Piano Section

This section provides opportunities for everyone from the beginner to the post graduate music student and caters for the talented youngster as well as the adult novice or the skilled performer. Whether you want to give a short recital, perform a set work or even show off your skill at scale playing in public there will be a class for you.

Different genres, periods and national schools of piano playing are covered. Some classes are devoted to the performance of particular composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt, while others leave the choice of work entirely to the performer, but if you cannot find a class that seems exactly what you want, please get in touch and we will see how we can best accommodate you.

In addition to the solo classes, there are opportunities for piano duet (4 hands), piano duos (2 pianos) and concertos with a second piano as accompaniment

Classes will be held at The United Reformed Church in Muswell Hill.

Prizes and Certificates

There are cash prizes and trophies to be competed for in the Premier Challenge Cup (£75 + cup), Recital Class (£75 + cup first prize; £50 second prize), Concerto Class (£50), British Music from 1850 (£50) among others. In other classes there are gold, silver and bronze medals to be won, and every competitor will receive a written adjudication sheet and certificate of participation. Cups will be awarded to the most talented pianists under 16 and under 8 years of age and to the most outstanding piano duet

One or two of the most outstanding players may be offered the opportunity to perform at The Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2.