Hello to my lovely Patrons! Sleep was eluding me this morning, but as it was a bright and beautiful morning I seized the opportunity to tackle the last few cheeky bars of the Chopin nocturne I am preparing to video! It’s quite a handful but I’m enjoying the challenge and it will be so helpful with my own piano writing. I’ve come a long away since the days of being forced to learn the piano in order to get into music college. My teacher was horrible and piano lessons were a lesson in survival rather than music! I have never performed on the piano in public, apart from having to accompany pupils for exams, again, another endurance test! For the first time in my life I’m loving the piano so much and feel that this will reflect in the music I compose going forward. Thanks to you all, this is another way in which your support is helping me to grow as a composer X