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fighting Britain's biggest childhood cancerThe next piano concert will take place at All Saint’s Church, Hoole on Saturday 5th December, 2009 at 11am. It will last no longer than 45 minutes.

CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA EventsThis term, the concert will be supporting ‘Children with Leukaemia’. They are the UK’s leading charity, inaugurated by Diana, Princess of Wales and dedicated to fighting Britain’s biggest childhood cancer. There are no tickets for the concert but a donation of £3 per audience member towards the charity is suggested and will be collected before or after the concert.

Visit event on FacebookThe overall consensus for the concert date seems to be Saturday 5th December at 11am so I have booked the church at All Saint’s, Hoole. More details will be published in my newsletter before half term…

Details of the 7th Wirral Festival of Speech, Music and Drama have been published.The music festival will take place on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March, 2010 at Birkenhead High School, 86 Devonshire Place, Birkenhead.Details of the festival can also be followed on the facebook page and twitter feed.

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Further details and sample recordings of the piano set pieces for this year’s festival can be found below and sample recordings will be included as soon as they are ready…

Class 101a – Piano Solo (8 Yrs and under) – Air by George Dyson Air
Class 101b – Piano Solo (8 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 3 minutes)
Class 102 – Piano Solo (9 Yrs and under) – Tango Argentina from Piano Time Jazz 2 by Pauline HalTango Argentina.

Class 103 – Piano Solo (9 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 3 minutes)
Class 104 – Piano Solo (10 Yrs and under) – Gedike ‘The Moth‘ from Keyboard Anthology 2nd series Bk 1
Class 105 – Piano Solo (10 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 3 minutes)
Class 106 – Piano Solo (12 Yrs and under) -You and Me by Alan Haughton You and Me
Class 107 – Piano Solo (12 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 5 minutes)
Class 108 – Piano Solo (14 Yrs and under) – Gedike Miniature from More Romantic Pieces 3 (Gedike Miniature).
Class 109 – Piano Solo (14 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 5 minutes)
Class 110 – Piano Solo (16 Yrs and under) – Poetic Tone Picture by Grieg Op.3 No.1

The Entry Fee is £4.50 for classes 101-107 and £4.75 for classes 108-110 and the closing date for entries is 31st January, 2010

For some beginners, five-finger arrangements of popular pops and classics prove to be more motivational than lesser known tunes serving purely as exercises.
5 finger scoreThis simplified version of Beethoven’s Fur Elise for the absolute beginner requires only a slight change of finger in bars 9-13 where RH finger 4 moves from D# to E and RH finger 5 moves from E to F. At bar 14 the fingers return to their original position.
Changing the metre from three to four eliminates the need for a pickup bar and though it elongates the rests, it is an easier rhythm to feel and play along with the backing track below.

To download the backing track you will need to right-click on the download link then click save as…

[audio=http://whay.me/wp-content/uploads/5fingerfurelise.mp3,5 finger Fur Elise,download]

[audio=http://whay.me/wp-content/uploads/5fingerfurelise100bpm.mp3,5 finger Fur Elise (slower),download]

5 finger Fur Elise

The new term is underway and piano lessons will resume the normal schedule from Sunday 6th September 2009-17th December 2009. This means that lessons in schools will be starting from 7th September.
Half term dates: 24th-31st October 2009
Check the google calender for any updates to visit days.

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