Late Starter Piano

Join us for a relaxed and informative course designed to enhance and broaden your piano playing skills. Guided by the experienced pianist and psychologist Lucinda Mackworth-Young, you’ll explore the many aspects of piano musicality, playing both by ear, and from notation, as well as improvisation and accompaniment. The course is focussed on how to enjoy your piano playing as much as possible, so you’ll leave feeling enriched and creatively inspired. Sessions are tailored to you, to help you achieve your musical goals. You’ll be asked to bring a selection of repertoire you enjoy playing from any genre. Whether you love classical, pop, jazz or show tunes, you can immerse yourself in anything from Debussy to Duke Ellington. Our Late Starter courses offer adult beginner and improver musicians the chance to develop their playing and gain new skills, techniques and styles in a relaxed, friendly and welcoming environment.

By the end of the course you will: Gain helpful practice strategies and musical interpretation techniques Play your chosen pieces with greater skill, musicality and confidence Learn practical steps for overcoming performance anxiety for tension-free performances Be able to play a piece on the piano spontaneously, either improvising or playing by ear, without notation Take part in relaxed performances in a friendly and supportive group.

The course will be taught in an intimate and relaxed group setting, with expert guidance and coaching from Lucinda throughout.

This course is perfect for adult beginners, re-starters and more experienced piano players up to around grades 4-5.

Please come with one or two pieces that you have prepared and would like to consider performing. These can be from beginner’s tutor books up to and including Grade 5 repertoire. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes you can easily use piano pedals in.