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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.
“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
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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!
Back in Spring 2020 I set up a Patreon community, which has since grown to 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 — we’d love to have you!
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!
My latest single, "Dust of Snow" is out now. This one is inspired by the poem of the same name by Robert Frost, and was written in collaboration with a friend of mine, Mari Kanki.
My new track The Foehn Wind is out now. This swirling, unpredictable composition takes its name from the hot, dry wind that flows down from mountains. As I was writing it, I was thinking of balmy evenings drinking wine on a sun-baked terrace, looking out towards mountain ranges standing tall in the distance.
It has some unusual chord progressions and is in both 6/8 and 3/4 time. Sheet music is available!
My latest track is out now. The piece is part of Clemens Christian Poetzsch’s and Reentko Dirks’ latest album, Collateral Flow, and there's a vinyl that features my piece alongside music from other wonderful musicians like Cenk Erdoğan and Sven Helbig.
My new elegy is written for my friend Donna, who we called Doon. She died suddenly and unexpectedly a couple of years ago and it really shook me up. In this post I explain the composition process, talk about what I loved about my about my wonderful friend, and explore grief more generally. The full piece is available wherever you stream music — click here.
This Friday I released a new Elegy. This one was written for Anna, to honour her Oma Ursel. Stream it here.
My new track, an Elegy for Colin, is out now.
If you'd like me to write a piece for your late partner, don't hesitate to ask. You can find out more about the project here: garrethbrooke.com/elegies
My new single, Enkindled Spring, is out now! It’s about the feeling of life returning to the Earth after a long winter and is named for D H Lawrence’s poem of the same name (click “read more” to find out more). You can stream it here.
This is one of my liveliest pieces that I've released recently and it switches between A dorian and F# minor, in what I think is one of the coolest modulations I've ever written. It's great fun to play! Sheet music is available.