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...

When you go to practice scales, you will find that there are lots of them. Each note has more than 2 different types of scales that start...

Scales and arpeggio are great exercises to do on the flute. Not only will they help you with understanding the key pieces of music are...

There are different schools of thought on the best way to introduce scales for beginners. You can either teach the C major scale first or...

Scales (and arpeggios), love them or hate them. They play a big part in musicians learning and life. For a long time when I was first...