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Booking Information
Workshops for Piano Teachers - attend online or in person
These workshops are suitable for all teachers, whether just starting out or with years of experience. If you are looking for renewed inspiration or hoping for an energising refresher for your lessons, these one-day events will leave you feeling invigorated and give you dozens of new ideas for lessons.
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​​Our workshops take place at The Purcell School of Music in Bushey, Herts. If you are attending in person you may book until midnight on October 21st. Please note you need to bring your own lunch.
If attending online you can book until 5.30pm BST on October 26th and recordings of the workshops will be available for six weeks after you receive the recording links.
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Please remember that you can claim £100 of your CPD fees (£50 if online) against one of the longer PTC courses if you book within a year of the CPD event.
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Discounts for members of EPTA, The Curious Piano Teachers, Practising the Piano Online Academy, ISM and PTC alumni. Click here for more information.
Saturday 25th October 2025
9:45am - 5:30​​pm
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Andrew Davidson
Improvisation for Piano Pedagogy (in person attendance only)
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Roberta Wolff
What Else Are We Teaching?
Announcing our October 2025 workshops​: Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October.​
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With Andrew Davidson, Roberta Wolff, Andrew Eales and Kris Worsley
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Booking is now open. Buy your ticket here
​​Sunday 26th October 2025
9:45am - 5:30​​pm
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Andrew Eales
The Joy of Repertoire
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Kris Worsley
Kodály for Piano Teachers
Attend a workshop and claim a discount off one of our 2025-26 courses:​
£100 for in-person attendance; £50 for online attendance.
When you attend any of our workshop days in person you can add a one-to-one piano lesson with one of our expert piano teachers: £80 for 1 hour or £55 for 40 minutes Please contact us for more information.
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The Workshops
Saturday 25th October
9:45 am Andrew Davidson - Improvisation for Piano Pedagogy (in person attendance only)
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Improvisation can enrich any pianist’s musicianship and creativity. In this two-part workshop, you’ll explore practical, accessible ways to bring improvisation into your teaching, whatever your own experience level. We’ll begin with rhythm and movement - using physical action and spoken word to explore beat, metre, and note durations, building towards motifs, phrases, and forms. We’ll then apply these rhythmic concepts at the piano through pentatonic, modal, diatonic, and atonal structures. Discover how simple, adaptable tools can spark creativity, deepen understanding of repertoire, and expand expressive skills. Explore fresh strategies to inspire learners, from beginners to advanced, while broadening your own musical palette.
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About Andrew
Andrew Davidson, BMus (Hons I), PGDipMus (Composition), MMus (Dalcroze Eurhythmics), is an Australian musician and theatre practitioner based in London. He is Senior Lecturer in Acting and Musical Theatre at Guildford School of Acting (GSA), University of Surrey, and former Head of Dramatic Arts at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM). He holds the Diplôme Supérieur in Dalcroze Eurhythmics from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (IJD), and the Professional Certificate in the Kodály Concept from the British Kodály Academy (BKA). Andrew is a faculty member for Dalcroze UK Professional Training. He presents internationally and publishes on actor training, music education, and wellbeing in the performing arts.
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2:15pm Musical Moment with Kris Worsley, a 15 minute piano recital
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2:30pm ​Roberta Wolff - What Else Are We Teaching?
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Join Roberta for a practical and thought-provoking workshop exploring the dynamic cycle between teacher identity, metacognitive modelling, and student motivation. You’ll consider how your perspectives and values show up - often tacitly - in lessons, and learn strategies to enhance student motivation, growth and belonging through intentional modelling. There will also be space for bold critique of common tensions, from imposter syndrome to conflicting goals and contrasting teaching approaches. You'll leave with fresh approaches, renewed clarity, and a stronger sense of agency in values-led teaching, grounded in your professional identity.
​About Roberta
Roberta Wolff is a pianist, educator, coach, and speaker whose work bridges performance, teaching, leadership, and professional development. She is the module leader for the PGCert in Performance Teaching at Guildhall School and she mentors staff through the Catalyst programme. As a freelancer, Roberta supports musicians and educators in deepening artistic confidence, refining facilitation skills, and strengthening professional identity. Her approach is grounded in reflective practice and attuned to the subtle, relational dimensions of teaching and learning. She delivers sector-wide workshops, and offers coaching and mentoring for instrumental teachers, portfolio professionals, and education leaders. Across all her work, she offers a thoughtful, research-informed approach grounded in a deep understanding of the personal and professional dimensions of a life in music.
​2:30pm Kris Worsley - Kodály for Piano Teachers
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Kris's workshops will be full of inspirational ideas for developing beginner and intermediate level students with the Kodály concept of education. Teachers with all levels of experience are welcome, whether you are new to the Kodály concept of education or simply wish to develop your skills and understanding further.
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About Andrew
Andrew Eales is one of the UK’s leading piano educators, with over thirty years’ experience running a successful teaching practice in Milton Keynes. He works with students of all ages and levels, from beginners to diploma candidates. He is a published composer, with works featured in ABRSM and LCM syllabuses, and the author of How to Practise Music, published worldwide by Hal Leonard, for whom he has also compiled several piano anthologies, including The Joy of Graded Piano series. His piano education website Pianodao is widely appreciated, with many thousands of subscribers from all around the world.
Sunday 26th October
9:45am Andrew Eales - The Joy of Repertoire
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This session will consider how we can expand the repertoire beyond method book and syllabus pieces to incorporate a wide and rich variety of music. Using pieces from his acclaimed Joy of Graded Piano anthologies, Andrew will explain, demonstrate, and demystify the simple art of holistic teaching, developing students’ understanding, technique and musicianship to become three-dimensional pianists with a lifelong love of the piano.
Watch the video below where Andrew describes his workshops.
2:15pm Musical Moment with Joanna Garcia, a 15 minute piano recital
About Kris
As well as being a principal tutor here at The Piano Teachers’ Course, UK Dr Kris Worsley is a pianist, scholar and teacher with specialisms in musicianship and ear training, as well as European music from the late 17th to early 19th centuries and historical performance practice. Kris has taught and lectured extensively at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, but has always maintained a core practice working with children, including those with additional needs and from disadvantaged backgrounds. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Royal Northern College of Music.