The last couple of months has been busy! I probably say that a lot, but this has been the busiest start to the year since I became...

Being a private instrumental teacher can be a lonely business. Apart from seeing your students regularly, there are few opportunities to...

Being an instrumental teacher is a privileged position to have. In the last two years, I have realised that the role that we play is more...

I'm glad 2021 is over; it felt like a hard slog, with starting off the year in lockdown again, to all the restrictions gradually easing...

Finally, things appear to return to normal after such a long time. I have a busy schedule over the next couple of months, and this is...

As I write this, I am sat in my office listening to my piano finally being tuned. I can't wait to get on a play it once it is done....

As I'm writing this, the sun is shining and actually feels warm for the end of March. It's lovely to see the flower blooming and the...

As a self-employed instrumental teacher, I'm always interested in maximising my income while still providing affordable music lessons. I...

What a year 2020 has been. I've been pretty quiet on here, as I've been so busy trying to rebuild my business to work in the world of...

What a crazy couple of months it has been, It all started so well!, I've been so busy that I haven't had a chance to write anything to go...

Is our potential to learn fixed, or can we develop our own ability to learn? This is a question that many people have asked and there are...

On Saturday I went to the annual ABRSM conference, in London. It was a really good day, just to be reminded that being a music educator...

It has been a busy start the academic year. With a full teaching schedule, and a couple of new students starting on the piano. Its been...

When I talk to other people about my job, they often reply with regret that they hadn’t had the opportunity to learn when they were...

Many adults that I speak to regret not learning a musical instrument as a child, but they now feel that they are too old to learn as an...

It's never too late to start learning to play a musical instrument. Many benefits of learning a new instrument can have on you, both...

This is a summary to explain the approach that I use to teach beginner students, especially teaching them at the piano. If you have...

It’s happened to the best of us. You made a mistake in front of a crowd of people watching you play. That wrong note, couldn’t have been...

It has been a slightly quieter term. A couple of highlights that I’ve had this term is some of the performances that involved students...

There are a lot of scales, not to mention arpeggios, broken chord patterns to practice, especially as you progress in your musical...