NEWS & EVENTS
This page includes both forthcoming and past events, as well as recent interviews. It also provides information about publications, compositions, and workshops. You will find details on adjudicating, presentations, reviews, as well as holiday and celebratory posts.
Seasons Greetings 2022
Wishing you a very Happy Festive Holiday and a Peaceful New Year 2022 has certainly had its high points and low points for us all, and with many world issues on our minds, it’s probably with a heavy heart that we usher in 2023. However, I want to thank you for your continued generosity and…
Most Popular Posts of the Year
As 2022 comes to a close it’s only natural to reflect on the past twelve months. When I started this blog nearly eleven years ago, I never thought that it would still be popular today. Over the years, it has been a useful way to observe and log my ever-changing piano practice. It also shares…
Music Teacher Associations & Webinar Events
Piano teachers tend to sit in a room all day. As one student leaves another appears and this repetitive cycle can go on for hour after hour. Some are happy with this status quo. Others admit to feeling isolated and ‘lonely’ during the working week. Many teachers work all day on a Saturday, too, leading…
New Piano Repertoire for the New Academic Year
It’s a new academic year and this means new piano repertoire. Today’s post focuses on educational piano repertoire which you may be interested in acquiring either for yourself or for your students. Earlier this month a new volume of Christmas music was released by US company Willis Music. I started working with Willis last year….
Queen Elizabeth II and the Ghosts of Windsor Castle
I’m not often compelled to write about the royal family. After all, this website is a piano and music education blog. However, the past week has been rather surreal for those of us here in the UK. It’s as though time has stood still. We knew that the late Queen’s time was limited and her…
Women Composers – A Graded Anthology For Piano: An Interview
A few months ago, I gave an interview for pianist and writer Rhonda Rizzo. This post was published on her blog No Dead Guys. Rhonda writes and publishes a wide variety of articles relating to piano playing and she also features many guest posts. This written interview focused on my new anthology, Women Composers –…
70 Years and the Queen’s Pianos
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II a very Happy Platinum Jubilee. Whether or not you follow the Royal Family, the Queen’s achievement is nothing short of extraordinary. I have enjoyed observing many of this weekend’s events, and, as I live in Windsor, have been able to feel a…
Forget-Me-Not: A Birthday Gift
Today is my birthday, and, as has been the custom over the past couple of years, I’m offering a free elementary piece for you to download and enjoy. ‘Forget-Me-Not’ was written a few years ago, and then re-written in 2021. It’s often the case that I ‘revisit’ pieces at a later date and alter them…
First Repertoire For Little Pianists Webinar
I will be presenting a webinar for the Willis Music Company later this week. This webinar may interest those with young students. It may also appeal to those who have just started learning to play the piano. The presentation will focus on my new two-book series. It is titled First Repertoire For Little Pianists. This…
World Piano Day 2022
Happy World Piano Day! As we celebrate this wonderful instrument, I’m sure you’ll be aware of the copious online events and articles commemorating the 2022 Piano Day. As part of the celebrations, I participated in an interview for the renowned Twinkl education site. This site specialises in offering online educational resources for school children, teachers,…
First Repertoire For Little Pianists
I first started teaching the piano at the age of fifteen – far too young, many would say, and they’d be right! Encouraged by my teacher, who ran a piano school, I often taught the school’s younger students. I was always interested to discover various beginners’ methods. My first teacher used her own method. Once…
Women Composers – A Graded Anthology For Piano
I’m delighted to introduce my three-book piano series: Women Composers – A Graded Anthology For Piano (Schott Music). This series was published in February/March 2022 and was one of my lockdown projects. Schott and I worked on these publications over a significant period and I’m happy to say that this series won a Presto Music…