Author: leonora

Bristol Open Piano Platform is a regular informal performance opportunity open to any pianist – young or old, beginner or diploma level. Participants play one or two pieces of their choice (5 minutes maximum per player) on a grand piano. Family and friends are welcome.

admission
(includes light refreshments)
£2 per player
£1 audience

The venue for Bristol Open Piano Platform is 
Bristol Music Club, 76 St Pauls Road,  
Clifton, Bristol  BS8 1LP

parking on many nearby streets is free on Sundays!

The NEXT Open Piano Platform … 
… will start at 10am on Sunday March 24th 2024

Please email Daniel Lloyd by midnight on Wednesday 20th March giving your name and the name of the piece you would like to play (including a rough guide to its grade level). Each player has a maximum of 5 minutes and may play a maximum of two pieces.

A running order will be sent out a day or two beforehand. Please arrive in good time for your performance. Remember, some pianists may play for less than 5 minutes!! The concert format is simple – beginners at the start and diplomas at the end. Players who miss their allocated time (or apply after the deadline) are welcome to play but must wait until the published list of performances has been completed.  The event will finish no later than (high!) noon.

If you arrive or need to leave while the concert is in progress please move as quietly as you can, choosing a moment between performances.

Anticipation of performance encourages pianists to practise more often and more effectively
Watching other performers and hearing other pieces can inspire and motivate
Seeing a period of intense preparation through to a conclusion builds self-esteem
Performing builds confidence to perform both socially and for graded assessments
Regular performance helps dispel performance anxiety
Regular performance teaches players to play through mistakes
Regular performance helps players (eventually!) to enjoy the moment and take a gracious bow

http://www.jackdaws.org.uk

An Empowering Approach to Continuing Musicianship Growth and Performing Skills at the Piano

•  August 23, 2024 – August 25, 2024
   6:30 pm – 4:00 pm 

Level: All abilities
Fee: £336

An Empowering Approach to Continuing Musicianship Growth and Performing Skills at the Piano

with Alton Chung Ming Chan

Have you ever been intimidated by a composer’s piece and felt reluctant to study or perform it because you just didn’t feel competent or equipped enough to tackle it? For example, a favorite Chopin or Liszt’s Transcendental Etude or a very famous sonata or concerto.

Good news! the purpose of this short piano course is to focus on both the essential technical and musical skills that cannot be easily verbalized or articulated, which either you have not covered in your previous learnings, or simply do not know how to apply systematically. The emphasis is to empower the performers and pedagogues with practical tools for continual growth in musicianship and performing skills at the piano. The course is open to all levels and serious piano pedagogues.

Each learning session will focus on one or more individual topics such as tone productions, techniques, pedaling, phrasing, composers’ intentions, and performance practices. The contents will be organized and presented in a simple and easily understood manner that have not been elucidated anywhere before. Moreover, attendees will be given guidelines on how to approach and learn a new piece beyond their ability successfully, as well as to share the difficulties of pieces they are currently working on.

• Session 1: Tone Productions and Voicings
• Session 2: Technical Movements
• Session 3: Phrasing/Composers’ Intentions
• Session 4: PedalingPerformance Practice
• Session 5: Effective and Efficient Approaches to Learning a New Piece
• Session 6: Open Discussions on Attendees’ Current Studying Pieces

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A £70 deposit is required to secure your place on this course. The balance of fees, including accommodation, is due 3 weeks before the course start date.

Please contact Jackdaws direct to book.

Len                                        Porz Goret                                          Yann Tiersen

Chris UW                            In the Groove                                    Mike Cornick

Mark                                     Romance Op.21No.1                    Clara Schumann

Steve                                    Venetian Gondola Song Op. 19 No 6     Mendelssohn

                                                Tea in the Sahara                            G. Sumner

Gareth                                 Nocturne in E flat                            Chopin

Richard                                 Prelude no. 1                                 Lennox Berkeley

Kit                                          Rainbow Connection                    Williams / Ascher (arr. Randy Kerber)

Peter                                     Arabica (Danzas Espanolas)     Granados                                      

Simon H                               Intermezzo 118 no.2                     Brahms

Matthew G                         A little hope and light                    Matthew Griffiths

Debbie B                             Adagio in G Minor                           Albinoni

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/roger-huckle-violin-and-helen-reid-piano/e-xgaexy

Thursday 25th Jan at 19.00hrs

All welcome

Please contact Leonora if you would like to join and to receive the zoom link

Ann G. – Piazzolla: Chanson de La Naissance

Cheryl  – John Pitts: Air 3 On an Anagram

Jean – Albeniz: Sous le Palmier (from Cantos de Espana Op.232)

Ruth – Schubert: Drei Klavierstucke

Kathryn – Bach: Gigue from Partita No. 4 

Chris UW – Heinrich Hoffmann: Minnelieder, Op.24 

Simon H. – Lied by Levy

Mark – Schumann: Papillons (No.s 1–5, 10–12), and Chopin Etude in E♭minor Op.10/6 

Simon S. – Bach: Prelude in B♭ minor from the Well Tempered Clavier Book 2

Fran – Billy Taylor (arr. Pete Churchill): I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Kay – Beethoven: Sonata in G Op.49 No.2, 2nd movement

Sunday February 18th     11.00 for 11.15 Kay & Richard, Clifton

Sunday March 24th         11.00 for 11.15 Chris & Karen, Saltford 

Saturday April 20th         11.00 for 11.15 Henleaze Church, Bristol

Saturday May 18th          14.45 for 15.00 Simon & Jill, Stoke Bishop 

Saturday 15th June          14.45 for 15.00 Len and Marion, Cam nr. Dursley

Saturday July 27th            14.45 for 15.00 Graham and Margaret, Coalpit Heath Summer Party

Saturday August 17th     15.00 Ann Cardiff

Sunday August 18th          14.45 for 15.00 Leonora and Paul, Keynsham

Sunday Sept 22nd             14.45 for 15.00 Cheryl and Bryan, Failand

Sunday October 20th         Two meetings being held. – The first 11.00 for 11.15, the second at 13.00 for 13.15 to allow an overlap for a shared lunch. Nigel, in Clifton. Bach themed music suggested for this meeting.

Saturday 23rd November 11.00 for 11.15 Bristol 1904 Arts – Red Lodge Park Row

Saturday December 7th 14.00 hrs for 14.15 Jan, Hengrove – Christmas party.

2025

Annual Plan and Play Meeting to be held on Saturday 18^th January at 14.15 for 14.30 Jan, Hengrove.

Meeting dates for the rest of the year are at Bristol Piano Club Meetings 2024 – Bristol Piano Club