15192|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2988-1024x682.jpg|large For musicians who didn't necessarily grow up with staves and clefs, or indeed anyone who is sick of them, Dave Hall's course on "Jazz, pop and busking" is a life-saver. For pianists who grew up with traditional notation, the world of chords and base lines is as beguiling as it is intriguing. For jazz...
15191|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2972-1024x682.jpg|large We all want to play more notes more accurately more of the time. David will talk you through some tried and trusted practice techniques to improve accuracy and fluency of your playing. He'll also run a masterclass session focused on performance which will examine ways to bring your music to life by searching for...
15200|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3087-1024x575.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...
We are delighted to announce that as part of our collaboration with Broadwoods pianos, we are hosting a concert to celebrate the bicentenary of the delivery of one of Broadwood's finest pianos to Beethoven. Thomas Broadwood invited five highly acclaimed musicians of the time to help design the instrument, which was dispatched from London on...
15406|https://finchcocksstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dr-mark-polishook-1-1024x732.jpg|large 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...
