The Practice Tools in Action

17 Jul 2021 @ 16:00 BST (GMT +01:00)

Following on from his popular series of workshops on The Practice Tools, in this new workshop Graham Fitch provides a practical demonstration of the tools using a selection of elementary, intermediate and advanced repertoire from the Trinity piano examination syllabus. Graham will show ow the tools can be used to:

• Learn the notes
• Solve technical problems
• Finesse an interpretation
• Work on tonal control and variety of sound

The pieces Graham will be covering include:

• King William’s March - Jeremiah Clarke (Trinity Gd 1)
• Minuet in G - Georg Böhm (Trinity Gd 2)
• The Highway Robber - Béla Bartók (Gd 3)
• Étude no. 23 - Henry Lemoine (Gd 4)
• Sweet Reverie - Tchaikovsky (Gd 5)
• Allemande - F. Couperin (Gd 6)
• Mélodie, op. 4 no. 2 - Fanny Hensel (Gd 7)
• Prelude and Fugue in E major (Book 1) - J. S. Bach (Gd 8)
• The Cascades - Scott Joplin (Gd 8)

It is recommended to have copies of the scores available for the workshop so that you can follow along (we will provide links to public domain scores for each of the works if you don’t have them).

Although the pieces chosen are from the Trinity syllabus, these are standard repertoire and will be of value to pianists and teachers regardless of whether you are taking or preparing a student for an exam. The primary focus of this session is on providing detailed demonstrations of how to practise and to teach the rarely taught art of practising.

There is no need to have attended one of our previous Practice Tools workshops as the various tools will be introduced in the context of the repertoire examples. If you have already attended a previous workshop then this session may be of particular interest if you’re looking to deepen your understanding and see the tools in use.

There will be plenty of opportunity for questions and answers. The session will also be recorded and all participants will receive a link to download the video by email shortly after the workshop.

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