Play, sing, create, improvise - from your first lesson.

What we can work on

1. Piano technique & repertoire

   • Classical, jazz, pop, soul and film music
   • Technique, interpretation and a feel for style

2. Improvisation & creativity

   • Jazz, blues and pop improvisation
   • Improvising from melody, chords and rhythm rather than a prepared formula
   • Improvising in the musical language of Debussy, Rachmaninoff or Einaudi

3. Writing songs & pieces

   • Bringing form, harmony and melody together in one song
   • The foundations of writing songs and instrumental pieces
   • Arrangement and musical structure

4. Singing and accompanying yourself

   • Singing foundations: pitch, phrasing and interpreting lyrics
   • A comfortable key and chords for your chosen song
   • Coordinating voice and hands to play and sing together
   • From a simple accompaniment to your own arrangement for piano and voice

5. Harmony & musical analysis

   • Harmony, form and chord function
   • Breaking down complex pop and jazz progressions into sounds you can hear and play
   • Learning to hear chord function and musical form

Who is it for?

• Beginners — adults and teenagers, no preparation needed
• Advancing pianists and players of other instruments
• Anyone who wants to learn to sing and accompany themselves at the piano
• Jazz guitarists, saxophonists, violinists
• Composers and producers deepening their grasp of harmony
• Anyone who wants to play a favourite song without sheet music — I teach by ear, by chord charts, or from notation

How I teach

• We build the programme around the music you want to play or sing and the goal you want to reach
• We bring singing and accompaniment together gradually: comfortable chords, a clear pulse, then the voice and the phrase
• I combine learning by ear, chord charts, notation and technical exercises to suit the way you learn
• Fully practical study is possible: no notation, chords only, or purely by ear
• Preparation for exams, auditions, recordings and concerts