We are delighted to be offering a course with brilliantly talented keyboard player and Early Keyboard Consultant to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal Welsh Colleges, Steven Devine. During this weekend course Keyboard Music from the Baroque, Steven Devine will explore this incredibly fertile period of keyboard music, looking at style, technique, repertoire and instruments. Although...
21861|https://www.finchcocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Finchcocks26075-1024x1024.jpg|large Experience the magic of Finchcocks during the festive season and escape Christmas craziness with this popular retreat! Run by David Hall, FRCO MA Cantab, this mixed ability weekend aims to explore Christmas music written or arranged for piano, accompanied by carols, mince pies and of course mulled wine! 28914|https://www.finchcocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Christmas-wreaths-1-768x1024.jpg|large Get your festive party pieces...
Fancy a UK based, luxury weekend away in a grade-1 listed country manor, surrounded by grand pianos? Our Piano Retreat is designed for anyone who just wants a weekend away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It would suit those who want a bit of time away to practise, or to fall in...
The Versatile Pianist returns to Finchcocks with virtuoso pianist and composer Pavel Timofeyevsky. Designed for pianists with a broad range of interests and repertoire, the course welcomes everything from Bach, Haydn and Beethoven to Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky Debussy, Gershwin, Ravel, Prokofiev and beyond. Drawing on Pavel Timofeyevsky’s experience as a soloist, chamber musician, lecturer and...
The nineteenth century's great pianist-composers formed a remarkably interconnected musical world. As colleagues, rivals, champions and critics, figures such as Liszt, Chopin, Henselt and their contemporaries shaped one another's artistic development, exchanging ideas through performance, teaching, composition and personal friendship. Drawing on current research, this course explores some of the relationships, influences and musical connections...
We’re delighted to welcome back concert pianist and Royal Academy lecturer Nicholas Walker for a weekend exploring the fascinating world of Classical piano music. From Mozart and Haydn to Beethoven, C. P. E. Bach, Clementi, Dussek and some much less familiar composers, Nicholas will explore how understanding the music and instruments of the period can transform...
In this anniversary year marking 200 years since his death, this course engages with piano works that have come about as a response to Beethoven’s legacy. Beethoven changed the musical landscape in a way that no other composer could have done before him. The Romantic era nourished itself on the myth that Beethoven’s genius towered...
This 5-day piano holiday has proved so popular, it's now a regular fixture in our summer programme. This is our most relaxed course ever and a pianist's dream Finchcocks stay: a 5-day 5-star Piano Holiday! This extended piano retreat offers the chance to spend mornings at the piano in a 30-minute one-to-one lesson with the...
Upper Intermediate players have the fantastic opportunity to study with the wonderfully inspiring Graham Fitch for five whole days on this summer school! In our ‘practice toolbox’ we develop and sharpen over time a range of specific activities we use during our daily practice - to learn notes deeply and thoroughly, improve weak spots, finesse...
