Heart of the Piano Podcast Bob Rose

We discuss the Pianogate drama - an international incident at St Pancras Station in London where Boogie Woogie live streamer Brendan Kavanagh stood his ground against some pushy Chinese communists. The resulting video went internationally viral and turned 'Dr K' into a hero of the people. But I wondered if the Chinese film crew might have had some valid points with some issues that make me uneasy about how 'Dr K' runs his YouTube enterprise.

Tim Topham is a legend in the piano education world, his podcast "The Integrated Music Teaching Podcast" is a who's who of the most interesting & creative piano educators. It was a huge honour to chat to Tim about his new book which advocates and provides a framework for delaying reading music with beginner piano students.



This episode is not just for piano teachers though, I'm sure everybody will be interested in our chat which includes topics such as common preventable weaknesses that most piano students have, the history of improvisation and freedom from the written note in classical music, the problem with method books, and more...

Check the shownotes for timings if you just want to listen to the review for one particular grade

The most radical and indispensable piano syllabus ever! This will either be incredibly exciting for piano teachers & students- or highly controversial. Either way, it’s a must-own. In this episode I discuss some of the many controversial issues that this new syllabus raises, and give you a detailed verdict on these new books. Part two will review the individual grades.

Cheryl is back for a masterclass on how awareness of musical tension and release can make huge changes to our playing, and demonstrates that we absolutely need to learn to learn to feel it in the body before we can successfully apply it to our piano playing

My friend Cheryl is back to chat about and get a deeper understanding of the practical ways in which we can become truly great pianists by bringing the psychological skills I've demonstrated in recent episodes into our learning and practising