Home music-making helps language development in early years children, say Middlesex University researchers - even if parents have no particular music skills! Find the best resources for fun music activities that can easily be done at home. more
It is unfeasible to teach aural test skills successfully using Zoom, Facetime or Skype due to the time delay between teacher and pupil's sound. The solution is E-MusicMaestro online Aural Test Training. Designed to be used online, it's problem-free and subscribers can choose the ABRSM or the Trinity programme more
How to improve your sight reading and do your best in the sight reading element of music exams - all instrumentalists and singers. more
I have shared techniques for improving sight reading with you before but now, for the first time, I'm going to tell you the true story of how I became a good sight reader! more
'... wonderful, original approach ... It is simple but brilliant and PUPILS WILL LOVE IT', says Fiona Lau in a review of E-MusicMaestro Learn to Sight Read: Piano Books Series Fiona Lau: Music Teacher, Rhinegold, January 2018. more
A practical, teacher's guide to helping piano students to enjoy acquiring useful keyboard geography and applying it to their playing. more