When I was preparing for my LTCL Diploma - and indeed whenever I start work on new music - I put together a 'scrapbook' of music and video clips, in effect for reference to help with my study. "Listening around" your repertoire is incredibly helpful, not just listening to other works by the same composer,… Continue reading Creating a musical ‘scrapbook’
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Meet the Composers at MusicalEar
Carl-Axel Andersson and Björn Roslund are composers and pianists, and lecturers of Ear Training at the Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University, Sweden. They are composers for the MusicalEar ear training and music theory software application. Who or what inspired you to take up music and make it your career? CA: It was probably a… Continue reading Meet the Composers at MusicalEar
Welcome!
Welcome to the blog of Frances Wilson's Piano Studio. This blog is intended as a way of exchanging information between teacher, students and parents, and to offer useful, interesting, and (I hope!) inspiring posts on subjects such as repertoire, effective practising, exam preparation, concerts and festivals, piano maintenance, pianists' health, and simple music theory. I… Continue reading Welcome!
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