15191|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2972-1024x682.jpg|large SOLD OUT This course is designed for people who have made a good start and are between grade 1 and grade 4 standard, but have lapsed. Each day typically starts with a workshop in the Finchcocks cellars. In the afternoons, there is time for private practice on one of our beautiful acoustic grand pianos...
The jazz workshop sessions that we run as part of our upper intermediate courses, got such good reviews that we're delighted to announce that we'll be adding two weekend courses that focus exclusively on jazz and improvisation. Dr Mark Polishook, who hails from NYC, is running both of our jazz courses and knows the international...
15202|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3122-1024x682.jpg|large SOLD OUT This course assumes no prior knowledge, and is suitable for absolute beginners or players who didn’t get very far with their studies and have forgotten whatever they knew! The course will start with some basics on notation and how that corresponds to the keyboard. Then we move beyond the notes to look...
15202|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3122-1024x682.jpg|large "How to help your students achieve their full potential in exams" Designed to coincide with the new ABRSM piano syllabus, we're very excited to announce our first one-day workshop for piano teachers aimed specifically at teachers wanting to help their students achieve top marks in ABRSM exams to be held on Thursday 25th October: 9.30am...
15189|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2901-1024x682.jpg|large PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH GRAHAM FITCH - SOLD OUT The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (Baroque and...
This course is designed for people who are between grade 4 and grade 7 in standard. We're very lucky to have Melanie Spanswick as our Course Director for this weekend. Melanie...
15193|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2999-1024x705.jpg|large PRACTISING THE PIANO WITH GRAHAM FITCH Have you ever sat at the piano, uncertain as to what you should be doing in your practice time? Or wondered why it...
15200|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3087-1024x575.jpg|large UPPER INTERMEDIATE COURSE WITH ANDREW DUNLOP Our Upper Intermediate course caters for people who are between grades 4 and grade 7, and playing regularly. Our tutor for the weekend, Andrew Dunlop, is an examiner, adjudicator and the Company pianist for the Northern Ballet, having received his Doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in...
15189|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2901-1024x682.jpg|large THREE DAY ADVANCED COURSE We're very lucky to have secured the services of three of the most talented and engaging piano teachers in the land, for our first ever...
15201|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3096-1024x682.jpg|large This course is designed for people who have made a good start at the piano and got to between grade 1 and grade 4 standard, but have lapsed. Each...
Chopin's lyrical and elegant Nocturnes and Preludes are firm favourites with our intermediate and advanced players, and so we're very excited to announce our first ever composer-specific weekend. We're incredibly...
15189|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2901-1024x682.jpg|large ADVANCED COURSE WITH GRAHAM FITCH The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (Baroque and Classical styles expecially),...
15202|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3122-1024x682.jpg|large This course assumes no prior knowledge, and is suitable for absolute beginners or players who didn’t get very far with their studies and have forgotten whatever they knew! The...
15189|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2901-1024x682.jpg|large PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH GRAHAM FITCH - JUST RELEASED The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (Baroque and...
This course is designed for people who have made a good start at the piano and got to between grade 2 and grade 4 standard. It's ideal for players keen...
16726|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/51716674_812454509093485_5131893565420470272_n-1-1024x731.jpg|large ADVANCED COURSE WITH ANDREW DUNLOP Our Advanced course caters for people who are piano teachers or grade 8+ players working towards their diploma. Our tutor for the weekend, Andrew...
This course is designed for people who are between grade 4 and grade 7 in standard. We're very lucky to have Melanie Spanswick as our Course Director for this weekend. Melanie...
The Romantic composers always feature prominently at our piano courses at Finchcocks. So we've designed a course that helps intermediate players access a wealth of beautiful piano repertoire from some...
15201|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3096-1024x682.jpg|large This course is designed for anyone between grade 3 and grade 7, and will be run over a 5 day period. This course is being run by David Hall...
15201|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3096-1024x682.jpg|large This course is designed for people who have are between grade 4 and grade 7 in standard. It would also suit players who reached a reasonably high standard but...
14685|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-07-20-Finchcocks-pianos-027-1024x683.jpg|large GORGEOUS PIANO SOUND AND HOW TO GET IT In this course, Dr. Subotic will teach the pianists to produce their most beautiful sound on the piano by connecting their...
15202|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3122-1024x682.jpg|large Many of us played the piano whilst at school, but didn't get quite as far as we'd hoped and some of us missed out entirely. This course is designed...
PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH GRAHAM FITCH - JUST RELEASED The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (Baroque and Classical...
Chopin's lyrical and elegant Nocturnes and Preludes are firm favourites with our intermediate and advanced players, and so we're very excited to announce the return of our very popular first...
This course is designed for people who are between grade 4 and grade 7 in standard. We're very lucky to have Melanie Spanswick as our Course Director for this weekend. Melanie...
This course is designed for people who have made a good start at the piano and got to between grade 2 and grade 4 standard. It's ideal for players keen...
Rachmaninoff's fearsome reputation as a composer, has sometimes put his repertoire out of reach of the amateur pianist, but his lyrical late romantic style and mastery of counterpoint make him...
This course is designed for people who are at grade 8 standard or working towards their diploma. It is also suitable for piano teachers. We're very lucky to have Charlotte...
UPPER INTERMEDIATE COURSE WITH GRAHAM FITCH The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (Baroque and Classical styles especially),...
This course is designed for anyone who just wants a weekend away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It would suit anyone who wants a bit of time...
UPPER INTERMEDIATE COURSE WITH GRAHAM FITCH The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (Baroque and Classical styles especially),...
17627|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-04-07-Finchcocks-Piano-schoolEd-Ovenden-268-1024x683.jpg|large Join pianist Tom Poster and violinist Elena Urioste for a three day weekend of mindful practising, empowering movement, breathing, and exploring the spirit of camaraderie within music-making. Tom and...
This course is designed for people who have made a good start at the piano and got to between grade 2 and grade 4 standard. It's ideal for players keen...
We're very lucky to have Warren Mailley-Smith running our advanced weekend course. In 2016, Warren became the first British pianist to perform Chopin's complete works for solo piano from memory at a...
UPPER INTERMEDIATE COURSE WITH GRAHAM FITCH The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (of any repertoire you choose...
