About practising part 6: Murray McLachlan shares advice about breathing techniques from Flautist and Head of Woodwind at Chetham’s School of Music Belinda Crouch. The trick is to keep breathing!
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About practising part 5: When I first entered Chetham’s school of music many years ago as a 14-year-old pupil, I was presented with a homework diary on my first day. Wise words reproduced on the opening pages instantly made a …
Heather Hammond hardly needs an introduction. Her wonderfully vibrant, exquisitely crafted, and pedagogically relevant compositions are especially well known to young pianists and frequently feature not only as popular choices in examination syllabuses but equally as well-loved pieces for private …
About practising part 4: it may seem strange to start writing about beginnings in the fourth part of this ongoing series about practising… but the decision to wait until now to discuss the initial stages in the learning process was …
I first heard Philip Martin’s dazzling pianism live on television when he performed Rachmaninov’s ‘Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini‘ at the BBC Proms with characteristic aplomb and panache.
This was back in the 1980s, but already he was …
Competitions part 5: Murray McLachlan interviews 2021 Leeds winner Alim Beisembayev.
Part 5: Current blog
Part 4: Coping with COVID >
Part 3: Coping with COVID conclusion >
Part 2: Smaller piano competitions >
Part 1: If piano competitions didn’t …
About practising part 3: practising with our instruments by the clock and adding up the time spent working can be extremely misleading. It may breed the assumption that it is not possible to develop repertoire, technique, or interpretation unless we …
It is extremely important as a private music educator that you take appropriate and sensible action to protect both yourself and the students.
Though the advantages of working from home are enormous, it is extremely important as a private music …