Category Archives: Improvisation


Moon Day


Monday 20th July marks International Moon Day- the date of the first Lunar Landing in 1969. Here’s a an amazing piece of music to listen to that depicts moonlight- one of my favourites to play.  It’s Clair de Lune by the French composer Claude Debussy.  It’s such a well-love, atmospheric piece of piano music that […]

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Chinese New Year activities


Here in Manchester, Chinese New Year is a big celebration, with a big, colourful Dragon Parade through town and lots of noise!  Perfect for inspiring a splash of colour and imagination into our piano lessons during the misty, grey month of January.  So here are some ways we explored Chinese sounds in our piano lessons […]

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