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Big Ben’s Bells are Taking a Little Break…

Big Ben’s Bells are Taking a Little Break…

This blog is all about Bells. Big beautiful bonging bells! Both the Big Ben bell and the place it was created, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in East London. Any keen listener of BBC Radio 4 will probably know of the impending bong deficit. This is […]

Songs of Praise – BBC Junior Choir Of The Year

Songs of Praise – BBC Junior Choir Of The Year

Huge congratulations to Blackheath Prep Choir who made it into the semi-finals of the BBC Choir Of The year 2016. We have 5 students at the academy who sing in the choir; Amity, Evie, Matthew, Harriet and Amber and you can watch their glorious faces […]

If you liked “Let It Go” from Frozen, read this!

If you liked “Let It Go” from Frozen, read this!

If you’re a Disney fan, there’s no doubt you love their new animation film, “Frozen” – we certainly do. We’re big fans of New York born actress and singer Idina Menzel, the voice of princess Elsa in the film. If you like the songs “Let […]

iReal Pro – a great jazz chords app

iReal Pro – a great jazz chords app

iReal Pro is an app for iPhone, iPad, Android and OS X that is jam packed full of useful functions for musicians. Not only can you use it to store and view chord progressions, but you can also play them back at any tempo, key […]

How to get the most out of your practise session!

How to get the most out of your practise session!

Practise. As you may remember, we posted a blog recently about how long to practise for, but how can we make that practise time fun and effective? Here are a few ideas. Setting up an instrument can take up quite a bit of time and […]