Bundle featuring access recordings for our PTC workshop series & Graham Fitch's Repertoire showcase based on the ABRSM syllabus
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This bundle contains access to recordings and resources for our various workshops based on the new ABRSM 2025 & 2026 examination syllabus, including our series presented in partnership with The Piano Teachers' Course and Graham Fitch's repertoire showcases.
Playing with Purpose - Choosing the Right Repertoire (Fri 29th Nov, 11:00 – 12:00 GMT)
Our series kicks-off with a workshop presented by Curious Piano Teachers, Sally Cathcart and Sharon Mark-Teggart, on choosing the right repertoire to develop reading skills, healthy technique and musical joy for beginners. The workshop will draw out various skills and highlight opportunities for learning within a range of pieces in the Grades 1 and 2 syllabus. Sally and Sharon will also demonstrate how a holistic, multi-sensory approach to learning helps elementary piano pupils to feel like musicians alongside developing their musical knowledge and understanding.
Improvising is Easy - Ideas from the ABRSM Syllabus (Sun 1st Dec, 11:30 – 12:30 GMT)
What can you or your pupils play NOW spontaneously, without notation, wherever you see a piano? And how can we relate spontaneous playing to the learning of exam pieces? Because it can take a long time to learn pieces, many of us are often “between pieces” - unable to play works we learnt for a previous occasion and not yet ready with the pieces we’re currently working on.
To solve this problem, Lucinda Mackworth-Young will demonstrate creative ideas for being able to play something simple and musically satisfying immediately without notation, inspired by pieces from the ABRSM syllabus.
Finding A Voice - Helping Students Express Their Ideas (Sun 1st Dec, 13:00 – 14:00 GMT)
Pianists often find themselves out of their depth when confronted with the harder, longer pieces of intermediate levels. How can one avoid being disheartened by magnitude of embarking upon a new piece while connecting with the music in a meaningful way? With the help of pieces from the Grade 4 - 6 repertoire, Beate Toyka will give tips and hints how to overcome ‘nerves at the new’ and to embrace new challenges positively. Drawing on her long experience teaching students at all levels and ages, including as a Suzuki practitioner, Beate will show how teachers can help their students express their own ideas from the outset!
Not from Bar One! Other ways to learn pieces (Sun 1st Dec, 14:30 – 15:30 GMT)
Sometimes pupils or amateur pianists are put off from learning a new piece (even when they like how it sounds) simply because it looks frighteningly challenging and "very likely will take a lot of time to learn". However, even advanced pieces are not always as difficult as they look! In this session, Ilga Pitkevica will share some of her strategies which help her students to learn their repertoire quicker using examples from the later grades, including works by Bach, Janacek and Liszt.
Inspiration beyond graded exams (Sun 1st Dec, 16:00 – 17:00 GMT)
In our last session, Jill Morton draws upon a selection of works from the syllabus to provide teaching and practice strategies to fire up your or your student’s imagination. Through exploring some of the wonderful repertoire available, we will look at how we can enable quicker student growth, confident musicianship and above all, foster a deep love for the music we’re playing!
Graham Fitch presented a series of workshops giving tips on learning, interpreting and practising the following selection of pieces from the syllabus:
These presentations will be particularly useful for exam candidates and teachers, but also of interest to any pianists looking for repertoire ideas using the syllabus as a guide!
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