Welcome back to our Author Focus series! Our next author collaboration is with award-winning, best-selling piano teacher, composer, and author Melanie Spanswick.
In part one of the series, Melanie Spanswick discusses her early beginnings in music and composition, discussing her published works, So you want to play the Piano?, The Faber Music Piano Anthology, the Play it again Piano series, and Chakra Suite. Listen to Melanie introduce herself and her work below.
Featured Publications
The piano is a magnificently versatile instrument and great fun to learn, but all the considerations can seem a little overwhelming if you're thinking about taking it up. In So You Want To Play The Piano?, concert pianist and piano teacher Melanie Spanswick covers all concerns and advises on how to find the perfect instrument, what to look for in a teacher, things to bear in mind beyond playing the right notes, popular books for beginners, preparing for exams, supporting a child who is learning, and much, much more.
Available Format: Sheet Music
The Faber Music Piano Anthology is a beautiful collection of core repertoire from the great composers, presented in progressive order. This luxury hardback edition features high-quality premium paper, page finder ribbon and ‘The Concerto’ linocut cover image by Cyril Edward Power. Selected by pianist and teacher Melanie Spanswick, this anthology is ideal for pianists of every level.
Available Format: Sheet Music
Play it again: Piano will reunite you with the keyboard using real pieces from the piano repertoire to teach specific techniques and tips, to get you playing fluently once again. The level of pieces in this first book progresses from around UK grades 1 to 4 (elementary to intermediate).
Available Format: Sheet Music
The Chakra Suite, dedicated to clarinettist Nadia Barbosa and pianist Yuki Negishi, was written in June/July 2020. The work contains seven movements, with each representing the character of the seven chakras.
Available Format: Sheet Music
