The Online Academy combines an extensive on-demand library with structured courses and learning pathways, live events, opportunities to ask questions and receive feedback, and specialist programmes from leading pianists and educators.
Explore at your own pace, follow a structured route or join an interactive learning experience according to your interests, goals and available time.
Use the Academy to enrich the work you do between lessons or shape your own programme of independent learning.
Explore the core library, follow a step-by-step path, join a live learning experience or go deeper with a specialist programme.
Practical guidance on practising, technique, repertoire, sight-reading, theory, performance and more.
Included with membershipWork through courses and learning pathways organised around particular skills and topics, with a clear route to follow.
Included with membershipJoin workshops, presentations, performance events and Practice Clinics, with opportunities to ask questions and receive guidance.
Clinic submissions included • event savingsGo further with premium courses and recordings focused on particular skills, challenges and areas of musical development.
Member savings availableThe core library contains more than 1,000 video lessons, articles and practical resources. Use it to find a new piece to play, get ideas for repertoire you are already learning, discover a more effective practice strategy, tackle a specific technical challenge or develop a broader musical skill.
Browse by topic, repertoire, contributor and other criteria, dipping into a specific question when you need help or exploring a collection in greater depth.
Not sure where to begin or what to work on next? Our courses and learning pathways take you step by step through a topic, giving you a clear route to follow.
Our flagship guided course takes you through a practical process for beginning a new piano piece, from discovery and understanding through to organising your work and beginning the first stages of learning.
Included with membershipGraham Fitch's tried and tested practice tools provide highly effective ways to make your practice sessions more productive and enjoyable.
Included with membershipBuild practical theoretical understanding through a structured course created with pianists in mind.
Included with membershipA comprehensive curriculum combining annotated scores and detailed practice suggestions across the skills involved in fluent sight-reading.
Included with membershipFurther specialist courses are also available separately with substantial subscriber savings.
Our online events programme brings pianists together for presentations, interactive workshops and performance events exploring subjects such as rhythmic playing, keyboard harmony, sight-reading, healthy technique, creative practising, repertoire discovery and performance psychology.
Expert guidance, demonstrations and practical ideas on focused musical topics.
Opportunities to participate, experiment, share playing and receive feedback.
Explore selected previous events and supporting resources when the timing or topic suits you.
Member event benefits: subscribers receive 40% off online presentations, interactive workshops and audience places for performance workshops. Performer places in performance workshops use a different booking model, with priority booking for members.
Online Academy subscribers can submit practising questions for our regular Practice Clinics, led by Graham Fitch and invited guest specialists.
Questions might concern a difficult passage, practice strategy, interpretation, technique or another challenge from your own playing. Even when your own question is not featured, the repertoire, problems and experiences shared by other pianists can offer valuable ideas to apply to your own work.
Other interactive events also provide opportunities to ask questions, share playing and receive guidance.
Membership gives you an affordable core of ongoing resources and benefits. When you want to go deeper, choose the premium courses, workshops and recordings most relevant to your interests rather than paying for a fixed programme.
Develop more secure ways to learn and memorise repertoire using practical, aural and analytical approaches.
Explore the courseDevelop the practical and psychological skills involved in moving from the practice room towards confident performance.
Explore the courseBuild a healthy, sustainable technique that supports physical ease, control and expressive freedom.
Explore the courseFred Karpoff's course for intermediate pianists uses a whole-body approach to integrate effortless technique with expressive music making.
Explore the courseAcademy members receive 40% off online events, at least 20% and up to 60% off selected premium courses, plus other subscriber offers from time to time. This keeps the core membership affordable while giving you the flexibility to invest more in the areas that matter most to you.
There is no required programme or sequence. Use the Academy in the way that best supports your own musical life.
Use the Academy as a complement to your lessons, exploring specialist areas, investigating repertoire and developing skills that may not always fit into regular lesson time.
Find reliable guidance, practical routes and different expert perspectives whenever you need direction.
Develop your own playing and find ideas, demonstrations and resources that can help you support and empower your students.
Investigate particular techniques, repertoire, interpretation and performance challenges in depth, while broadening your musicianship and exploring skills that may sit outside your formal training.
Explore the Academy at your own pace, follow a structured route or join a live learning experience.