Annahilt Piano Academy
Tuesday: 09:00 - 22:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 22:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 22:00
Friday: 09:00 - 22:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday: -
About Annahilt Piano Academy
Annahilt Piano Academy specializes in teaching all abilities of piano performance, as well as music theory and GCSE /A-level music tuition, and providing piano accompaniment. ***Now offering CCEA GCSE in Music***
Annahilt Piano Academy Description
General:
Annahilt Piano Academy is a private piano tuition business operated by Mr Peter Stevenson MA (Mus) BMus (Hons), a full time, professional piano teacher (EPTA-UK) with almost two decades of experience teaching piano performance and music theory, both through private tuition and in schools where his tuition has been requested. Located in the village of Annahilt, just outside Lisburn, Annahilt Piano Academy provides tuition for many of the surrounding areas such as Hillsborough, Dromore, Ballynahinch, Dromara and others further afield.
Training:
Alongside receiving his instrumental training from two concert pianists, Peter completed a GCSE and A-Level in music before achieving a Bachelor of Music degree with honours, then furthering his musical education with the completion of a Masters of Arts in Music, specifically concerned with authentic performance of the piano. This training, coupled with his continual research in piano pedagogy and teaching methods and an interest in psychology, has lead to Peters adoption of efficient teaching and practising techniques with focus being placed on each pupil gaining a high level of independence as early as possible. These techniques allow pupils to progress quickly while still, most importantly, understanding the music they are learning. Furthermore Peter has experience teaching pupils with additional requirements such as Dyspraxia, ADHD and Dyslexia.
Tuition:
Pupils from the age of 3 to 60 + attend weekly half-hour or hour-long lessons in piano performance (Beginner to Diploma) and music theory (Grade 1 to 8). Small group theory classes are also available, taking beginners to ABRSM Grade 5 (essential to progress to Grade 6 + in performance). Peter additionally provides tuition for GCSE Music and aids his pupils in preparing for their GCSE, AS- and A-Level exams in music. Exam accompaniment is also provided from Grade 1 to Diploma level. Accompaniment must be booked well in advance due to accompaniment commitments to local teachers. A fast track CCEA GCSE in Music is also available, where pupils complete their Music GCSE in one school year (10 months).
Success:
Over the years pupils of Annahilt Piano Academy have maintained, and continue to maintain an outstanding success rate in hundreds of ABRSM exams. They also continually enjoy high levels of success in competition at both local and regional level, including the Belfast, Portadown and Holywood Music Festivals and Primary School Musician of the Year.
Reviews
Leah and the Trinity College of Music Cup for the Grade 8 category. She also was awarded a Merit for her performances in the Junior Open. Well done Leah!
Paddy and the Ulster Laces Cup for the Junior Open. Well done Paddy!
PORTADOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019
Congratulations to all the pupils who took part in the first piano evening of the festival last night!
I'm still waiting for a couple of results, but will add them in later.
... First up in the Grade 8's Rachel was placed 2nd with a Scarlatti Sonata and Leah won the category and the Trinity College of Music Cup with her performance of Sturdy Build.
Next in the Grade 7 Jade performed Handel's Fantasia in C to be awarded a Merit
The 16-18 Open followed with Hannah being placed 3rd her Scarlatti, and Jade being awarded 2nd for her performance of Petites Litanies de Jesus.
In the Senior Open Jude was awarded third place and the bronze medal
And in the final category of the evening, the Junior Open, Leah was awarded a Merit for her performances of Beethoven and Gershwin. Josh was placed third with some jazz from Wedgwood and Cornick. Brother Max placed second, achieving the silver medal and Paddy won the category and the Ulster Laces Cup.
Well done to all! Excellent work guys and keep it up :-)
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Eva and Lily visiting Mr. Mozart recently :-)
Congratulations Mr. Jude Kennedy ATCL :-)
Ben and Benjamin at their BB performance last week. Sorry for the delay guys I've just realised the post I put up last Saturday didn't work! Congratulations to the pair of you
Congratulations to Jude in the Holywood Music Festival. He was awarded the David McQuiston Cup for first place in the Under 17 Open, 2nd place in the Under 17 Sonata and 4th place in the Advanced Grade 8/8+ category. Well done :-)
Shazzah and the Gold medal for winning the Under 14s Jazz category today at Holywood. Well done :-)
Congratulations to Catherine on her lovely performances of Casiopeia and Pegasus this morning in the Holywood Music Festival. She was awarded the Sliver Medal in the 10 and Under Solo. Well done Catherine :-)
Congratulations to the GCSE class of 2017-18. Results just in this morning and you got 2 A*, 4 A's and 2 B's. Well done Dylan, Rebecca, Alice, Jimmy, Sophie, Caetano and the two Rachel's, I'm really proud of you all. I don't know how I'm going to cope with all the peace and quiet now ;-)
Congratulations to Miss Zoe Dickey DipLCM on being awarded a diploma in piano performance for her recital a few weeks ago. Well done Zo! A fantastic effort in the middle of your AS's! Total trooper!! :-)
A huge congrats to Steven and Amanda Graham on their big day yesterday. It's so nice when a pupil gets married!! It was a real pleasure to play for you guys and thank you for my new nutty (and bolty :-) ) piano dude - he's awesome! All the best and God bless for your future together!
Congrats to this years quiet, refined, ever so genteel GSCE class, who did not try to throw me in the pond, but, no matter how it looks, were indeed trying to save me from falling into it! ;-) Well done guys! Performances, compositions and two final papers completed. Looking forward to results in August :-)
It's an interesting business, a career in music, you never know where you might end up! At the end of the teaching day, you might find yourself called upon for your *cough cough* "hairdressing skills"!
Piano Pete's Barbers, now accepting bookings. If you fancy a number 1, we'll get it done! ;-)
Fantastic set of exam results, excellent GCSE performances, an outstanding festival and brilliant recital all done within the last month. Well done guys!!
Now the next exam period is approaching quickly and you all need to be focusing as intently as Rach here; showing us new levels of undivided attention and concentration! :-)
Keep up the good work all of you!
Ellie and her bronze medal for third place in the grade 3s. Well done Ellie!
Tommy and the Myra Watson Cup for the Grade 3 category! Well done TommyBoy! :-)
More about Annahilt Piano Academy
Tuesday: 09:00 - 22:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 22:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 22:00
Friday: 09:00 - 22:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday: -