Friday 26 October 2012

Christmas Concert.

This year's Christmas Piano Concert will be on Thursday 13th December at 7.30 pm in the Salvation Army Hall, Baddow Road, Chelmsford. Save the date!
The admission fee will be £1 per adult and 50p per non-performing child.
Pupils selected to play could perform a solo, a duet or a Christmas carol or song. The Salvation Army always look after us well and this is a lovely opportunity to perform and get into the Christmas spirit. I will send you more details and an official invitation/ RSVP in the practice diaries.


We will be playing lots of Christmas carols and songs after the half term holiday; if you don't have any Christmas music the following are good:
For Piano Adventures: Primer pupils Piano Adventures Primer Level Christmas Book, and then for each level there is a Christmas Book. Don't go for a higher level as it's useful to learn these quickly! Each Hal Leonard Level also has a Christmas Piano Solos book in its Hal Leonard Student Piano Library series.

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Competition Preparation Session

When: Saturday 10th November.
Time: To be confirmed. pm.
Where: At my house.
Who is invited: Primarily pupils but parents are also welcome.
Purpose:To understand the competition format. To prepare for the competition. To play through pieces.
You will also get my top tips and guidelines!

Friday 12 October 2012

Piano Season on BBC Radio 3

The BBC's Piano Season is now about half way through. It includes many programmes on BBC Radio 3 and BBC4 about pianists and the piano and features several TV and radio  presenters taking piano lessons for the first time and then sharing their experiences. I am teaching Ray Clark, the Breakfast Show host of BBC Essex, and he broadcasts snippets of our lessons on his show!

For further details about Piano Season:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio3/2012/09/piano-season-on-the-bbc.shtml

Wednesday 3 October 2012

Cathedral School Piano Pupils!

There won't be lessons next Wednesday 10th October. Lessons will be made up (it's a long term) so keep playing and practising!