Spring 2024

Spring 2024

I write during a rather chilly spell in the UK. It has been a rewarding term, not least giving piano lessons to children and adults of all ages and at different levels. Exam preparation is omnipresent in my world: this term I have been preparing pupils for Grades 1,...

Winter 2023

Most of the weddings that I am asked to play for usually take place during the warmer months but this year was unusual, with a flurry of activity in the latter part of the year – two in September, two in November and one in December. I had the privilege of...

Summer 2023

And so, yet another academic year has flown by…. I had never played a Fortepiano before but in April I was afforded the opportunity to play such an instrument at Forde Abbey, near Chard in Somerset, a former monastery dating from the 12th century.  This...
Easter update

Easter update

I can’t believe I am writing another blog so soon after the last one – this hectic term has flashed by but it has been filled with many lovely musical events. 2023 kicked off with a wedding at one of my favourite venues, the lovely medieval Brympton House...
Winter Update

Winter Update

So another busy term comes to an end during a particularly cold spell in the UK. I continue to find inspiration with both my face-to-face and online lessons and have enjoyed meeting three new pupils this term, two adults and a child. Every student is unique, they are...