This year, in November, some of my pupils performed at my concert at the Beaumaris music centre and the proceeds went to The Beaumaris and District silver band. The band are involved in teaching young children how to play and also provide them all with an instrument each so the money went to a very good cause.

All the performers worked very hard and many of them played a duet as well as a solo in front of some very proud parents and brothers and sisters.

The weekend before at the same venue the adults that I teach all played a piece on the piano in front of each other. The nerves took hold but they all encourged each other and felt much better after the concert when they'd had a glass of wine!

Earlier in the year I gave a short recital for my adult pupils in which I played some Bach, Haydn, Scarlatti and Faure. As it is some time since I performed as a soloist I was also a bit aprehensive but had a lovely audience to perform to. I do a lot of accompanying but playing as a soloist is very different therefore I have decided to make it a regular event to keep me on my toes!