Congratulations to all of our students that took part in yesterday’s Dulwich Music Festival

Eleanor & Sam

Photos now available online:
http://www.dulwichmusicfestival.co.uk/piano-festival-dulwich-college/

Oliver (Alex’s student) has only had half a term of lessons but decided to take the plunge and perform in the Non-Competitive Beginners Class. Oliver confidently announced his pieces and play beautifully. Well done, Oliver!

Louise (Lorraine’s student) has been learning for one term and performed in her first ever festival with a perfect performance of Hot Cross Buns. Well done, Louise!

Eleanor (Sam’s student) is one of our newer students and played for the first time in a piano festival. Eleanor is in Reception Year at school. Well done on your first performance. We look forward to hearing more very soon!

Micah (Sam’s student) is about to sit the Trinity Initial piano exam and played in the Non-Competitive Beginners Solo and Duet Class. All pieces were well prepared and confidently announced. Well done for performing at your first festival. You are totally ready for your exam next week – what a confidence boost!

Scarlett and Ella (Alex’s students) took part in their first piano festival and played Ben Crosland’s duet with a good sense of tempo and very musically. Well done, Ella & Scarlett. You both worked very hard and were well-prepared!

Alice and Zoe (Alex’s student) also took part in their first piano performance and played a lovely duet with Alex. We hope you enjoyed the festival and hearing other young pianists performing.

Colm (Alex’s student) played in the Grade 2 class. Colm takes part in all of our performance opportunities on piano and harpsichord and we enjoyed hearing your lovely announcement and confident performance.

Elliot (Alex’s student) has performed in public before but this was his first festival. We hope you enjoyed the experience and look forward to hearing you play again very soon!

Rachel (Alex’s student) performed a Grade 4 piece that she has recently learned and the piece was fluent and musical. Well done!

Lucille (Sam’s student) is also preparing for Trinity Initial and performed two of her exam pieces with precision and confidence. Lucille has performed at Dulwich College before but not on the lovely new Steinway so we hoped you enjoyed that experience!

Susannah and Edward (Lorraine’s students) performed in the Grade 1 class with a piece they have recently started learning. Well done to both of you for learning a new piece so quickly and a special congratulations to Susannah for her first festival performance. We are all thrilled that Edward won the first place and trophy for his performance of Red Square March by Geri A. Rea.

Isabelle (Alex’s student) has been working on the Grade 1 pieces and has taken part in every performance opportunity since she started learning with us. Bravo, Isabelle!

Samson, Orla, Miranda, Hannah, Luke and Adam (Lorraine’s students) performed in the Graded Exam classes as preparation for their upcoming Trinity College London exams. We hope you found the experience useful for putting the finishing touches to your exam pieces. Very well done to Samson on achieving 2nd place in the Grade 4 class for his performance of Cucumber Jam by Ben Crosland.

Upcoming recitals, January – May 2017

The Dulwich Music Festival adjudicators and SE22 Piano School team will be performing various recitals this year. Do come along!

Gary Branch & Lorraine Liyanage @ Clementi House, Kensington
26 February 2017
Piano Recital
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Lorraine Liyanage @ Huguenot Museum, Rochester
25 March 2017
Elizabethan Virginals Recital
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Lorraine Liyanage @ Horniman Museum and Gardens
25 April 2017
Hear it Live: Harpsichord Recital (TBC)

Lorraine Liyanage @ Huguenot Museum, Rochester
20 May 2017
French Harpsichord Music as part of ‘Museums at Night’.
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Recital of French harpsichord music at the Huguenot Museum. Online ticket booking now open! http://huguenotmuseum.org/event/museums-at-night/

Entries are now open for the 6th annual Dulwich Music Festival piano competition in London

london-piano-competition-entries-now-openEntries are now open for the 6th annual Dulwich Music Festival piano classes sponsored by Portico. There are competitive graded classes plus non-competitive beginner and own choice classes. The competition is open to pianists from all areas, not just Dulwich. 
 

The competition takes place at The Old Library at Dulwich College in London SE21 on Sunday 11 June 2017. Classes are limited so early entry is advised. http://www.dulwichmusicfestival.co.uk/piano-festival-dulwich-college/


Beginner Duet with Teacher class (Non-Competitive)
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Set Piece. 
Spinning Around (Primo Part) from Magic Beans! by Ben Crosland [Buy Book]

Beginner Duet with Teacher Piano Festival

Own Choice Solo (Non-Competitive)
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Under 18s class. One piece of up to 2 minutes duration.


GRADED EXAM CLASSES

Rules of Eligibility: Any students that have already passed this grade are not eligible to enter this class and are advised to enter the higher grade class. If an incorrect class is entered, you will have to purchase a new ticket. We do not offer refunds for any reason so do ensure you have checked with your teacher before entering this class. Classes may be combined with adjacent grades depending on number of entries received.

Syllabus: One piece from any current graded exam syllabus (LCM, Trinity, ABRSM, Rockschool etc). Own choice pieces are not permitted. Please bring a photocopy of the piece for the adjudicator and announce the name and composer before you play.

GRADE 1
GRADE 2
GRADE 3
GRADE 4
GRADE 5
GRADE 6
GRADE 7
GRADE 8


ADULT CLASS: Own choice piece of up to 5 minutes.


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