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Winter 2025
It has been a busy but varied few months! This time of the year can be a challenging one for self-employed musicians: there are more bugs around and we are fearful of catching them because of the likely impact on our work. Having been well pretty much all year I...
Summer 2024
England finally has some long-awaited summer sunshine as I write my latest blog! In April, I was invited to play for a wedding open day at beautiful Brympton House, a nearby venue. These events can be unpredictable: you perform for several hours in the hope that...
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 returning...
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 particular...
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 in South...
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...
Summer update…
It has been full-on during the last few months. I write this at the tail-end of a sweltering heatwave in the UK... I have received several ABRSM exam successes, including a Distinction for a Grade 7 pupil who has studied with me for less than a year. It is always...
Just a little update, it’s been a while…..
Well, this term things have finally returned to something resembling "normal" after an incredibly challenging two years. My students are all working with a renewed focus and energy, practising for both Practical and Theory exams. Several of my students excelled at the...
Just gave a live
Just gave a live (yes!) piano recital at St James's Church in Yeovil. Music by Schubert/Liszt, Chopin, Albéniz, Arvo Pärt, Grieg and Peteris Vasks. It was also live-streamed on YouTube. What a joy it was to play for a live audience again. Reverend David Keen and his...
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