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Garreth speaks about creativity at the 2025 EPTA Germany Autumn conference

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.

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Life Through Loss - German launch 27.9.2025

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!

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Shortlisted for the Art of Piano Teaching Awards

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.

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Rise & Fall (with Simeon Walker)

My new single is a collaboration. Simeon Walker have known each other for getting close to a decade now. I love his music and really value his friendship, so I'm really delighted that we worked together on this piece.

My simple harmony is enhanced by Sim's melodic interjections, a nice metaphor for the many conversations about music and life that we've shared.

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