Snapchats Duets & Trios is a series of four books for those students who enjoy ensemble playing, that is, playing with either one or two other pianists; piano duets are for four hands whereas trios are for six. Written with enjoyment and fun in mind, Snapchats is a progressive or graded series. The beginners book,…
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Rehearsing Piano Duets and Trios: 5 Tips
My most recent bi-monthly article for Pianist Magazine’s newsletter focuses on ensemble playing. It’s an element enjoyed by almost all pianists and if you’ve yet to experience the fun of playing duets with others, you might like to consider teaming up with a fellow pianist to run through some repertoire. Here are a few rehearsal…
Seasons Greetings 2023
Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy, peaceful, and splendid Holiday Season The winter holiday season is upon us once again, and I hope it provides us all with the opportunity to relax, rest, and reflect. This is my final post of the year, and I’d like to thank everyone who takes the…
Snapchats Duets & Trios: Beginners & Book 1, 2 & 3
Snapchats Duets & Trios is published by 80 Days Publishing, a relatively new publishing house owned and founded by composer Christopher Norton and Andrew Jones. The latest addition to the Snapchats family is the new beginners book: Snapchats Duets and Trios for Beginners (see image above). This volume contains 25 duets and trios: 20 duets…
A String of Pearls
It’s always a happy experience when one’s work is published, irrespective of the publication or publisher. But this new volume (pictured above) is a really exciting one for me. In 2017, pianists and teachers Alla Levit and Antonina Lax invited me to write a piano duet for one of their forthcoming UK tours. Alla, who…
The Joy of Duets: Eleonor Bindman
Pianist, arranger and writer Eleonor Bindman (pictured to the left) is my guest writer this week. Eleonor has, amongst many other projects, composed a new arrangement of the six Brandenburg Concertos for piano-four-hands. Eleonor’s Brandenburg Duets were completed and recorded in 2017, released by Naxos Records on their Grand Piano label in March 2018, published…