Casio Workshop for Piano Teachers, Part 2

Casio Workshop for Piano Teachers

Sunday 27 September
The Warehouse in Waterloo
Buy Tickets: https://billetto.co.uk/en/events/casio-workshop-for-piano-teachers

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Join us for an exciting day of workshops, presentations and discussion with fellow piano teachers. You can read a review of last year’s event [here].

Casio: Product Demonstration of the latest digital pianos. Teachers may acquire an instrument on a free loan for evaluation purposes. Sign up on the day with Casio.
http://www.casio.co.uk

All That Jazz: Composer Heather Hammond delivers a session on jazz music for young pianists. There are many books available of Heather’s popular music for young instrumentalists. These include collections for piano, clarinet, saxophone and flute at various grades all published exclusively by Kevin Mayhew Publishers. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Trinity Guildhall and London College have all included Heather’s pieces in their exam syllabuses. Heather also plays electronic keyboard and often writes pieces for the Yamaha Keyboard Club magazine. Pieces used during the session will be available in advance for you to preview.
http://www.heather-hammond.co.uk/styled/

Yohondo: A presentation on the use of technology in piano lessons. Yohondo for iPad is the fun, bite size way to learn your piano pieces. For the classics and for the ABRSM piano exams.
http://www.yohondo.co.uk

Drusilla Redman presents a Posture Clinic with guidance on how to check your students’ posture. Drusilla will also address the issue of Performance Anxiety and Tension.

Rosa Conrad: Rosa is a London-based composer with a wide range of repertoire for piano including duets and solo pieces, and is passionate about the early stages of music learning. Rosa will be leading a duet and creative ensemble workshop at the event. Explore how to get your beginner students engaged with harmony right from the start, through enjoyable activities which create a sense of ownership of the piece and a deeper understanding of music.

Rosa will be demonstrating from her duet books and the first book in the ‘Fun Games and Party Pieces’ series. She will show how the creative techniques outlined in this series can be applied to any piece the student plays, and at any level of study. Audience participation encouraged!
[Sample Solo Piece] [Sample Duets]
http://rosaconrad.com/

CLIC Sargent: Helen Lye will be talking about Practice-a-thon, CLIC Sargent’s UK-wide fundraising campaign for young musicians. CLIC Sargent encourages schools, youth clubs and groups across the UK to hold their own event and raise money for young cancer patients. Students are sponsored to practice their musical instrument, arrange a concert or organise a music marathon!
http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/

SoleMate Piano Footstool: Naomi O’Brien will be demoing her great new product and these will be on sale at a discounted rate for attendees on the day. SoleMate is a revolutionary footstool that helps children achieve the correct posture when playing the piano.
http://www.neverboreddesign.com/solemate-2

Please note lunch is not included but there are several nearby establishments or you may bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee is provided.

Chris Stanbury, Casio
Chris Stanbury, Casio
Sole Mate Footstool
Sole Mate Footstool
Yohondo
Yohondo

SoleMate Footstool: Special Offer for SE22 Piano School students & friends

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Every now and then, a product comes along that is so incredibly useful that I think “why did nobody invent this sooner?!”. Well this has arrived recently in the form of Naomi O’Brien of Neverbored design’s creation, SoleMate Piano Footstool. SoleMate helps children achieve the correct posture when playing the piano or keyboard instruments. With so many of our students aged under 10, we have tried various ‘home made’ methods to address the issue of legs dangling in the air which leaves a student feeling unsteady and not grounded as they would be if they were able to place their feet firmly on the door. Another issue is that dangling legs also unintentionally kick the piano!

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In the past we have tried an IKEA step-up stool although this has to be placed infront of the pedals, so whilst providing a reasonable resting position, it was not adjustable for height and left some students with their feet too far back. We also own an A-Leg-Gro PED which is great for students that need to pedal before their legs can reach the pedal. Whilst it is adjustable, it was easy access to the pedals and it was becoming difficult to keep the students away from the pedals and there was lots of pedal pushing going on when it was not necessarily needed!

SoleMate Footstool
SoleMate Footstool

SoleMate has 3 settings which are adjusted by simply turning over the footstool to gain the required height – no fiddling or adjusting required. This allows the feet to support the stability of the body. It is compact and portable. Piano teachers will find this a vital tool when students are performing at festivals and competitions.

When I organised the EPTA Regional Piano Competition in January at The Warehouse in Waterloo, I noticed that the Suzuki students had a great, yet cumbersome, footstool that i presumed the teacher had made himself. It allowed for correct placement of feet but the large design in plyboard looked at odds with the sleek beauty of the Steinway Concert grand. SoleMate comes in two colours; oak and black.

Naomi Thomas - Never Bored Design
Naomi Thomas – Never Bored Design

SoleMate Piano Footstool is made by Naomi Thomas. Naomi Thomas was born in Cardiff, Wales. She graduated in 3D design from Plymouth University and worked for several design companies across Europe including an extended period working in Italy. After bringing up her young children Naomi recently started the Neverbored company. Naomi designs and produces every item in her workshop.

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Casio Workshop for Piano Teachers @ The Warehouse in Waterloo

hedaerJoin us for an exciting day of workshops, presentations and discussion with fellow piano teachers on Sunday 27 September 2015 at The Warehouse in Waterloo.

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Workshops:

Yohondo: A presentation on the use of technology in piano lessons. Yohondofor iPad is the fun, bite size way to learn your piano pieces. For the classics and for the ABRSM piano exams.

Casio: Product Demonstration of the latest digital pianos. Teachers may acquire an instrument on a free loan for evaluation purposes. Sign up on the day with Casio.

Drusilla Redman presents a Posture Clinic with guidance on how to check your students’ posture. Drusilla will also address the issue of Performance Anxiety and Tension.

Mark Polishook: Improvising for Classical Musicians based around pieces from the current ABRSM syllabus. Learn how to teach your pieces in a stimulating way by encouraging your students to improvise. Pieces will be provided in advance but feel free to bring your own choice of pieces too.

Piano Duets: Graeme Humphrey presents a wide range of exciting duet repertoire from fourhandsplus.com for novice and intermediate players. Evaluation copies of the duets will be sent out in advance for you to prepare (performing is optional!)

SoleMate Piano Footstool: Naomi O’Brien will be demoing her great new product and these will be on sale at a discounted rate for attendees on the day. SoleMate is a revolutionary footstool that helps children achieve the correct posture when playing the piano.

Please note lunch is not included but there are several nearby establishments or you may bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee is provided.


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