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Garreth Brooke is a British born composer, pianist, teacher and curator of the contemporary sheet music project Upright. His music is published by 1631 Recordings under the pen name Garreth Broke.
His writes occasional guest posts on PianoDao. His article about suicide prevention and mental health was published on Huffington Post UK.
He teaches piano lessons in English in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
"Garreth has an irresistable power to create unique moments in music" - Sonoroscape
"Lovely... genuinely uplifting..." - Stationary Travels
"Garreth is a fantastic piano teacher" - Brenda Christensen, professional soprano and singing teacher
Garreth Brooke is a pianist, composer, writer, teacher and grief companion based in Frankfurt, Germany.
“Full of warmth and intimacy, beauty, contrast, and dynamism. The depth of the compositions matches the dazzling technical skill. Broke plays with effortless grace, always focused and with profound inner reflection. Life Through Loss is an extraordinary album that helps anyone experiencing grief to integrate loss into the fabric of life.” — Hans Kaltwasser, DerKulturBlog
“Very sensitive and utterly emotive” — Rondo Magazine
“One of the brightest upcoming voices in piano education today” — Andrew Eales, PianoDao.com
"Lovely... genuinely uplifting…" — Brian Houseman, Stationary Travels
“Cuts through the noise of overwrought emotions and cheap platitudes, and speaks directly the heart, reminding people through the beauty of music and art that others have been there too.” — Rhonda Rizzo, No Dead Guys
Musical work
Garreth war am Mittwoch zu Gast in der Sendung Tonart auf WDR 3. Er sprach über sein Album Life Through Loss und seine ehrenamtliche Arbeit als Trauerbegleiter in der Rubrik ‘Musik Hilft’.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to Hereford to celebrate my new album Life Through Loss this weekend. I felt very blessed to have such wonderful company and such an attentive audience and I thoroughly enjoyed chatting to everyone. Thank you for supporting me!
A collection of reviews for Life Through Loss, featuring InMusic, Der Kultur Blog, Headphone Commute and A Closer Listen.
Thank you to everyone who came to the German launch of my album Life Through Loss on Saturday. It was so wonderful to spend an evening with a full room of such attentive listeners and I am very grateful (especially for the standing ovation!)
If you're a Brit, the UK launch is on 11th October. Hope to see you there!
I was delighted to be interviewed by the wonderful Gabi Szarvas on Saarländischer Rundfunk. Over 30 minutes, we explored the music of Life Through Loss, my volunteer work as a grief companion, and why I think we need to talk a bit more about grief.
In German / auf Deutsch
The latest single from Life Through Loss is out now. Find ‘Bittersweet’ on your favourite streaming platform.
'You're In Everything I Do' is the latest single from Life Through Loss, and it's out now.
Garreth and his record label Neue Meister have created some beautiful physical objects for Life Through Loss. There’s a transparent organic vinyl 12” record, a gorgeous little CD, and the complete sheet music in book form.
Shipping begins on 27.9.2025 — pre-order now!
Pedagogical work
On October 25th Garreth will deliver a lecture at the EPTA Germany conference. In his talk “Spielerischer Umgang mit eingeübten Schülerfehlern: Möglichkeiten, Theorie zu erkunden und kreative zu werden”, he’ll explore how a teacher can help a student “unlearn” memorised mistakes and turn them into a fantastic opportunity to explore music theory and get creative.
Two of my projects have been nominated in the Best Digital Resource category at the 2025 Art of Piano Teaching Awards.
Piano Creativity is a site for piano teachers who want to use more improvisation and creativity in their piano lessons.
Piano Chords in All Keys is a set of two digital books co-written with Ruth Alberici. These help students to quickly understand chords in a practical, visual way.
Together with Ruth Alberici, I’ve just published a book for piano teachers who want to teach chords — but want it to be fun and practical. I’m a bit biased but I think it’s the best chord book out there. I hope you’ll check it out!
This month’s edition of TopMusicMag is all about teaching creativity, and features a helpful guide to finding time for creativity in piano lessons written by me!
PianoCreativity.com is for piano teachers who want to improvise and compose with their students but don’t know where to start. I've been writing it since March 2024 and there's now a lovely community of teachers. I hope you join us!
My piece Dance features in Editions Musica Ferrum's collection of some of the highlights of their first decade of publishing. Thanks to Editions Musica Ferrum!
My Communities
PianoCreativity.com is for piano teachers who want to improvise and compose with their students but don’t know where to start. I've been writing it since March 2024 and there's now a lovely community of teachers. I hope you join us!
My Patreon community is a lovely group of supporters who, in exchange for a small financial contribution of their choosing, get a much closer insight into the work I do and bonuses like access to a complete archive of my audio and sheet music, discounts on merchandise, and occasional Patreon exclusives.
Click here to find out more — I’d love to have you join the community!