Today’s guest writer is pianist, teacher and composer Alison Mathews. Over the past year, Alison has compiled and edited a very special publication called ‘Seeds of Hope’: a collection of elementary level piano pieces featuring Middle Eastern themes with a focus on nature, growth and hope. Each work in this volume has been written by…
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Chord Playing and Improvising 2: Christopher Norton
Today’s post is the second in a series of five by renowned composer Christopher Norton. In each post, he is offering a free copy of one of his piano pieces, each one hailing from his popular series, Connections. ‘Open Window’ can be found in Book 4 and, in this article, Chris imparts a few valuable…
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…