AMG Music

01/31/2026

Happy Birthday, Schubert!

(I realise that he is dead and will not read this)

🙌 🥳🎈🎂🎈🥳 🙌

Schubert's Sonata in A (D.664) is a fantastic piano work, with a particularly beautiful 2nd Movement!Recently I have fallen in love with Franz Schubert. How...

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎷🎹
Lessons resume on January 5th.
Wishing everyone a wonderfully musical 2026!

12/24/2025

As we come to the end of the year, I wanted to share this jazzy little arrangement as a way of saying thank you - for the music made, the progress achieved, and the joy of learning together this year.

Wishing all my students and their families a peaceful, restorative holiday season, and I look forward to making more music together in the new year! ✨

Ding D**g Merrily on High - Jazz Medley! Written and arranged for saxophones and clarinet..As is tradition, I finish for Winter Break and then throw together...

11/04/2025

Alexander's achievement of a Merit in his Initial Grade Performance Exam at the age of 7 is a testament to his dedication and talent! 🎹

The examiner's comments highlight the notable aspects of his performance:

"Varied tone and effective staccato playing gave character to this sincere, fluent and detailed account."

"Much of the detail came across characterfully, with both articulation and tonal colour well varied. The notes were safely in place and the lively pace was surely sustained."

"Overall this was an engaging performance, with a clear sense of involvement with both the playing and pacing of the programme conveyed."

Presenting and performing a programme with such confidence and detail at the age of 7 is a remarkable feat - congratulations to Alexander on this well-deserved excellent result! 👍

08/02/2025

One of the stars of the Lionesses, who scored a key goal in England's semi-final win at Euro 2025, has revealed the role music plays in her life off the pitch.

19-year-old Michelle Agyemang spoke of her love of the piano in a recent interview with BBC Sport, revealing that she even brought her keyboard with her to Switzerland. "I play the piano, the bass guitar and the drums," she said. "I have my piano in my room so I'm spending a lot of time in there just playing and chilling."

"I don't think that there's a day that I go without playing it because it's right in front of me. Especially on game days I probably spend about two hours just playing and enjoying myself."

07/24/2025

9 year old Aiden is onto week two of his Hanon exercises, developing awareness of how a relaxed shoulder and elbow can support a flexible wrist and independent fingers!

Technical work isn’t always the most exciting undertaking.. so the promise of impromptu chicken impressions and a challenge to balance various items on top of the hand is sometimes all the motivation we need! 😆

06/26/2025

Hot on the heels of a very successful Prep Test in December, Joey has done an amazing job of getting his Initial Grade exam in the bag in less than 6 months! Not only that, but he’s achieved a solid Merit and some really lovely comments from the examiner! Well done, Joey - excellent work!

05/29/2025

The excellent results continue with this Grade 2 Distinction for the very hard working Miles!
Since January 2024, Miles has scored two previous distinction grades, marking a hat trick with this latest result! Awesome work, Miles - you should be very proud! 🎶

ABRSM

03/20/2025

Tonight’s audience seemed like a tough crowd…But when you’re only five years old and playing confidently with hands together on your second lesson, the applause was inevitable! 😁

02/07/2025

Ilyas only just turned 7 in January, but he’s already doing a great job of keeping a steady pulse and maintaining his rhythms during our duet performance of ‘Swing It’ from Play Piano! Awesome job, Ilyas - keep up the amazing work! 😍🎹

12/23/2024

Not a single Christmas card has been sent this year. Really proud of this environmentally friendly achievement which has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that we don’t know how to buy stamps. So, here’s my annual musical card instead.. 50 seconds of festive joy, completely free of charge from our home to yours! Happy Holidays, everyone!

Only in America could Greensleeves be considered a festive tune! So, here I am, embracing this cultural difference along with some hideous festive acrylic in...