I also relished the challenge it presented — though admittedly I had little idea how difficult it would be at that stage. At about the same time, I was offered the opportunity to study the cello, an instrument I had often thought about playing. I began lessons with a very good local teacher and loved it. In , at the age of 16, my musical career began. I entered Trinity College of Music in London, studying piano, horn, cello and composition. I worked very hard during these four years of study.
As there were very few horn players at the time, I was fortunate to be involved in every type of performance: from huge orchestral works to small brass and chamber groups. I loved performing and enjoyed every challenge that was put my way. In I started to look for a performing job and attended many auditions as a horn player. I was lucky enough to secure a co-principal position with the Royal Ballet Touring Orchestra.
We have two sons, Oliver and Sam, who are both successful professional musicians. Sam is a full-time composer of film and TV music and Olly writes lots of graded music for his new website where you can download free pieces in many different styles including duets and backing tracks.
Click HERE to check it out! When the boys were growing up, I became involved in teaching and coaching youth orchestras and began to revisit my interest in composition. During this time I wrote many pieces for my pupils and decided to try to get something published. Embarking on this project was much more demanding than I could ever have imagined and I almost gave up after four and a half years of approaching various publishers.
However, in Studio Music gave me my break when Brass Routes, a trumpet tutor for beginners, was published. Since then I have never looked back and have maintained a really good working relationship with my publisher Faber Music.
I owe a huge thanks to them for their support and encouragement over the past 30 years. I recently published — and really enjoyed writing — a new book of piano music that is part of the After Hours series. The pieces in this book are approximately graded from To be in with a chance of winning one, simply share with me — in the comments below — how others have impacted upon your development as a piano teacher.
The aim of this publication is to introduce the basics of simple improvisation in an easy-to-understand way and encourage teachers and pupils alike to jump out of the secure box of reading the dots! Piano teaching can be a very lonely and isolating profession and when you join The Community of The Curious Piano Teachers you get access to an amazing group of supportive teachers in addition to monthly bundles of teaching resources every single month, including videos, teacher and pupil workbooks and webinars.
Share with me how others have impacted upon your development as a piano teacher and I look forward to reading your comments below! Every piece is so delightful!
Thank you! That was very interesting to read about your life history! One of my students just went and bought one of your jazz books and I had so much fun with it that I played through the whole book in one evening! I have found that all experiences I have had with different people, whether positive or negative, have worked together to shape me into the teacher I am today.
I would say that the person I owe a lot to is Sharon, as she was my piano teacher from the age of I was so inspired that I knew that after I finished school I wanted to pursue my studies in piano teaching. This was and continues to be an amazing experience, but I still have a long way to go and a lot to learn!! Even now 30 years later I am still filling my life with other musical activities. I do hope you go on with your teaching and try and keep all the other things going alongside.
It will always be worth the effort. All best wishes, Pam W. I had always wanted to be a composer, however after finishing university I felt like it was too much of a challenging career path for me hats off to you Pam! Eventually I was missing making music terribly, so not being able to find the right group for me, I started taking singing lessons, which I fell in love with.
Not having much of a clue as to how to teach harmonies and keep youngsters on track vocally, I registered on a local Kodaly Summer School. For a week I had the pleasure of working with David Vinden, who completely transformed the way I thought and felt about music education, leaving me with the desire to learn more and teach.
Not long after I had my first piano student. They never had the opportunity to learn music but my siblings and I grew up with a Petrof upright in our front room from birth. I remembered that my ambition at the age of 12 was to be a musician or an educator in music… but life took me on a different path.
The tutors and cohort of teachers just propelled my piano teaching. Keep going onwards and upwards!!! I tried to meet as many teachers as I could and rebuild my studio, having left a thriving studio of 40 students behind.
It was a tough road ahead. Many teachers were very helpful and kind, but one in particular took me under her wing and has never stopped nurturing me along all of these 8 years. She has always picked up the phone when I had a question. She has always suggested a workshop for me to attend or recommended me for a position on a board.
She was my mentor in helping me achieve my national certification through MTNA and helped me become the state teacher of the year for this current year.
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