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View The Post!
Sorry, I should have added in today’s Humoresque that to find, see and download the pdf of Summer Is A-Coming In you need to VIEW THE POST! You can also re-read any and all previous Humoresques on my website, and this might be a good idea as there will be no further posts until September!…
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Here Comes The Sun!
The schools have broken up and everyone is going on holiday – or they’re planning their holiday, or they’re enjoying the prospect of being at home during the next few weeks. If you’re working through the summer, though, at least you have long, warm evenings and bright early starts to look forward to! Humoresque is…
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Wow, I did that!
Robbie is one of my pupils. He is learning electronic keyboard and is currently working for Grade 7. Robbie struggles with his mental health. Last year, to his great credit, he graduated from university with a degree in mathematics. Throughout his three years at university he continued learning and playing keyboard, moving to online lessons…
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Repertoire Reminder!
Repertoire Week begins on Monday 20th July! Are you ready for it? At the start of your lesson during that week, you’ll play your own programme of music. As before, if you are Grade 5 or below you should play four items of music (could be just a short section of a piece, if you…
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The Results Are In!
Click on VIEW THE POST at the bottom of the email if you want to listen to the audio! Did you enjoy working on “Cycling Home” for the competition two weeks ago? Kit and I hope you found it both enjoyable and challenging. The aim was for you to prepare the piece in your own…
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Summer Solstice Magic
The Summer Solstice is the moment when the sun reaches its most northerly point in the sky. It’s the longest day of the year, and the start of astronomical summer. This year, the Summer Solstice was last Sunday – 21st June 2026, which also happened to be Father’s Day. As you’re about to read, I…
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Accountability
Thank you to all students, parents, colleagues and others who have responded to my request for views and opinions on the various music exam boards, in particular ABRSM and Trinity College London (TCL), in relation to the lack of examiner’s name or identification number on recent feedback reports fromTCL. Some of you want to stay…
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Teaching New Things? Or Supervised Practice?
What type of lesson do you prefer? And which is of greater benefit to you? On the one hand, your teacher can push forward into new work. The next piece. Or the next page of a long piece. Or a new scale. Or adding the left hand to a passage you’ve (so far) only done…
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Bonus Humoresque! Competition Week Reminder!
Hello everyone! For some reason, several of you thought Competition Week was this week. No! It’s the week beginning Monday 15th June. Be ready to play “Cycling Home” in your lesson during that week. I will be recording you (audio only) so that Kit and I can listen to all the performances and choose our…
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It’s Exam Season!
If you are between 11 and 25 years old, you may well be involved in public exams of one sort or another. SATs, 11-Plus, Common Entrance, GCSEs, A-Levels, T-Levels, University Exams, Entrance Exams, UKCAT, Finals, Dissertations, Post-Graduate Qualifications… Perhaps you’re lucky, and they’re all over now. Perhaps you’re waiting nervously for them to start. Or…