Play it again: PIANO Play it again: PIANO is a best-selling piano course for all ages. It is particularly useful for adults returning to the piano after learning earlier in life. The Prep Book cont…| melaniespanswick.com
Piano Duets & Trios Snapchats Duets and Trios are published by 80 Days Publishing. This three-book series featuring original piano duets and trios for students. Book 1 showcases 19 simple duets…| melaniespanswick.com
The Occult I wrote Ghostly Piano Tales nearly two years ago after becoming increasingly fascinated by the stories behind ghostly legends. I’ve always been interested in the occult, having exp…| melaniespanswick.com
2 posts published by Melanie Spanswick during August 2025| melaniespanswick.com
Today’s post is a ‘round-up’ of my work over the past couple of months. Book projects are coming to an end for this current year. I have two more to be published before 2026. The first is a beginne…| melaniespanswick.com
4 posts published by Melanie Spanswick during May 2025| melaniespanswick.com
3 posts published by Melanie Spanswick during July 2025| melaniespanswick.com
The last few months have been all-consuming, what with the usual end-of-term workload, but when it was finally over, I decided to take an early summer holiday to recharge and revisit old haunts. Over thirty years ago, I visited Hungary to do some research for what I thought was to be my Master’s degree project... Read More|
Pianist Magazine publishes several ‘extra issues’ per year and the latest one is out today. I’m writing a little about it as I recently proofread most of the articles: I’ve …| melaniespanswick.com
The following 55-minute interview was filmed in 2021 in Hamburg, Germany, to celebrate Martha Argerich’s 80th Anniversary, but it was published more recently by Paramax Films and produced by …| melaniespanswick.com
This month’s Pianist Magazine newsletter article focuses on recording your piano playing. What with most examination boards now offering a video ‘recorded’ option or a digital exam, usually known as a ‘Performance’ exam, it seems that this way of presenting piano playing is becoming increasingly popular. When preparing to record any programme, knowing how to... Read More|
This is the fifth and final post in pianist and teacher Julian Jacobson’s series documenting his journey preparing and performing Margaret Lyell’s Piano Concerto. Lyell, who was Julian&…| melaniespanswick.com
On June 29th I embarked on my largest and certainly longest book tour to date. This one had taken considerable preparation and financial support from both Schott Music and Hal Leonard Australia. Th…| melaniespanswick.com
I’m delighted to introduce my three-book piano series: Women Composers – A Graded Anthology For Piano (Schott Music). This series was published in February/March 2022 and was one of my lockdown pro…| melaniespanswick.com
This article was first published on Pianist Magazine’s website. An aspect of piano playing oft-forgotten by students is the importance of ‘placing’ the finger effectively on the key. This might sound unimportant, strange, or just plain daft! After all, we can all ‘play’ a note or depress a key with our fingers therefore it isn’t... Read More|
ANZCA (Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts Limited) are a music examination board popular across Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. Based in Australi…| melaniespanswick.com
Pianist and teacher Julian Jacobson has written this post which marks the fourth in a series dedicated to the piano concerto composed by his mother Margaret Lyell. Julian will be performing the piece tomorrow night in Birmingham: to find out more and purchase your ticket to this event, click here. And so the abstract score... Read More|
April and May has been a busy time with some interesting work and the conclusion of projects which have been in the offing for a while. These have been satisfying and worthy endeavours and, as usua…| melaniespanswick.com
This week marks the publication of my second volume highlighting the music of French late-Romantic composer Mélanie Bonis, or Mel-Bonis as she was often known. Book 1 was published in March and foc…| melaniespanswick.com
I’ve been compiling and editing editions for the Schott student study series for a while and we have already published three volumes: click here to find out more. All my contributions to this serie…| melaniespanswick.com
I’m continuing my series of interviews focusing on piano pedagogy featuring professors and faculty members of universities and music conservatoires around the world. This week’s guest w…| melaniespanswick.com
PIANO PEDAGOGY SPOTLIGHT A collection of interviews with piano professors and faculty members. Click the text beneath each image to read the articles.| melaniespanswick.com
The piano is an intoxicating instrument. Those who have played in their youth often harbour a desire to return to it later in life. Piano ‘returners’ make up an increasingly large cohor…| melaniespanswick.com
BOOKS BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS Melanie has authored 28 publications. These include piano textbooks, several piano series, anthologies, piano examination syllabuses, and original compositions. Her b…| melaniespanswick.com
