Last year I gifted community piano lessons to Pianodrome – a theatre made entirely out of pianos! The Pianodrome was designed and built by musician and sculptor Tim Vincent-Smith to develop the community and provide a space for all artists to learn, develop work and perform. Venues included Royal Botanic Gardens, Leith Theatre and The […]

Exciting news! Just leaving Canada, where there is a New Branch of our Suzuki Family, in Salmon Arm, British Columbia! Liam started formally  in January, 2018, when I came to visit as  his cousins in Edinburgh are current pupils and his uncle Seán Spencer is an established Suzuki Piano and Suzuki Guitar teacher in Edinburgh. […]

An account by Louis Vaughn of a recent lesson with Mary: I have been learning the piano for the last two years getting lessons here and there but never consistently. The lessons would usually consist of me telling the teacher what I wanted to work on and that was about it. The first lesson I […]

Details of the 2020 Suzuki Teacher Training Courses taking place in Spain are now available from the Spanish Federation website: http://federacionmetodosuzuki.es/proximos-cursos-de-formacion/598-curso-de-formacion-profesores-piano-suzuki-2019-20-niveles-1-al-5-598.html Enquiries and bookings can be made by contacting the federation directly at: info@federacionmetodosuzuki.es  

MARY MC CARTHY VISITS CUSCO- 2011 Written by Flor Canelo, Suzuki and traditional piano teacher in Cusco, Peru This last January, we enjoyed the visit of Mary McCarthy to Cusco. We had a wonderful time together working with the students in Cusco, in our passion, the traditional music of our countries, Scotland and Ireland (Mary) and […]

Photo from a reunion of Irish Suzuki Piano Teachers, taken at the Loughrea Hotel, Galway, Thursday 20th June 2019

I have been a pianist in an accompaniment role in Scottish Traditional music bands for eight years. I have been influenced and taught by top trad piano players such as Brian McAlpine (Session A9), Andy Thorburn (Blazin’ Fiddles) and David Milligan (The Unusual Suspects).  I have also been fortunate to be able to pass of […]

RSAMD SCOTTISH PIANO ‘COLLECTIVE’ Minute of the BA Scottish Music Piano Staff and Student meeting held at held at 11am on Monday 29th June 2009 in the Concert Hall of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) Present: Dr. Joshua Dickson (only Initially to welcome all present) Mary McCarthy (Chair) James Ross Hamish […]