EC Music

🎶 Congratulations to Filip - Distinction Initial grade; Emma - Distinction Grade 1 and Megan - Merit Grade 3! An excellent end to the academic year! 🎶

Oh how I love new syllabus day. It's an excuse to buy a whole set of shiny new books and spend some time playing some lovely music!

Congratulations Jayron on passing Grade 5 piano with Merit. The last thing you've done before leaving me to study for A levels! A fantastic achievement.

🎶 🎹Today I said goodbye to a pupil I've taught since he was 8. He's about to sit his A levels so he's finished piano lessons today in order to study. He also recorded his ABRSM Grade 5 today so, hopefully, this part of his piano playing journey will end in the success he deserves. Jayron, I will miss you! Good luck in everything you do! 🎹 🎶

Just in case anyone isn't sure about how to read first and second time bars 😂

Congratulations to James, a Merit for Grade 1 piano. All the hard work paid off.

Durham Suzuki Music School students and EC Music piano students are doing a Christmas concert on 16th December. North Road Methodist Church, Durham 12 noon. If any pupils want to perform, please let me know...but don't worry, I'll definitely remind you!

🎶 Congratulations to my exam pupils this session, amazing results.
Emma Initial grade - Distinction
Harry grade 3 - Merit
Jessica grade 3 - Distinction
Ty grade 5 - Distinction

Amazing work everyone, all that effort and time has paid off. 🎶

Got to love trying to play the piano with nail extensions! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂

Beautiful flowers from a lovely pupil who has finished his lessons to prepare for his A levels and whatever else the future brings him. Always sad to lose a pupil, but I'm welcoming two new starters after Easter!

I can't tell you how many times I hear "it was fine at home"

The fear is real 😂🎶

Congratulations to Hannah: Merit for ABRSM Grade 5 piano. Completely deserved. Well done!

Happy New Year to all my lovely pupils. See you all soon for more piano loveliness! 🎶

🎶Congratulations to James for achieving a merit on his ABRSM Initial Grade! An excellent start to his musical journey, and after only a year of lessons! Fantastic work. 🎶

🎶 Congratulations to Liza - Grade 4 merit - and Josh - Grade 8 merit! Both with the performance exam. I'm incredibly proud of your hard work! 🎶

Oh how I love new syllabus day!

Congratulations to Ty and Zach on achieving excellent results in their Grade 4 and Grade 2 ABRSM piano exams, respectively. Very proud of all your hard work!

🎶 I've just had two brand new pupils start lessons with me tonight! Both have been fantastic! Well done Emma and James 🎶

🎶 Amazing work! See, you don't have to let something going wrong ruin the overall performance! 🎶

Brazilian pianist, Eliane Rodrigues, LITERALLY taking the performance below the stage! That time when you have to play a recital at De Doelen in Rotterdam and something is not right with the piano. Who says classical musicians don't have a sens...

After one of the most disrupted years of teaching ever, my ABRSM results are in!

Grade 1: merit
Grade 2: 2 X good pass and 1 X merit
Grade 4: 2 X good pass
Grade 5: high merit

Very proud of everyone, well done Jess, Harry, Heidi, Isabel, Julia, Hannah and Jonathan! All have had more online teaching than face to face in this last year and I think this is an incredible achievement for everyone.

Thanks also to all the parents and others who sort out IT issues on zoom, who bring their lovely children to me and who are unending in their support. Hopefully next year will see even more wonderful piano playing!

Happy holidays everyone!

So I think I was one of the few that managed to book my ABRSM exams straight away today with no problems! 5 pupils entered...now the work starts!!

Finally an official acknowledgment that some of us teach adults who just want to learn for fun and aren't working towards an exam... Hurrah! Face to face teaching for all!

For a girl who has palpitations if someone so much as pretends to put liquid near her piano, this nearly gave me a heart attack. A grand piano used as a kitchen island? It's bad enough they have a vase of flowers on it! Unacceptable!!!!! 🤣😱

This is very clever! Love it.

Four cellists play Ravel’s Bolero on one cello, in acrobatic classical masterpiece An orchestral classic becomes an acrobatic masterpiece for four cellists, and a single instrument.

One year ago today was my last day at Fishburn Primary School because the schools shut. Today I'm back again for the first time since the world went mad! I'm not ashamed to say I was a little emotional about it all!!! So good to be back!

So, hopefully this means we can start face to face piano lessons again as of April 12th, subject to the state of the world etc etc. I cannot wait! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🎶🎶

Some interesting points made in this article if anyone is struggling to support their child during their piano practice.

https://www.finchcocks.com/lessons/supporting-your-child-in-their-practice/?fbclid=IwAR0E2Z4C5EpfQDCToRG_OAaB1Uhe3hPdGnmfnsWu9qVgGg54L4hR4ZD-qfw

Supporting your child in their practice | Finchcocks Piano Courses November 9, 2020November 9, 2020Supporting your child in their practiceby Jenny Maslinin Lessons1 As this year has seen us spending enforced time at home, parents have been met with the overwhleming task of home schooling and the increasing challenge of keeping their children occupied within four wa...