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Music and mindfulness: Piano and yoga with Tom Poster and Elena Urioste – long weekend – intermediate to advanced – three places left

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

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Upper intermediate course with Graham Fitch – sold out

UPPER INTERMEDIATE COURSE WITH GRAHAM FITCH The focus for Graham's course is on developing performance skills, including memorisation, practising towards a performance, aspects of style (of any repertoire you choose to bring), technique and overcoming nerves and anxiety. In advance of the course, each student is encouraged to practice a few pieces so that, over...

Chopin weekend with Warren Mailley Smith – one place left

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Chopin's lyrical and elegant Nocturnes and Preludes are firm favourites with our intermediate and advanced players, and so we're very excited to announce the return of our very popular first composer-specific weekend. We're incredibly lucky to have secured the services of Warren Mailley-Smith for this course. In 2016, Warren became the first British pianist to...

Applied theory weekend with Dave Hall – just released

This course is designed for people who would like to brush up on their music theory. It will aim to cover the major topics found in the ABRSM grade 5 theory syllabus. But unlike ploughing through a book on your own, our tutor - David Hall (FRCO, MA Cantab) - will show you how music theory can be...

Rachmaninoff weekend with Warren Mailley Smith – two places left

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Rachmaninoff's fearsome reputation as a composer, has sometimes put his repertoire out of reach of the amateur pianist, but his lyrical late romantic style and mastery of counterpoint make him a firm favourite amongst pianists and listeners alike. The challenging nature of his compositions warrant their own course, so we've organised a weekend course dedicated...

Intermediate Weekend with Dave Hall – two places left

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

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Spring retreat weekend with Warren Mailley-Smith – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

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Exploring the Impressionists with Warren Mailley-Smith – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

The piano music of the French impressionists has a special place in the development of any pianist’s repertoire. The music of Debussy, Satie and Ravel in particular calls for very special control of tone, texture, colour and use of pedal. The amazing scope of musical pictures painted by these composers calls for a course dedicated...

Beethoven weekend with Graham Fitch – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Finchcocks is keen to join in the global celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. In this course dedicated to the music of Beethoven, Graham Fitch will guide you in exploring the physical, emotional and intellectual challenges of the music, paying particular attention to the interpretation of the numerous markings for dynamics and articulation...

Baroque and Bach with Graham Fitch – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Having Graham Fitch on our staff, it seemed too good an opportunity to miss scheduling a weekend of Baroque and Bach! Graham studied harpsichord as a second instrument with Ruth Dyson at the Royal College of Music, and was runner-up in the intercollegiate harpsichord competition, The Raymond Russell Prize in 1981. Thereafter he was awarded...

Jazz for Classical Pianists weekend with David Hall – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

This course is designed for classically trained pianists (intermediate - advanced) who would love to delve into or brush up on their jazz skills! David Hall (FRCO, MA Cantab) will help you combine solid piano technique, aural skills and jazz music theory to help you explore a sound world perhaps different to the one you...

Applied Theory weekend with David Hall

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

This course is designed for people who would like to brush up on their music theory. It will aim to cover the major topics found in the ABRSM grade 5 theory syllabus. But unlike ploughing through a book on your own, our tutor - David Hall (FRCO, MA Cantab) - will show you how music theory can be...

Chopin weekend with Warren Mailley-Smith – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Chopin's lyrical and elegant Nocturnes and Preludes are firm favourites with our intermediate and advanced players, and so we're very excited to announce the return of our very popular first composer-specific weekend. We're incredibly lucky to have secured the services of Warren Mailley-Smith for this course. In 2016, Warren became the first British pianist to...

Intermediate weekend with David Hall – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

This course is designed for people who are now confident in the basics of the piano, want to deepen learning before trying an Upper Intermediate course or grade, and who are between or around grades 4 and 6 standard. It's ideal for players keen to return to the piano after a gap of a few...

Piano retreat – mixed ability – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Fancy a UK based, luxury weekend away in a grade 1 listed country manor, surrounded by 9 grand pianos? Our piano retreat is designed for anyone who just wants a...

Improvisation and harmony weekend with David Hall – mixed ability

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

This course, run by Finchcocks Musical Director David Hall, is ideal for anybody who wants to develop their keyboard skills of harmonisation, composition and improvisation in a classical style It...

Chopin weekend with Warren Mailley-Smith – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Back by very popular demand, this will be our fourth Chopin weekend here at Finchcocks with Warren Mailley-Smith. Chopin's lyrical and elegant Nocturnes and Preludes are firm favourites with our...

Piano retreat – mixed ability – waiting list

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Fancy a UK based, luxury weekend away in a grade 1 listed country manor, surrounded by 9 grand pianos? Our piano retreat is designed for anyone who just wants a...

Upper Intermediate weekend with Graham Fitch – sold out

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

Our Upper Intermediate weekend course is designed for pianists grades 5-8. Whether you're a confident grade 5 level player, or a grade 8 player in need of a confidence boost...

Keyboard Music from the Baroque with Steven Devine – mixed ability

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

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...

Retreat weekend with Beatrice Nicholas – mixed ability – WAITING LIST

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...

How to practise weekend with Andrew Eales – mixed ability

We're really excited to be welcoming piano educator Andrew Eales to lead his first course at Finchcocks and start 2025 off with an interactive dive into his highly acclaimed practice guide How to practise. On How to practise by Andrew Eales "The essential, pocket-sized companion for every musician. Accessible and authoritative, How to Practise Music is...

19th century piano technique & the romantics weekend with Daniel Grimwood – mixed ability – WAITING LIST

Developed by the esteemed 19th century pianist Ignaz Moscheles and pedagogue François-Joseph Fétis, Méthode des Méthodes is one of the most ambitious of the 19th century music methods. The Etudes, by composers as famous as Chopin, Mendelssohn and Liszt, also include less familiar names such as Eduard Wolff, Amadée Mereaux and Julius Benedict, and provide...

Jazz weekend with Nikki Iles – upper intermediate – diploma – WAITING LIST

We are thrilled to welcome multi-award winning jazz pianist Nikki Iles to Finchcocks for a weekend devoted to jazz piano. “A formidable UK jazz presence ...” “Iles is one of the most refreshing figures to have emerged in the UK scene in recent times" The Guardian (John Fordham) “Formidably creative.... “The Heroine of British Jazz...

Interpretation and improvisation: Making advanced theory fun with David Hall – upper intermediate – diploma

Finchcocks Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, United Kingdom

This course, run by Finchcocks Musical Director David Hall, is ideal for anybody who wants to go beyond grade 5 theory to further develop their keyboard skills of interpretation, improvisation, harmonisation and transposition. It would best suit the Upper Intermediate pianist who has good understanding of grade 5 music theory upto Advanced players. David will...