JLA Music

Good luck to my students awaiting A-level results today! Can’t wait to hear how you’ve done

Well done to my students taking their GCSE’s…all done!!!! ☑️

Ooooh new books!! I’m so excited to play through the new ABRSM piano exam pieces for 2025/26. What a beautiful cover too 🥰🥰🎹🎹

I have a blog for you! This one is all about my keyring flashcards that, just this week, have been bought by a music shop to sell in their store! I have been using these with my own students in lessons as a tangible way of learning or reinforcing music theory topics such as the names of notes, key signatures and Performance Directions. They attach to school bags (or even parents bags!) and many of my students have now bought their own and use them while in the car, waiting for clubs or even out for lunch. I love the fact that it's not using a screen so no need for WIFI, signal or even phone battery (if your phone is anything like mine this is an absolute blessing!)
I hope you enjoy the blog x

https://jla-music.com/blog/f/keyring-flashcards

I was so sad to hear of the passing of Richard Sherman, who produced so many songs that we know and love. Here is a version of ‘Feed the Birds’, composed by Richard and his brother, Robert

Feed The Birds - piano solo After a particularly busy and difficult few days I decided to sit down one night and just play a random pieces to unwind. For some reason, 'Feed the Birds' w...

I wanted to share with you an insanely talented student I have. Matthew is a wonderful pianist but also a hugely talented composer. Have a listen to his latest composition, it really is wonderful 🎹🎵🥰

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Such a lovely day of teaching today. The sunshine makes everything brighter, both literally and metaphorically. A few students had confessed finding motivation tricky recently, in all areas of their lives and not just with practising. But today there was a huge turnaround. Students were all smiley and played some really brilliant stuff. It just goes to show that, being human, not all practices will be equal, not all performances will be either. Life happens and it is important to give yourself some grace. But KEEP GOING! Brighter is always on the horizon. This little flower depicts the mood in the JLA Music studio today 🎹🥰☀️

My students and I talk about this phenomena all the time…😂😂🎵🎹

Do you have a child who plays an instrument? Is it sometimes (or often 😜) a struggle to get them to practice during the half-term holidays? If so, have a look at my advice on how to get them motivated. You can even download free printables so that they can ‘wow’ their teacher in their next lesson. My YouTube channel is linked below and in my linktree bio x

Video: https://youtu.be/WHYYVu4tOt8

Blog: https://jla-music.com/blog/f/encouraging-young-piano-students-to-practice-over-the-holidays

Do you have a child who plays an instrument? Is it sometimes (or often 😜) a struggle to get them to practice during the half-term holidays? If so, have a look at my advice on how to get them motivated. You can even download free printables so that they can ‘wow’ their teacher in their next lesson. I’ll link the blog and video below for you x

Video: https://youtu.be/WHYYVu4tOt8

Blog: https://jla-music.com/blog/f/encouraging-young-piano-students-to-practice-over-the-holidays

Encouraging young piano students to practice over the holidays Do you have a child learning to play the piano? I know the battles we can all face getting our children to practice when they want to drop everything that re...

I needed to hear this today, so I’m posting it incase you needed to hear it too 🥰😘

A bit of advice for anyone learning to play an instrument. I always say to my students ‘no negative talk in here!’ Believe you can do it, small steps lead to big journeys 🎹🎹

Is a Christmas film for you? I always think it is. I used to LOVE the series (both books and films), but the John Williams film score is really special. If you or someone in your family would like to learn to play the theme song to Harry Potter, check out this guided series which teaches you hands together:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_b-Xcld9OOtgEPSVPcv7zF_FWhX_pss0&si=ZdNF6Ey9JlpCyVPS

Is Harry Potter a Christmas film for you? I always think it is. I used to LOVE the series (both books and films), but the John Williams film score is really special. If you or someone in your family would like to learn to play the theme song to Harry Potter, check out this guided series which teaches you hands together:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_b-Xcld9OOtgEPSVPcv7zF_FWhX_pss0&si=ZdNF6Ey9JlpCyVPS

Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) This is my composition of 'Hedwig's Theme' from the Harry Potter Movie franchise. It has been composed for 'easy piano' with the key signature highlighted i...

After a completely crazy few months, it was lovely to get out and celebrate Christmas Eve with my husband and the twins (and Wilson 🐶). This is the start of our Christmas break together. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas x 🎹

The final day of Advent videos. Thank you so much to those who have supported, shared and commented on these videos. It means so much to me and really makes the hours of work worth it. I really hope you enjoyed them. I’d love to hear what your favourites were 🎹🎄

Advent Calendar Day 24 - ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ (from Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutracker’)

Advent Day 24 (the finale!) - Waltz of the Flowers (from Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker Ballet') Day 24 of my 2023 Advent Calendar. We made it! The final day of Advent. I really hope you have enjoyed this. This final piece is my favourite part of Tchaiko...