My guest writer this week is composer Christopher Norton. In this post, he offers practice suggestions for his work ‘Border Tune’, which is the second piece from the volume Country Preludes Collection for piano. This piece is featured in List B of the Trinity College London Grade 7 piano exam 2021 – 2023 syllabus. Background…
Tag: Contemporary Educational Piano Music
Practising Piano Waves
Piano Waves consists of five little pieces for the intermediate pianist; approximately Grade 4 – 6 level ABRSM. They were written in 2016, and have proved popular with all ages, but particularly with teenagers. They were inspired by my time giving recitals on cruise ships. This provided ample opportunity to observe the sea in all…
Around the Globe Piano Music Festival 2016
Colet House is located on the perpetually busy Talgarth road to the west of London, where it’s the home of the Study Society. Behind a perfunctory, inconspicuous door, lies a rather grand entrance hall which deftly transports visitors to a bygone era. I love places like this: the mystery behind the facade, the labyrinth of…