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Keeping music in the schools
keeping music in the schools.
Should music be a subject in secondary schools?Piano lessons London brings a new essay written by one of our Senior piano teachers, Panayiotis Tsitsaros.
Due to the recent news of removing Music as a subject from all secondary schools in the UK, the reactions to it have come out quicker than expected. […]
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What are the ingredients of the Music?
What are the ingredients of the Music?
The five contributing elements in Musical Analysis
Generally, when we talk about music, we find ourselves focusing just on the melody, or a chord that called our attention, or maybe a characteristic rhythm, but if we want to understand the complexity of a piece we should go much further.One of […]
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The most famous Piano Sonatas
The most famous Piano Sonatas.
Analysing Beethoven SonatasWe are back with a new post, and what a post! This time, we talk about the famous piano sonatascomposed by the Maestro L.Beethoven. Alvaro Sisti, one of our London piano teachers, has recently written an article in which he explores and analyses the top nine piano sonatas of […]
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Multi-instrumentalists: Pros and cons of Musical multi-tasking
Learning the benefits of doing more than one musical instruments
It is quite common for any person who studies one instrument for a long time to get curious or interested in another one, especially if they can be connected or they complement it other, such cases can be common in singing and piano, guitar and piano, […]
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Piano tutors’ experiences
Piano teachers in London
WKMT comes back with a new interesting post on their blog.
This time, our Senior piano instructor, Sabrina Curpanen, who has been with us for the last four years by now, talks about her experiences.
Yes, her experience as a musician and tutor in London. How she combines work, performance and personal life, to […]
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Musical Composition: What to know before you start
Learn how to compose music
Many of our piano students are interested after some time studying the instrument to dive into this world of creating music that we technically call Musical Composition. As composition tutors, we should be aware of guiding our students wisely. Also, it is helpful for them to know which are the qualities […]
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Italian Music during the Seventeenth Century
The Italian expansion
As piano students, surely you have heard in repeated occasions names such as Frederic Chopin, Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann or one of the most famous musicians that history has known: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But before all these great composers were born and created sublime music, we have to be aware that a plethora […]
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How we prepare our students towards ABRSM Grade 1 at WKMT
Grade 1 and Pre-grade Syllabus
One of the most common questions we get as piano tutors in London is when our piano students are ready to start Grade 1 according to the ABRSM Syllabus. In this particular situation, we should contemplate many parameters that have to be taken into an account before considering the preparation of […]
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Our June Students’ Recitals
London Piano Festival
The most awaited date of the year has now been released by WKMT. Our IX Edition of the Music Festivals is arranged for June 15th in London.
The time flies, but successfully. It has been five years since we started with our Music Festivals, we are now in the 9th edition, and we will […]
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Composition Series
Tonal Families: Chord Substitution – Chapter 1
Tonal Families: Dominant and Subdominant – Chapter 2
Tonal Families: Harmonic Rhythm – Chapter 3
We are all glad and happy to release and present the new series of articles written by our committed composition instructor for WKMT Blog.
Gisela Paterno, who we already talked about in previous posts and articles written […]
