.
Free Online Event on Piano Day
To celebrate Piano Day 2022, we’re running a free, revised version of one of our most popular online workshops, Fundamentals of Piano Practice.
Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg & Debussy
This week’s blog post features our most recent Practice Clinic in which Graham Fitch responds to questions submitted by Online academy subscribers. In this recording, Graham discusses topics such as legato playing, fingering, building speed and quarantining in works by Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg and Debussy.
Tips & Tools for Learning New Pieces
When learning a new piece from scratch, there are a number of tools we can use to get the maximum benefit from our practice time and to lay the foundations for a secure and successful performance.
Your Practising Questions Answered!
Do you have a question about practising? Or are you struggling with a particular part of a piece and are not sure how to go about practising it? In our…
New Practice Tools Workshop!
Due to the popularity of our online workshop on the Practice Tools, we are pleased to announce a new follow-on workshop. This second workshop builds on the concepts introduced in…