Lindsey Berwin and Alison Mathews are two composers who have recently established a new online piano competition festival. It’s a pleasure to highlight such an exciting venture, and I’m delighted to be one of the featured composers. Compose Yourself! is a new and exciting online Piano Composition Festival, created by Alison and myself to reflect…
Tag: EPTA UK
Developing the Fourth and Fifth Finger
My most recent piano technique feature article for Piano Professional, which is the European Piano Teachers Association’s primary UK publication, focuses on a host of different ways to help students become aware, and start using (albeit carefully), their fourth and fifth fingers. I hope it’s of interest. In my last article, I discussed the importance…
Painless Piano Playing Part 2
This blog post has been recently published in EPTA’s Piano Professional. EPTA is the European Piano Teachers Association. I currently write a feature technique article for this flagship UK publication. It’s the second article focusing on developing a pain free, relaxed piano technique. You can read Painless Piano Playing Part 1, here. In my previous…
Fingering: Part 1
Today’s weekend post focuses on fingering. I often write about this topic because I feel it’s particularly important for students of all levels. This article is the first in a two-part series. It was written for the September 2018 edition of Piano Professional. The magazine is published by EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) for whom…
The Sustaining Pedal
I regularly write feature articles for Piano Professional Magazine published by EPTA (or the European Piano Teachers Association). The most recent comes from the Spring 2018 Issue. This is Issue 47, pages 20 – 21. It sheds some light on the sustaining pedal and I hope you find it of interest. The sustaining or damper…
Hand Flexibility: Piano Professional Article
I’ve written about hand flexibility before here on my blog. It’s an important topic for piano students and teachers. So, I thought I’d publish a more in-depth post on this subject. The following article was first published in the most recent edition of Piano Professional, which is the UK piano teachers magazine published by EPTA…