Piano teacher in East Dulwich, London SE22





Piano Tuning: Ken Bodden
Ken Bodden is a wonderful piano tuner and I recommend him to all my students. He is a member of the Blind Piano Tuners' Association and has been tuning and maintaining pianos for over 30 years . ken@kenbodden.plus.com / 020 7226 9832.

 
     
Pianos for sale:
www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk is a Yamaha dealer. He stocks many U1 pianos, the same piano that I use. He also offers all my students a £50 discount, just mention the SE22 Piano School.  
     
   
Sheet Music:

www.musicroom.com - You can purchase all the books I recommend for students from here. See here for recommended books.

Chappell of Bond Street - Chappells stock an extensive range of sheet music, instruments, equipment & accessories.

The Pianist Magazine - My absolute favourite magazine, I highly recommend subscribing to this. Worth the price alone for the amazing sheet music that you receive each issue. Music spans Grades 1 to 8 so there is something for everybody, along with a lovely CD to listen to all the music being played by a renowned pianist.

ABRSM - Our preferred exam board for music examinations, the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Free sheet music & theory resources:

Online theory games - a list of games aimed at beginners up to Grade 1 students.

iPhone and iPad apps - some fun notenaming games to download for your iPhone or iPad

G Major Music - A fantastic site for beginners

Making Music Fun - Excellent for beginners and intermediate levels, lots of songs and theory quizzes.

Music-scores.com
- Free classical sheet music

My Piano
- Free popular music

Piano Pedia - Wikipedia of the piano world!

The Gutenberg Project - The biggest resource for piano PDFs of music that is not restricted by copyright laws.

BachTrack - The world's best way to find live classical music. Find The SE22 Piano School events listed on this web site.

Terezie Holmerova - Concert pianist, event pianist and piano teacher.

 

Making Music Fun
Musicroom
Music Scores
Chappell of Bond Street logo
Link to Bachtrack
     
  Lorenzo Ali, Photographer East Dulwich SE22  
Local businesses

Pickwicks Estate - A lovely local estate agent in East Dulwich and Honor Oak Park that provide the best customer service of all the local estate agents by far!

The Melange - Artisan Chocolatiere, Bellenden Road. Isabelle runs chocolate making workshops and sells ice-creams, hot chocolate and other delicious treats.

Push Studios - Pay-as-you-go fitness classes, personal training and mums & babies classes. Also check out the Push Foundation, a charity bringing movement and dance to the elderly.

Healthmatters
- Independent health shop, speak to Monica or Dawn about homeopathy and other natural treatments.

Lorenzo Ali - Fantastic baby portraits, wedding photography and events coverage.

Mrs Tinks - Healthy, home-cooked meals by Julia, a Goodrich mother.

The Green Room - Dulwich-based professional dancers, Joanna and Chris Ernest, offer dance classes locally and throughout the UK.

Ganapati - South Indian Cuisine, a very tiny but extremely busy restaurant. Advance booking required!

Hop and Spice - Sri Lankan restaurant in Balham.

South London Music Shop - We have a fantastic local music shop just by East Dulwich station where you can buy all the books I recommend. They also sell some instruments, keyboards, violins, guitars etc.

The Scarlet Peacock - Wonderful arts, crafts, knitting, sewing and cake-making classes in East Dulwich.

Sparkle & Spin - Just behind East Dulwich station is a shop packed full of gorgeous Scandinavian clothing for children.

Dulwich Therapy Rooms - Run by Anna and Dan, the Dulwich Therapy Rooms is situated above Healthmatters and offers an impressive array of services including pre and post-natal Kundalini yoga, acupuncture, craniosacral therapy and much more.

Review Bookshop - A brilliant bookshop on Bellenden Road. Ros is only too happy to help pick out the perfect book for you. The shop is also home to Gus the cutest whippet lurcher in Peckham!

Fenton Walsh - An independent clothing boutique on Bellenden Road with an impressive range of clothing for men and women. They also sell some fab shoes and jewellery too. Keep an eye out for their regular sales where they discount items up to 80%. There's a toybox to keep the kids amused whilst you try on clothes!

Sushi Plus - You will find me here every Saturday buying my sushi from Sushi Plus which is situated just outside Moxon's on Lordship Lane.

Biff - Gorgeous clothing for babies and children in Dulwich Village. The shoe shop next door is highly recommended for shoe fitting for young'uns.

Pickwicks Estates

Sparkle and Spin, East Dulwich
Mrs Tinks Food, East Dulwich
Dulwich Therapy Rooms
Ganapati Restaurant
     
SE21 / SE22 Links:

Dulwich OnView - celebrating people and culture in the Dulwich area

Lordship Lane
- reviews of local, small businesses

SE21
/ SE22 Magazine - Free monthly magazines.

Dulwich Picture Gallery

SE22 Piano School blog - lots of information about local events.

Dulwich OnViewv
Dulwich Picture Gallery
     
For children: in East Dulwich

The Cuming Museum - Free weekly music and storytelling in SE17 for under 5s.

Diddi Dance - pre-school dance classes all over the UK.

Sing & Sign - Excellent baby signing classes in South-East London.

Surrey Docks City Farm - one of the many excellent free city farms in London. The farm is our chosen charity for 2011.

Borough Music School - subsidised music tuition on weekends for young children.

Camberwell Choir School - A Saturday morning music school in Camberwell.

Salvation Army playgroup - Weekly in Camberwell on Tuesdays - Thursdays

Auntie Moo's Kindermusik - Kindermusik is a unique and original music and movement programme established over 30 years ago to enhance child education and development. Auntie Moo's classes run weekly in Wimbledon.

Colourstrings - String music training programmes for very young children.

Aquila - An excellent magazine for inquisitive young minds.

Diddi Dance
Sing and Sign
Surrey Docks City Farm
Auntie Moo's Kindermusik Classes
     
Local schools in East Dulwich

State Primaries in East Dulwich area:

St. Anthony's
Roman Catholic Primary School

Heber Primary School

Goodrich Primary School


St. John's
& St. Clement's Primary School

Goose Green


Dulwich Village Infants' School

Dog Kennel Hill Primary School

Lyndhurst Primary School

St. Jude's Primary School

Ivydale Primary School

Eliot Bank Primary School

Fairlawn Primary School

Horniman Primary School

Rye Oak Primary School

Rosendale School


Independent Schools in East Dulwich area:

The Villa Pre-Prep School (co-ed)

Oakfield (co-ed)

Herne Hill School
(co-ed)

Alleyn's (co-ed)

Dulwich College

DCPS (co-ed)

James Allen's Girls' School

St. Dunstan's (co-ed)

Rosemead (co-ed)

Herne Hill (co-ed)

   

Secondary State Schools, South-East London:

Kingsdale Foundation School - very popular with our piano students due to it's excellent music scholarship program.

Charter School

Harris Boys

Harris Girls

Sacred Heart - Roman Catholic

The Grey Coat Hospital - CofE girls' school

London Nautical School - Boys school

Sydenham High - A Specialist Science & Maths School for girls

Haberdasher's Aske - Hatcham College

St. Thomas the Apostle - Roman Catholic

Secondary Independent Schools, South-East London:

Sydenham High - Girls

Alleyn's (co-ed)

Dulwich College

James Allen's Girls' School

St. Dunstan's (co-ed)

 

   
     
Piano Movers:
Andy Cavey's transport service is a professional piano moving service at a very reasonable price.  
     
Other Links

The Mesh Band - Excellent wedding and function band.

We Love Local - A great listings sites for local businesses with reviews from regular customers.

UK Piano Page - The biggest listings site online for piano teachers .

Cross-Eyed Pianist - Fran's excellent piano teaching and performance blog.

Practising The Piano - Graham Fitch's blog with many tips for good piano technique.

Gretchen's Pianos - Lots of tips on piano performance and other musings.

Notes From a Pianist - Professional pianist, Christine Stevenson's blog

Susan Tomes - Pianist & Writer

World of James Rhodes - Classical pianist James Rhodes writes regularly for The Telegraph

 

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