Are you stuck with the score? Do you long to pick up tunes to play at parties? Do you want the direct, expressive coordination that comes from playing by ear, from memory, even if you learn initially from the score? Weekend Course with Stephen Marquiss in the beautiful English countryside setting of Jackdaws Music Education Trust. Book and find out more here: https://www.jackdaws.org.uk/events/3530/

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.

Piano Portals is a groundbreaking, holistic framework for piano technique. It's a radical substitute for conventional exercises. It offers fresh, transformational points of focus for your practice based on oft-overlooked elements of able players' techniques. It empowers you to become the expert on refining your playing coordination though deepening self-awareness, not dogma. Find out more at https://pianoportals.com/ Access online courses, e-books, cheat sheets, tutorials and optional 1-2-1 support at https://www.patreon.com/pianoportals

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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