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This week: Daniel, Winnie and Jacob perform in my first video enhanced podcast which looks at Eddie Harvey’s Blue Autumn from the Grade 1 ABRSM Jazz Piano Syllabus.

In conversation we look at the challenges the piece poses along with sources of inspiration for the solo section and possible embellishments for the recapitulation of the head section.

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BethThe first podcast of the new year follows the progress of six-year old Beth through her first four terms of piano study.

The pieces featured, following a spooky theme, include:
 Ghost (Oct ‘07),  Scarecrow (Mar ‘08)  and Ghostly Tale (Jan ‘09).

Seasons greetings to all my students and podcast listeners. The Christmas episode of the piano gallery podcast takes a seasonal dip into the archives featuring:

Nikita – Jingle Bells
Lucy – Silent Night

both recordings from the 2006 Christmas Concert at Chester Cathedral and as a variation from solo piano fayre, my school choir; St. Clare’s, sing Follow That Star.

The latest episode of the podcast includes recordings from the recent lunchtime piano concert which took place on 22nd November, 2008 at All Saint’s Church, Hoole.

Featuring:

Lightly Row – Hannah
Au clair de la lune – Beth
Trudging – Daniel

This week’s podcast explores some of the repertoire for the ABRSM prep test, an intermediate stage which provides a goal in the first few months of playing prior to Grade 1.

Featuring the following recordings:

Boating Lake – Sophie
Jogalong – Ruth
On Parade – Louise

Piano gallery podcast

The first piano gallery podcast features the following recordings from the archives:

  1. Charleston – Ayesha
  2. Minnie Mouse Hits Town – Laura
  3. Every Good Boy – Own composition by Oliver

A new episode will be produced every few weeks providing that my pupils practise hard and prepare their pieces well. The podcast is now available through iTunes