Practise More Effectively
Learn how to organise your work, solve problems and choose practice strategies that suit the musical task in front of you.
Play Better
Build the Skills Behind Confident, Expressive Playing
Develop more effective ways to practise, build a healthy and responsive technique, learn repertoire more securely and approach sight-reading and performance with greater confidence.
Whether you are solving a particular problem or developing your playing over time, the Academy gives you practical tools, specialist guidance and different perspectives to help you become a more capable, confident and expressive pianist.
Build the Skills That Support Your Playing
Practical Development Across Your Playing
Develop Your Technique
Build coordination, freedom and control so that technique supports rather than limits your musical intentions.
Learn Pieces More Securely
Approach new repertoire systematically, develop stronger memory and solve difficulties before they become entrenched.
Read and Perform with Greater Confidence
Develop your sight-reading, prepare more effectively for performance and build the skills that help playing feel more secure under pressure.
Featured from the Academy
Resources to Help You Play Better
A curated selection of the resources and learning routes that can help you put these ideas into practice.
Included with membership
Right From the Start
Start a New Piece with a Clear Plan. A practical, step-by-step blueprint for starting any new piano piece, with a five-stage process you can apply from the very beginning.
Included with membershipThe Practice Tools
Get More from Your Practising. Graham Fitch's tried and tested practice tools provide highly effective ways to make your practice sessions more productive and enjoyable.
Included with membershipTechnique Library
Develop a Technique That Serves Your Musical Intentions. Explore guidance on healthy playing, fundamental movements, fingering, scales and arpeggios, exercises and other areas of piano technique.
Included with membershipAdvanced Sight-Reading Curriculum
A Comprehensive Approach to Sight-Reading. Ken Johansen's curriculum combines annotated scores with detailed practice suggestions covering eye training, pattern recognition, flexibility, playing by ear, rhythm and many other aspects of fluent sight-reading.
Included with membershipRepertoire Library
Explore Repertoire and Develop Your Interpretation. Discover video walk-throughs, practice suggestions and ideas on style and interpretation for a wide range of works, while finding inspiration for new pieces to explore.
Included with membershipFurther guided learning
Building Firm Foundations
Build Security from the Beginning. An in-depth course with Graham Fitch on deep learning and memorisation tools for building security, confidence and strong foundations when learning new repertoire.
Available separately with member savingsTechnique That Supports Musical Freedom
Better Technique Is Not an End in Itself
Technique gives you the physical means to realise your musical intentions. The Academy brings together different approaches to coordination, movement, fingering and healthy playing, helping you find solutions that fit both the musical task and the individual pianist.
Core Technique Library
Explore resources on healthy playing, fundamental movements, fingering, scales and arpeggios, exercises and other areas of piano technique.
Explore the core libraryFoundations in Piano Technique
Penelope Roskell's course for adult beginners and returners develops the foundations of a musically focused technique through 25 detailed lessons.
Explore the courseMastering Intermediate Technique
Fred Karpoff's course for intermediate pianists uses a whole-body approach to integrate effortless technique with expressive music making.
Explore the courseTechnique in Practice
Different Perspectives, Tangible Changes
“I think I got the forearm rotation quite right, and this has completely changed my way of playing. I was amazed!”Anna B.
“This is an excellent course and is loved by my beginner and returner adult students. They appreciate they are protecting their bodies and at the same time producing a much better tone.”Jane BartonPiano teacher
“Although I am studying for my performance diploma, I found useful advice in every unit. It is so important to develop a relaxed and comfortable playing style.”Stuart Cato
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Go Directly to the Area You Need
PractisingDevelop a more effective and adaptable approach to practice.
TechniqueBuild coordination, ease and technical freedom.
RepertoireLearn pieces more securely and develop your interpretation.
Sight-ReadingRead unfamiliar music with greater fluency and confidence.
PerformancePrepare more effectively and communicate your ideas under pressure.
“It has energised my practice … and I feel able to learn pieces far more deeply and securely now.”Clare S.Pianist and piano teacher
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Join the Online Academy for ongoing access to practical guidance on practising, technique, repertoire, sight-reading and performance.