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Category: Piano Teaching
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New ABRSM Piano Syllabus (2011-2012) released tomorrow!
The latest piano syllabus materials will be available for dispatch from 8th July. These pieces can be used in ABRSM piano exams from January 2011 and promise to offer candidates (and their teachers) an exciting new range of repertoire.
As with last year it is also possible to purchase either the Book or CD separately or the two together from £9.95.
From January 2011, some changes will be made to the Aural Tests which will make life slightly easier for candidates as the “Spot the Difference” exercise in the Grade 1 Aurals will be simplified! ABRSM now publish sample tests along with an accompanying CD enabling students to be able to practise their aural tests in between lessons and also making life easier for their teachers.
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Studio admin system issue
A few parents have reported issues with logging into my new on-line lesson booking system. The problem lies with the default Internet Explorer settings you are using. The best thing to do is to use a different browser, I recommend Google Chrome. (Click accept and install after clicking on the link and it will automatically install.) You will find this much smoother, faster and easier to use than Internet Explorer and it accepts session cookies by default.Alternatively, you need to change the “Privacy Settings” in your internet options so that session cookies are allowed. Go to “Internet Options” in your control panel, click on the Privacy tab and reduce from Medium to Low then click OK.
You should now find that you can log in to the system correctly at http://whay.me/plc
Any problems or questions, give me a call
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Piano Points – Easter 2010
The results of the piano points top nine scorers for last term are as follows:This term we have a tie break on the top spot with both Laura and Mollie achieving 38 points! (No fighting over the cup, please)
Alice – Tattenhall and Ruth – St. Werburgh’s: 37 points.
Charlie and Emily – Tattenhall: 36 points
Daniel and Dominic – St. Werburgh’s and Sophie – Queens: 35 points
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Raindrops develop from CDE beginnings
Many of my students will recollect the “CDE song” as one of the first pieces I taught them on the piano. The song is actually published in “Music Lessons Have Begun, by Leila Fletcher” which was a tutor book I learned from myself as a child, yes it was published that long ago! I don’t use the whole publication as I feel that Pauline Hall’s “Oxford Piano Method” series is visually more user friendly and enticing, though much of Leila’s musical content is very catchy.
“CDE song” was the first piece Oliver learned nearly four years ago and the noteflight arrangement below is his latest piece of work which pays homage to this early experience. This is the second time his work has been featured on my website but the first time in his own notation. See African Elephant[powerpress] I hope that seeing this will encourage my other students who are using noteflight to experiment with their ideas and share their creative work!