Australian Composers: Max Cooke, Roderick Macfarlane and Warren Thompson
byMax Cooke After leaving school, and after one year at the Conservatorium, Max spent four years in the RAAF during the war. At war’s…
Max Cooke After leaving school, and after one year at the Conservatorium, Max spent four years in the RAAF during the war. At war’s…
Jazz Hanon by Peter Deneff 696478 This book is kind of ugly, and kind of unbalanced (all the exercises have busy right…
Once upon a time… the suburbs were born, and piano teachers found themselves increasingly isolated, working in home studios far away from shops, offices,…
There is an undeniably special relationship between a piano teacher and student. My piano teacher was like a second Mum to me and we…
Three years ago I had the pleasure of addressing a group of embryonic piano teachers at one of Australia’s distinguished universities. The thirty or…
We think we may just have found the luckiest teachers in Australia! We asked Meg Blackley, Lynette Pfundt, Rob Deavin, Chris Murray, Sue Patterson…
This year thousands of piano students from across the world have taken up the 40 Piece Challenge. Register for the challenge by sending an…
New Zealand Christopher Norton was born in New Zealand in 1953. He began composing at the age of 14, and, by the age of…
Well, perhaps not but indeed J.S. Bach taught his sons using the music of his time – popular dances, preludes and exercises by living composers….
When I was at student at high school, Melinda’s Mini March was THE piece that everyone wanted to play. Even the non-music kids would…
[columns_row width=”two-thirds-and-third”] [column] I’m a parent of children enrolled in Suzuki music lessons. I’d like to explain to other parents why I feel —…
A student says ‘I want to play jazz’ and piano teachers the world over think ‘uh oh’. There’s a moment of calm before panic…