September 2025 Musical Miscellany: Lagoon Music, Hastings Jazz Festival, Fast Finger Technique, Policy Update
Happy Sunday one and all! A few things to share with you this month — some practical updates, a few recommendations, and even a piano looking for a good...
The Sunday Listen: 'On The Sunny Side of the Ocean' by John Fahey
In my studio (or, erm, my living room, really, let’s be honest), some of you may have noticed a single black and white photo on my bookshelves. The photo is...
Studio Notice: Autumn 2025 term begins on Thursday!
Hi everyone, A quick reminder that lessons will start from this Thursday 4 September 2025. Reminders will go about 3 days before via text and/or email, but...
The Sunday Listen: 'A Summer Long Since Passed' by Virgina Astley
I can do no better to introduce this week’s Sunday Listen with this comment found on YouTube: “Sounds like every happy memory I've ever had” Released in...
Studio Notice: Autumn 2025 Term starts next week!
Hi everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying the Bank Holiday Weekend. This summer has absolutely flown by… This is a very quick note to remind you all that term...
The Sunday Listen: 'City Life' by Steve Reich
This summer, I’ve spent more time in cities than I would have preferred - London, Leeds, Brighton, Dublin, Norwich; even a small fishing town such as...
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...