Recent Blog Posts
The Opus One 2026 Summer Music Festival Showcase & Concert
By Melanie Spanswick
/ June 21, 2026
The Opus One Summer Music Festival is establishing itself as an international platform for young musicians. The programme, running in...
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Adjudicating Observations
By Melanie Spanswick
/ June 14, 2026
Over the past few weeks, I've adjudicated at two competitions and one competitive festival. It's a favourite part of my...
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‘Author Focus’ at Presto Music: Part 2 – The Young Beginner
By Melanie Spanswick
/ June 7, 2026
I'm currently music store Presto Music's 'Author Focus' of the year, which means that Presto will be publishing a video...
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Seeds of Hope: From Inception to Publication and Beyond by Alison Mathews
By Melanie Spanswick
/ May 24, 2026
Today's guest writer is pianist, teacher and composer Alison Mathews. Over the past year, Alison has compiled and edited a...
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Classic Piano Repertoire: Advanced Level
By Melanie Spanswick
/ May 17, 2026
My latest 'Tips' article for Pianist magazine's website was published just a couple of weeks ago and focuses on repertoire...
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‘Author Focus’ at Presto Music: Part 1 – Introduction
By Melanie Spanswick
/ May 6, 2026
I'm pleased to be the featured author and composer this year at Presto Music. For this series, entitled 'Author Focus',...
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Student influences: Salvador Dalí and his extraordinary Museum
By Melanie Spanswick
/ April 26, 2026
I recently held a piano performance class for some of my students. We do this several times a year if...
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A Master Class with Cyprien Katsaris
By Melanie Spanswick
/ April 19, 2026
I came across this interesting master class given recently by French-Cypriot pianist Cyprien Katsaris held in Hong Kong at the...
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Piano-Playing Wisdom: Rami Bar-Niv
By Melanie Spanswick
/ April 12, 2026
Today's guest post has been written by Israeli pianist, teacher and writer Rami Bar-Niv, who is no stranger to my...
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Remain Composed Podcast
By Melanie Spanswick
/ March 29, 2026
Happy World Piano Day! Today is World Piano Day, which is now an annual worldwide event. It takes place on...
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