Piano Teaching
Discover a world of great music...
With so many piano composers and styles to choose from, students are encouraged to explore the repertoire as widely but always to select music that interests them. This approach helps sustain each student's musical interest but inspires the development of new skills and techniques along the way leading to great musical accomplishment.
Working with such a wide range of students at different ages and levels is both rewarding and invaluable: to appreciate how students learn and develop across a much wider plane and the challenges faced at advanced levels provides perspective and understanding, and help shape the learning programmes of those just starting out.
Establishing the basics
Taking your first steps as a beginner may be daunting but with a carefully-selected programme of attractive and enticing pieces, and supportive exercises to develop your technique, you will soon have the basis of a musical foundation on which to build.
We will start by learning how to sit at the piano and the importance of adopting a good hand position. After a few simple warm-up exercises to get some mobility in the fingers, we will learn our first piece together. This will be shown to you without the music, initially, to help you develop a better aural sense of the music and to make your first piece more accessible.
You will, of course, still be taught how to read music: a vital skill that gives pupils the confidence to discover new music independently; however, approaching a new piece without the music helps new students actually play something meaningful at their first lesson without being overwhelmed with reading and playing simultaneously.
To develop rhythmic awareness and listening skills further, a number of duets intended for beginners will be introduced. But, please don't worry about this: many beginners find the playing of duets really enjoyable and are surprised by just how good the ensemble sounds! Having worked with many beginners, rest assured, we will find the one that is right for you.
Piano Accompaniment
Completing the ensemble...
IMJMusic
piano | theory | accompaniment
Est. 2000
Studio Photos
Look around the piano studio
Most of the images below are taken in the IMJMusic studio, along with some concert photos and some of the images used to create this website.
Special thanks to all students who allowed for their photos to be used.
Whatever the style or genre, the piano fits in perfectly.
Why the piano is sometimes referred to as a 'percussion' instrument
Making the most of the setting
Ready to play...
Efficient and effective teaching
Handmade in Germany
With the summer's rays bursting through, the piano in all its glory
Developing your compositional voice
Did you know: pianos have 52 white keys and 36 black ones - some 88 in total!
Piano duets are great for developing a student's confidence
Rehearsing in the studio
Supporting students at all levels
From thunderous discords to the delicate of nuances, it all happens here!
An excellent shot of the piano and the studio's Velux windows
An object of unquestionable beauty
This photo was taken just minutes after the builders handed over the studio after the conversion was complete.
A music theory lesson with an adult student
One of our earliest student concerts
Entertaining the audience at a concert event
Lewis Sayle started as a beginner and left with a diploma. What an exciting journey!
A gathering of parents and friends
A quality German grand piano
Accompanying students from New College
Where musical possibilities begin...