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We’re currently taking a break over the Festive Session and will resume further posts and updates in the New Year. In the meantime, we thought we’d leave you with some highlights and links to our most popular content from the last year.

Highlights & silver linings

Although 2020 has clearly not gone according to plan for most of us, we are very grateful that the year has still had a number of highlights, including:

• Launch of our online workshops and events programme which enabled us to meet and interact with pianists all over the world! These included a programme of Zoom workshops, monthly practice clinics and an online take on the traditional masterclass format.
• The Online Academy celebrated its fourth birthday
• We welcomed new authors to the Online Academy and published many new resources, including detailed study editions and over 100 videos!

Most popular content

The following were our most popular blog posts from the last year:

And these were the most popular Online Academy series:

We also launched a new “collections” feature to provide additional ways to find and access content from our library.

Our YouTube channel has also grown significantly and these were some of the most popular videos:

In addition to the above, recordings of our monthly practice clinics have also been very popular on both YouTube and Facebook (please click here to view a playlist of all videos on YouTube).

Thanks again to all of our readers and subscribers for your support over the last year. As always, we are hard at work on many new exciting projects which we can’t wait to share with you!

More information on what’s in store for the year ahead is available here and please be sure to have a look at our courses and events page for information on our next online events.

We are currently taking a break over the Festive Season and will resume further posts and updates in the New Year. We will be kicking off the year with new videos for our collection of resources for the Trinity syllabus, the next work in our Beethoven on Board series and more videos on technical exercises. Our first events for the year will take place on 15th January and you can join us online or in person for several sessions, including a performance workshop and three lecture-presentations.

In the meantime, we thought we’d leave you with some highlights and links to our most popular content and events from the last year:

Highlights

Although 2021 might not have gone according to plan for most of us, we are very grateful for the wonderful experiences and highlights that the year has given us, including:

• Piano Day – We ran a weekend of online events to celebrate Piano Day 2021 (29th March) which featured ten sessions presented by Graham Fitch, Ken Johansen, William Westney and Jory Vinikour. Click here to find out more or to purchase access to workshop recordings and resources.
• Teaching Healthy, Expressive Piano Technique – Penelope Roskell’s new online course based on her award-winning book, The Complete Pianist, was launched in November. The course features approx. 9 hrs of high-quality footage and numerous musical examples showing how to teach all aspects of technique to students of all levels. Click here to find out more or click here to view a sample video.
• Beethoven on Board – The first three instalments in our new Beethoven on Board series were published, featuring guided tours of Beethoven’s Op. 2 Sonatas by pianist and captain of The Piano Boat, Masayuki Tayama.
• Examination Resources – Our collection of resources for piano examinations grew significantly and now features 100+ videos on the ABRSM and Trinity syllabuses, in addition to several videos on other aspects of exam preparation. Click here for more information.
• How to Start Learning a New Piece – We created a free email course based on our series on learning new pieces, which over 500 participants completed! Click here to find out more or to sign-up.

Most popular content

The following are our most popular blog posts from the last year:

And these were the most popular Online Academy series:

Events

Two of our most popular YouTube videos were:

Thanks again to all of our readers and subscribers for your support over the last year. As always, we are hard at work on many exciting new projects which we look forward to sharing with you soon!

We are currently taking a break over the Festive Season and will resume our various activities in the New Year. Our events programme will kick-off with a presentation on interpretation and a performance workshop on the 14th of January. We will also be starting off the year with a series of initiatives themed around learning new pieces. These include online workshops on related topics, updates to our free email course and many other resources featuring a wide range of repertoire.

In the meantime, we thought we’d leave you with some highlights and links to our most popular content and events from the last year:

Highlights

The following were some of our highlights from 2022:

• New Premises – In the latter part of the year we moved into new premises in central London. This new studio is sound-proofed with a leased-line connection making it perfect for filming and running online and in-person events.
• London Piano Courses – The new studio has enabled us to develop our events programme further to offer a combination of in-person attendance and online participation. We ran a variety of different sessions including performance workshops, presentations and a technique workshop (click here to find out more about these events).
• ABRSM Videos – Our first shoots in the new premises featured resources for the ABRSM 2023 & 2024 syllabus. We’ve since shot videos for 70+ works from the syllabus with almost twenty available on our site already and more to follow in due course. Click here to view an index of the available videos.
• New Content – In addition to the above, the Online Academy’s library saw many new additions, including the last module of our Advanced Sight-Reading Curriculum, several resources on exercises and studies, a new series on Bach’s Well-Tempered Klavier and welcoming of a new author, Fred Karpoff.
• Free Events – As part of our online workshops programme, we ran three free events on practising, memorisation and playing fast with the latter being filmed in our new studio.

Most popular content

And these were the most popular Online Academy series:

Events

The following were some of the most popular events from our programme:

And lastly, our most popular YouTube videos were:

Thanks again to all of our readers and subscribers for your support over the last year. As always, we are hard at work on many exciting new projects which we look forward to sharing with you soon!