Hi, I'm Stephen. Thanks for watching! After years of classical training, I emerged disconnected, dissociated and disillusioned as a pianist. I'd developed mental blocks around memorising and performing. Many technical difficulties still held me back. I struggled with excess tension and recurring injury. Discover how I found facility and flow in my 30s and 40s - and revolutionise your practice with Piano Portals, a joyful, holistic online framework for piano technique and radical substitute for conventional exercises: https://pianoportals.com/ Please like, subscribe and tell me about your piano journey. Filmed at Christ Church, Frome, Somerset, U. K.

Hi, I'm Stephen. Thanks for watching! After years of classical training, I emerged disconnected, dissociated and disillusioned as a pianist. I'd developed mental blocks around memorising and performing. Many technical difficulties still held me back. I struggled with excess tension and recurring injury. Discover how I found facility and flow in my 30s and 40s - and revolutionise your practice with Piano Portals, a joyful, holistic online framework for piano technique and radical substitute for conventional exercises: https://pianoportals.com/ Please like, subscribe and tell me about your piano journey. Filmed at Jackdaws Music Education Trust.

Hi, I'm Stephen. Thanks for watching! These videos of short pieces showcase my journey from frustration to facility in playing in my 30s/40s. After years of classical training, I emerged disconnected, dissociated and disillusioned as a pianist. I'd developed mental blocks around memorising and performing. Many technical difficulties still held me back. I struggled with excess tension and recurring injury. Discover how I found facility and flow in my 30s/40s and revolutionise your practice with Piano Portals - a joyful, holistic online framework for piano technique and radical substitute for conventional exercises: https://pianoportals.com/ Please like, subscribe and tell me about your piano journey. Filmed at Christ Church, Frome, Somerset, U. K.

***Free e-book accompanying this playlist: http://eepurl.com/gdIXG9 ***Free Mini-Course: https://stephen-marquiss-s-school.teachable.com/p/free-mini-course-what-in-your-technique-is-holding-you-back ***Find Out More: https://pianoportals.com/ ***Subscribe to Stephen's personal channel for piano-playing videos: https://www.youtube.com/@stephenmarquisspiano * Piano Portals is a groundbreaking, holistic framework for piano technique and radical substitute for technical exercises. Born of an adult journey from frustration to facility, it offers fresh, transformational points of focus for your practice based on oft-overlooked elements of able players' techniques. The online courses explore Core Tools for transforming technique from Elementary to Advanced. The YouTube tutorials offer tips for learning Elementary - Advanced repertoire enjoyably, efficiently and expressively using Supplementary Tools. Piano Portals challenges assumptions underpinning 'received wisdom' in technique. Founder, Stephen Marquiss, practised diligently for years at music school but left a shadow of his former creative self, suffering recurring repetitive strain injury, mental blocks and a ceiling on technique... Thanks to Piano Portals, Stephen now plays fluently and expressively to his satisfaction in his mid-40s, which feels like a dream come true. He is committed to empowering others to achieve the same through Piano Portals. ***Find out more https://pianoportals.com/

The first of my piano collection, Joshua's Fire - seven pieces charting a human journey. Enjoy the journey, and let me know your experiences in the comments!

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