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The Ashgrove (SATB, piano accompaniment)

Originally arranged for the Waverton Singers’ April concert in 2006, I have just produced an mp3 of this popular welsh folksong to accompany the score on Choralwiki., which is also available for free on Sibelius Music
The Ash Grove

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Streetpianos – A municipal piano for your neighbourhood

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What a wonderful idea. Birmingham, Sao Paulo, Sydney and now Bury St. Edmunds have all been the lucky recipients of a number of pianos installed in various public places to encourage artistic expression and communication. I am sure they must have encouraged many reticent pianists to come out of the woodwork.
Following a recent visit to [...]

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The Ashgrove (SATB, piano accompaniment)

the-ashgrove-satb-piano-accompaniment

Originally arranged for the Waverton Singers’ April concert in 2006, I have just produced an mp3 of this popular welsh folksong to accompany the score on Choralwiki, which is also available for free on Sibelius Music
The Ashgrove (SATB)
The Ash Grove

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The lonely little piano

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One of my first posts on the blog last year, reviewed a story book for piano lovers by Tom Allan, published by Penketh Publications. The book is now in second edition and has an appealing new cover design worthy of mention. 
“… The latest book from Penketh Publications written by Tom Allan is destined to delight piano [...]

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African Elephant Composition by Oliver, age 8

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Oliver showed me his composition today, which I think was pretty good for an 8 year old. This is the first time I have used Noteflight which is a bit like google docs for musical scores; making the score viewable, searchable and printable on the noteflight site and producing an embeddable, printable flash score for [...]

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