Ah yes, here I am waxing sort of eloquently about my teaching philosophies and methods. Thank you to Laura Shorrt for filming this interview, and thank you also to Scott Pacey at Pacey’s Pianos for creating the coolness that is the Piano Teachers Federation. Giving my opinions about music and teaching (solicited, for once) was a lovely way to spend a Monday morning.

Click here to see my page at the Piano Teacher’s Federation.“Where Students and Piano Teachers Meet, a free service for students and teachers designed to promote piano music and playing”. We should all have more piano music and playing in our lives of course! (perhaps I am the teeniest bit biased here).

Now, the playing that you hear at the end is me messing around and warming up. I had a solid, pretty, thoughtful solo piano arrangement of Days Of Wine And Roses all ready to go. But it was my warmup that made it into the video much to my surprise. So you will hear a slightly too casual version of Don’t Panic by Coldplay. I can actually play and sing this song quite well…but that was not this day. Luckily, Coldplay songs sound beautiful on solo piano even in an imperfect rendition:)