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…
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Real Ear Training: Roland Perrin
My guest writer today is Roland Perrin. Roland has written a book entitled Real Ear Training, published by Faber Music. In this post, he describes the inspiration behind the book and explains how students will benefit from using it. My name is Roland Perrin. I am a jazz/world music/classical composer, pianist and educator, and you…
Teaching the tricky intermediate stages: Karen Marshall
My guest post this week has been written by piano teacher and author Karen Marshall. Karen feels passionately about keeping students engaged in their piano studies, with emphasis on enjoyment, so they want to continue their piano playing. I asked her what elements she considered most important when teaching at the intermediate level or approximately…
New Pianofforte Magazine & the Jaques Samuel Junior Piano Festival
Faber Music’s annual magazine Pianofforte is now available. It’s a superb periodical, as might be expected from one of the UK’s foremost music publishing houses, which is essentially for piano teachers, featuring many interesting piano related articles. This edition comprises information on all recent Faber Music publications, including new Messiaen works, Piano By Ear by…
Review in Faber Music’s Pianofforte Magazine
I’m very happy to be included in Faber Music’s Pianofforte Magazine. This magazine is designed for piano teachers, students and all those who are interested in music education. This yearly publication offers plenty or information about various books, scores and everything related to piano study. In the magazine, I review Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang’s new series of piano books, Mastering the…
Simultaneous Learning: The Definitive Guide by Paul Harris
Paul Harris is a highly respected and revered music teacher, author and educationalist, who is single-handedly changing the delivery of instrumental and vocal teaching. Paul, who has over 700 publications to his name, is in great demand as an examiner and adjudicator. He also leads workshops and seminars all around the world. As a pianist and teacher, I have admired and…
Faber Music launches the Lang Lang Piano Academy
Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang has already become a legend in the world of Classical music. He has many fans in the West, but he’s also developed a colossal following in the Far East, which has directly increased the Chinese appetite for Western classical music and more specifically, the demand for piano lessons. More than…