The Sunday Listen: 'Lotus Land' by Cyril Scott
The very title, ‘Lotus Land’, conjures images of exotic beauty, languid dreamscapes, and perhaps a touch of escapism. For those who have heard Cyril Scott's...
The Sunday Listen: 'The Köln Concert' by Keith Jarrett
The Sunday Listen this week is a no-brainer, and one I have already recommended to countless students. The Köln Concert is the best-selling solo piano album...
Monthly Musical Miscellany – July & August 2025
A Quick Reminder on Autumn 2025 Term Dates I am now officially on my summer break and will resume teaching lessons on Thursday 4 September 2025. If you...
Booking Now Open For One-Off August Lessons – Places Limited!
Hello all! Only one more week of full teaching is left to go until I shut my piano lid and put down my guitars for a little while. I will, however, be...
Summer Holidays Reminder!
Hello everyone! A longer email with more information will follow next week, but for now, a quick reminder that I will be away August for a much-needed break....
Update: External Noise Expected Next Two Days
Hi all, Just a very quick note to let you all know that there’s some sudden maintenance work happening to the roof in my building over the next few days, so...
Monthly Musical Miscellany – June 2025
Hello hello, hi. It’s yet another musical pick n’ mix for you all. Please enjoy! Will June 2025 Summer Opening Hours I will be off entirely for five weeks...
The Sunday Listen: 'Newcastle' by Lankum
This weekend, I became a willing prisoner of a single song. Sometimes, a song doesn't just play for you; it absorbs you completely, it wraps around your...
Monthly Musical Miscellany – May 2025
Hello folks, Time for another hodgepodge of news, updates and other tidbits from the studio… Half Term and Bank Holiday opening times A very quick note to...
The Sunday Listen: 'Undertale (Main Theme)' by Toby Fox
What if I told you some of the most interesting and popular music being written right now wasn’t in the conservatoires or in top of the end recording studios...
Studio Notice: Closed 5 May; Minor Disruptions 6-7 May 2025
Hello one and all! A very quick note to let everyone know that I’m having some carpentry work done elsewhere in the apartment on Tuesday 6th May and...
The Sunday Listen: 'Time The Revelator' by Gillian Welch
Happy Sunday one and all! I’ve had something of a manic week so I haven’t been able to sit down today and write something. So in lieu of the normal mini-...
The Sunday Listen: 'The Drowned Girl' by Yann Tiersen
This week on the Sunday Listen, we’re looking at Yann Tiersen’s ‘The Drowned Girl’, although in all honestly I could have picked any single track from his...
Happy World Piano Day!
It’s World Piano Day! I don’t entirely know what this fully entails but it’s nevertheless a lovely opportunity to thank every single one of the fifty odd...
The Sunday Listen: 'Water Dances Part 1: Dipping' by Michael Nyman (arranged for two pianos)
I’ve recently really been enjoying the album Minimalist Dream House by the super sister pianists, Katia and Marielle Labèque. Howard Skempton, one of the...
March update: Easter holiday times, deadly accordions, Fat Tuesday, beavers
Hello all! It’s time for my semi-occasional missive. News, events and other ramblings below… Closed March 24/25 & Easter holidays Please note: I won’t be...
The Sunday Listen: 'Ay Walking Oh' by Sam Lee
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sam Lee in a previous life, putting on events for The Nest Collective and The Song Collector’s Collective, around the...
February Update: Half Term, Irving Berlin's Piano, Neuroarts
Hi everyone, February news and miscellania below! Half Term First off, a quick reminder that I will be away the week Monday 17 February to Sunday 23 February...
The Sunday Listen: 'Succotash' by Herbie Hancock
Well, January whizzed past! Time to pick up the pace and get back to some blogging… I absolutely love this. Even for those of you who are initially jazz-...
The Sunday Listen: 'Palais De Mari' by Morton Feldman, as performed by Igor Levit
This week’s delicately dissonant Sunday Listen is well, ok, some of you will have to go with me on this… At a time when the concert halls of the world were...