Waterfalls Project 2014 Starting this half term, I am running a studio-wide composition project; “Waterfalls“. Object: Compose a piece of piano music, 96 seconds in length, titled “Waterfalls” to reflect/accompany the video. There are three different types of waterfalls featured which may each be represented differently in your composition. You may want to team up with a partner …
Category archives: Piano Teaching
6 concerts in 8 days…
The next student concert series will be taking place at the beginning of March 2014. The title will be “River and Rainbow”, a pastoral countryside theme for springtime. The theme is inspired by some charming compositions of Walter Carroll who published a number of books of these delightful pieces over a century ago. These compositions will …
Grade 1 – Piano Exam
(Updated Dec 2013) ABRSM Grade 1 Exam – The vital statistics: The current entry fee (2014) is £36.25. The next exam period is 3rd March- 5th April 2014 and the closing date for entry to these exams will be 24th January 2014. Alongside the playlist of demonstration videos for the current Grade 1 pieces, I have …
Studio Open Day
On Saturday 7th September, we had a light afternoon tea with 30 guests comprising of some of my students and members of their families. Centrepiece of the table were some bespoke piano cupcakes expertly designed and produced by Louise at The Scullery. Wish I could say I made them myself! Though the weather was not …
New Start, New Studio
Welcome back to the new term. I hope everybody has had a good summer break and managed to find some time to do some practise during the holidays. A lot has changed here at Will Hay Piano Tuition. Most notable is the new studio in Saighton with two new pianos! Given the choice every one …