Articles
2021
Online Examinations - A Year On, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol41, October 2021: p32
Give a Child a Teacher 2021 by Pippa Macmillan, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol41, October 2021: p35
Building a strong foundation from the start by Pippa Macmillan, Arco, Summer 2021, pp38-42
First lessons on pedalling, Piano Professional, May 2021: pp 15-17
Tutorial on pedalling (8 mins)
Nourishing studies, published in International Piano, March/April 2021: pp35-37
First lessons on Alberti bass, Piano Professional, January 2021: pp26-27
Tutorial on Alberti bass (8 mins)
2020
Ping Pong or Tinkle Twinkle, Piano Professional, September 2020: pp36-37
My experience of conducting ESA exams on Zoom, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol40, November 2020: p32
2019
Be prepared! Training and exams for Suzuki teaching, unpublished article, October 2019
2018
Things I wish I had known when my children were young by Hilary Dawson, Piano Professional, January 2019: pp24-27
The Importance of Twinkle Variations, Ability, Summer 2018: pp24-25
Ten strategies for teachers to help their pupils practise, Piano Professional, Spring 2018: pp11-13
Symposium: Parental involvement in the piano lesson, Piano Professional, Spring 2018: pp28-30
The Importance of Twinkle Variations, ESA website, February 2018
2017
The Joys of Learning for Teachers, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, 2017: p 20
My development as a Suzuki teacher by Claudia Beltran Cubel, Piano Professional, Autumn 2017: pp20-21
Inspiring and effective lessons, ESA website, March 2017
2015
Practising with your child, Ability, April 2015: pp18-20
A Creative Approach to Sight Reading, Piano Professional, Spring 2015: pp18-20
Letter on why we teach piano, Piano Professional, Spring 2015: p50
They All Twinkle by Hilary Dawson, Piano Professional, Spring 2015: p31
2013
Ideas for Successful Practising (341KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2013: pp20-23
Sounds Write reviews (111KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2013: pp36-39
Gender (39KB), Letter to Piano Professional, Spring 2013: p8
2012
Tips for Parents for Successful Practising with Children (260KB), ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Volume 32 2012: pp8-10
Principles of Successful Practising (197KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2012: pp21-23
Piano sheet music reviews (68KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2012: pp47-48
2011
A comparison of Suzuki piano recordings: Part 1 (431KB), New Zealand Suzuki Journal, Winter 2011: p15
A comparison of Suzuki piano recordings: Part 2 (477KB), New Zealand Suzuki Journal, Spring 2011: p14-16
The Principles of Practice (228KB), Music Teacher, October 2011: p27
To test or not to test (802KB), co-author Christopher Walters, International Piano, September/October 2011: p38-40
Ideas for Successful Practising (519KB), Music Teacher, September 2011: p42
Successful Practising: A brief survey (210KB), SMA Bulletin, Autumn 2011: p6
3 Suzuki at home: Establishing good practice habits (111KB), Piano Professional, Summer 2011: pp29-32
Teaching reading (49KB), Letter to Piano Professional, Summer 2011: p5
Review of Successful Practising: A handbook for pupils, parents and music teachers (93KB), Arco, Spring 2011: p24
2 Suzuki lessons: Listening, technique and musicianship (71KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2011: pp31-33
Teaching the PIANO (35KB), Letter to Piano Professional, Spring 2011: p5
Piano sheet music reviews (47KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2011: pp45-46
2010
Tips voor anders voor het succesval studeren met kinderen (950KB), Suzuki Nieuws, December 2010: pp4-8
Dutch translation of Tips for Parents for Successful Practising with Children (369KB), American Suzuki Journal, August 2010
A Suzuki Piano Experience in England by Carol Jilling (47KB), Suzuki Association of Colorado E-Newsletter, December 2010
Successful Practising: A handbook for pupils, parents and music teachers,
by Jenny Macmillan (2010)
1 Developing musical and technical skills through the Suzuki piano repertoire (112KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2010: pp27-30
Piano sheet music reviews (50KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2010: pp58-59
Tips for Parents for Successful Practising with Children (369KB), American Suzuki Journal, August 2010: pp39-43
Suzuki for Piano 8: Training to become a Suzuki teacher (1,847KB), Music Teacher, March 2010: pp28-29 Music Teacher magazine: www.rhinegold.co.uk/music_teacher
Suzuki Bass comes to the UK by Pippa Macmillan (276KB), ESTA News and Views, Spring 2010: pp12-15
Piano sheet music reviews (41KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2010: p50
2009
Suzuki for Piano 7: Suzuki at home: Establishing good practice habits (754KB), Music Teacher, December 2009: pp20-21
'Everyone can play' by Carenza Hugh-Jones (892KB), Pianist, December 2009: pp64-67 Pianist: www.pianistmagazine.com
Suzuki for Piano 6: Suzuki lessons: Listening, technique and musicianship (646KB), Music Teacher, October 2009: pp36-37
Piano sheet music reviews (29KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2009: p42
Piano sheet music reviews (43KB), Piano Professional, Summer 2009: pp35-36
Suzuki for Piano 5: Special collection (560KB), Music Teacher, March 2009: pp40-41
Piano sheet music reviews (292KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2009: pp48-49
Book review: Neglected Areas of Piano Teaching (110KB), Music Teacher, January 2009: p49
2008
Suzuki for Piano 4: How to become a Suzuki family (951KB), Music Teacher, December 2008: pp36-37
Suzuki for Piano 3: Making lessons fun (4,847KB), Music Teacher, October 2008: pp32-33
Music teaching for children with dyslexia: the Suzuki approach (507KB), SEN, October 2008: pp94-96
Piano sheet music reviews (42KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2008: pp50-51
Suzuki for Piano 2: Four Suzuki Myths examined (1,620KB), Music Teacher, August 2008: pp38-39
Suzuki for Piano 1: First Principles (1,239KB), Music Teacher, June 2008: pp36-37
Encouraging parents (134KB), Libretto, 2008/2: pp15-16
Teacher to the World (1,124KB), Piano, May/June 2008: p17
Suzuki benefits for children with dyslexia
in Music and Dyslexia: A Positive Approach,
ed TR Miles, John Westcombe & Diana Ditchfield (2008),
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK: pp137-142
Piano sheet music reviews (875KB), Music Teacher, March 2008: p30
Contributor to Motivation Symposium - Rewarding pupils (230KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2008: pp24-27
2007
Recording live music by Nick Macmillan (26KB), Ability, Summer 2007: p22
Contributor to Motivation Symposium - Keeping going through the holidays (71KB), Piano Professional, April 2007: pp48-51
Special Suzuki issue of Piano Professional, January 2007, edited by Jenny Macmillan
All 13 Suzuki articles (438KB): pp8-30
What is interesting about Suzuki? by Jenny Macmillan (64KB): pp8-9
Controversial aspects of the Suzuki approach by Sharon Mark (117KB): pp11-13
Suzuki in schools by Kate O'Connor (361KB): pp14-16
Music reading in the Suzuki style by Caroline Fraser (273KB): pp17-18
Getting together at workshops by Lavinia Ferguson (228KB): p19
Ideas for group lessons by Jenny Macmillan (66KB): pp20-21
Working with a girl with Down's syndrome by Caroline Gowers and Working with an autistic and blind boy by Carey Beth Hockett (70KB): pp22-23
Notes from Suzuki families by Amanda Wauchope, Alyssa Ralph and Debbie Collison (121KB): pp24-25
Suzuki piano teacher training by Grant Mead (56KB): p26
Training as a Suzuki teacher by Gill Gordon (75KB): pp28-29
Working together (812KB), Music Teacher, January 2007: pp24-25
2006
Music and Dyslexia (482KB), ESTA News and Views, Summer 2006: pp20-26 (reprint from Piano Professional)
Music Club: Ideas for Group Teaching (122KB), Ability, Summer 2006: pp11-13
Parental involvement: children's enjoyment and achievement (1,314KB), Ability, Spring 2006: pp8-11
2005
Strategies for Memorising (106KB), ISM Journal, December 2005: pp268-272 (reprint from Piano Professional)
The Importance of Review (382KB), Ability, Autumn 2005: p23
Involving parents: a survey of attitudes (95KB), Piano Professional, September 2005: pp8-14
Involving parents: a review of the literature (92KB), Piano Professional, April 2005: pp13-17
Music and dyslexia - and how Suzuki helps, European Suzuki Association Web-Journal, Spring 2005: www.europeansuzuki.org
A Whole Lot of Music (241KB), Piano, January/February 2005: p25
LotMusic: www.pianolotmusic.com
Suzuki training for children with dyslexia, Tempo (Journal of Suzuki Talent Education Association of Australia), January 2005, pp4-5 (reprint from American Suzuki Journal)
2004
Successful memorising (49KB), ESTA News and Views, Winter 2004: pp28-31 (reprint from Piano Professional)
Learning the piano: a study of attitudes to parental involvement (719KB), British Journal of Music Education, November 2004, Vol21 No3: pp295-311
Successful memorising (160KB), Piano Professional, September 2004: pp6-8
This pdf file includes three further articles on memorising:
Musical Memory and the Brain by Aaron Williamon, pp8-12
Emotion, Imagination and Movement: New strategies to help memorisation by Patricia Holmes, pp12-16
‘I have forgotten my music’ by Heli Ignatius-Fleet, pp17-19
Downward scales (215KB), Letter to Piano Professional, September 2004: p5
Music and Dyslexia (71KB), Incorporated Society of Musicians Journal, September 2004: pp144-149 (reprint from Piano Professional)
Dyslexia and Suzuki, New Zealand Suzuki Journal, Autumn 2004: pp10-13 (reprint from American Suzuki Journal)
Music and Dyslexia (48KB), Piano Professional, April 2004: pp18-22
Suzuki Training for Children with Dyslexia (92KB), American Suzuki Journal, Spring 2004: pp55-57
Can Suzuki training help children with dyslexia? Ability, Spring 2004: pp8-9 (shortened version of Suzuki Training for Children with Dyslexia in American Suzuki Journal)
Learning from Suzuki: Piano Teaching Ideas, unpublished article
2003
Learning the Piano: Teachers' attitudes to parental involvement (468KB), unpublished MA dissertation, University of Sheffield, July 2003
2002
The role of parents, EPTA Piano Journal, Spring 2002: pp25-26
2000
Starting Young with Suzuki, unpublished article distributed by the BSI to enquirers
Practising with stroppy children, Ability Development, Summer 2000: p7
1999
Notebook for Suzuki Piano Teachers (426KB), 90 page unpublished document
Three recordings of Suzuki piano repertoire books 1 and 2: a comparison, Ability Development, Summer 1999: pp6-7
1998
The Golden Age of the Piano (1993 video): a review, Ability Development, Summer 1998: p37
European Piano Teachers' Association: an opportunity for communication between Suzuki and non-Suzuki teachers,Ability Development, Spring 1998: p19
The Suzuki method for instrumental teaching, EPTA Piano Journal, April 1998: pp2-3
1997
Suzuki in Scotland: Gala Charity Concert in Perth - Another trip to McDonalds, Ability Development, Autumn 1997: p7
Creating a learning environment, Readers' Forum EPTA Piano Journal, Summer 1997: p20
1996
On Practising, Ability Development, Spring 1996: p5
1995
The PIP Approach: Praise - Improve - Praise, Ability Development, Summer 1995: p14
Piano Patters 3 (116KB), Ability Development, Summer 1995: pp17-19
1994
Piano Patters 2 (81KB), Ability Development, Summer 1994: pp15-17
Overcoming nerves in performance, Ability Development, Spring 1994: p9
1993
Piano Patters 1 (97KB), Ability Development, Summer 1993: pp17-19
Online Examinations - A Year On, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol41, October 2021: p32
Give a Child a Teacher 2021 by Pippa Macmillan, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol41, October 2021: p35
Building a strong foundation from the start by Pippa Macmillan, Arco, Summer 2021, pp38-42
First lessons on pedalling, Piano Professional, May 2021: pp 15-17
Tutorial on pedalling (8 mins)
Nourishing studies, published in International Piano, March/April 2021: pp35-37
First lessons on Alberti bass, Piano Professional, January 2021: pp26-27
Tutorial on Alberti bass (8 mins)
2020
Ping Pong or Tinkle Twinkle, Piano Professional, September 2020: pp36-37
My experience of conducting ESA exams on Zoom, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol40, November 2020: p32
2019
Be prepared! Training and exams for Suzuki teaching, unpublished article, October 2019
2018
Things I wish I had known when my children were young by Hilary Dawson, Piano Professional, January 2019: pp24-27
The Importance of Twinkle Variations, Ability, Summer 2018: pp24-25
Ten strategies for teachers to help their pupils practise, Piano Professional, Spring 2018: pp11-13
Symposium: Parental involvement in the piano lesson, Piano Professional, Spring 2018: pp28-30
The Importance of Twinkle Variations, ESA website, February 2018
2017
The Joys of Learning for Teachers, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, 2017: p 20
My development as a Suzuki teacher by Claudia Beltran Cubel, Piano Professional, Autumn 2017: pp20-21
Inspiring and effective lessons, ESA website, March 2017
2015
Practising with your child, Ability, April 2015: pp18-20
A Creative Approach to Sight Reading, Piano Professional, Spring 2015: pp18-20
Letter on why we teach piano, Piano Professional, Spring 2015: p50
They All Twinkle by Hilary Dawson, Piano Professional, Spring 2015: p31
2013
Ideas for Successful Practising (341KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2013: pp20-23
Sounds Write reviews (111KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2013: pp36-39
Gender (39KB), Letter to Piano Professional, Spring 2013: p8
2012
Tips for Parents for Successful Practising with Children (260KB), ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Volume 32 2012: pp8-10
Principles of Successful Practising (197KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2012: pp21-23
Piano sheet music reviews (68KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2012: pp47-48
2011
A comparison of Suzuki piano recordings: Part 1 (431KB), New Zealand Suzuki Journal, Winter 2011: p15
A comparison of Suzuki piano recordings: Part 2 (477KB), New Zealand Suzuki Journal, Spring 2011: p14-16
The Principles of Practice (228KB), Music Teacher, October 2011: p27
To test or not to test (802KB), co-author Christopher Walters, International Piano, September/October 2011: p38-40
Ideas for Successful Practising (519KB), Music Teacher, September 2011: p42
Successful Practising: A brief survey (210KB), SMA Bulletin, Autumn 2011: p6
3 Suzuki at home: Establishing good practice habits (111KB), Piano Professional, Summer 2011: pp29-32
Teaching reading (49KB), Letter to Piano Professional, Summer 2011: p5
Review of Successful Practising: A handbook for pupils, parents and music teachers (93KB), Arco, Spring 2011: p24
2 Suzuki lessons: Listening, technique and musicianship (71KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2011: pp31-33
Teaching the PIANO (35KB), Letter to Piano Professional, Spring 2011: p5
Piano sheet music reviews (47KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2011: pp45-46
2010
Tips voor anders voor het succesval studeren met kinderen (950KB), Suzuki Nieuws, December 2010: pp4-8
Dutch translation of Tips for Parents for Successful Practising with Children (369KB), American Suzuki Journal, August 2010
A Suzuki Piano Experience in England by Carol Jilling (47KB), Suzuki Association of Colorado E-Newsletter, December 2010
Successful Practising: A handbook for pupils, parents and music teachers,
by Jenny Macmillan (2010)
1 Developing musical and technical skills through the Suzuki piano repertoire (112KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2010: pp27-30
Piano sheet music reviews (50KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2010: pp58-59
Tips for Parents for Successful Practising with Children (369KB), American Suzuki Journal, August 2010: pp39-43
Suzuki for Piano 8: Training to become a Suzuki teacher (1,847KB), Music Teacher, March 2010: pp28-29 Music Teacher magazine: www.rhinegold.co.uk/music_teacher
Suzuki Bass comes to the UK by Pippa Macmillan (276KB), ESTA News and Views, Spring 2010: pp12-15
Piano sheet music reviews (41KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2010: p50
2009
Suzuki for Piano 7: Suzuki at home: Establishing good practice habits (754KB), Music Teacher, December 2009: pp20-21
'Everyone can play' by Carenza Hugh-Jones (892KB), Pianist, December 2009: pp64-67 Pianist: www.pianistmagazine.com
Suzuki for Piano 6: Suzuki lessons: Listening, technique and musicianship (646KB), Music Teacher, October 2009: pp36-37
Piano sheet music reviews (29KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2009: p42
Piano sheet music reviews (43KB), Piano Professional, Summer 2009: pp35-36
Suzuki for Piano 5: Special collection (560KB), Music Teacher, March 2009: pp40-41
Piano sheet music reviews (292KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2009: pp48-49
Book review: Neglected Areas of Piano Teaching (110KB), Music Teacher, January 2009: p49
2008
Suzuki for Piano 4: How to become a Suzuki family (951KB), Music Teacher, December 2008: pp36-37
Suzuki for Piano 3: Making lessons fun (4,847KB), Music Teacher, October 2008: pp32-33
Music teaching for children with dyslexia: the Suzuki approach (507KB), SEN, October 2008: pp94-96
Piano sheet music reviews (42KB), Piano Professional, Autumn 2008: pp50-51
Suzuki for Piano 2: Four Suzuki Myths examined (1,620KB), Music Teacher, August 2008: pp38-39
Suzuki for Piano 1: First Principles (1,239KB), Music Teacher, June 2008: pp36-37
Encouraging parents (134KB), Libretto, 2008/2: pp15-16
Teacher to the World (1,124KB), Piano, May/June 2008: p17
Suzuki benefits for children with dyslexia
in Music and Dyslexia: A Positive Approach,
ed TR Miles, John Westcombe & Diana Ditchfield (2008),
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK: pp137-142
Piano sheet music reviews (875KB), Music Teacher, March 2008: p30
Contributor to Motivation Symposium - Rewarding pupils (230KB), Piano Professional, Spring 2008: pp24-27
2007
Recording live music by Nick Macmillan (26KB), Ability, Summer 2007: p22
Contributor to Motivation Symposium - Keeping going through the holidays (71KB), Piano Professional, April 2007: pp48-51
Special Suzuki issue of Piano Professional, January 2007, edited by Jenny Macmillan
All 13 Suzuki articles (438KB): pp8-30
What is interesting about Suzuki? by Jenny Macmillan (64KB): pp8-9
Controversial aspects of the Suzuki approach by Sharon Mark (117KB): pp11-13
Suzuki in schools by Kate O'Connor (361KB): pp14-16
Music reading in the Suzuki style by Caroline Fraser (273KB): pp17-18
Getting together at workshops by Lavinia Ferguson (228KB): p19
Ideas for group lessons by Jenny Macmillan (66KB): pp20-21
Working with a girl with Down's syndrome by Caroline Gowers and Working with an autistic and blind boy by Carey Beth Hockett (70KB): pp22-23
Notes from Suzuki families by Amanda Wauchope, Alyssa Ralph and Debbie Collison (121KB): pp24-25
Suzuki piano teacher training by Grant Mead (56KB): p26
Training as a Suzuki teacher by Gill Gordon (75KB): pp28-29
Working together (812KB), Music Teacher, January 2007: pp24-25
2006
Music and Dyslexia (482KB), ESTA News and Views, Summer 2006: pp20-26 (reprint from Piano Professional)
Music Club: Ideas for Group Teaching (122KB), Ability, Summer 2006: pp11-13
Parental involvement: children's enjoyment and achievement (1,314KB), Ability, Spring 2006: pp8-11
2005
Strategies for Memorising (106KB), ISM Journal, December 2005: pp268-272 (reprint from Piano Professional)
The Importance of Review (382KB), Ability, Autumn 2005: p23
Involving parents: a survey of attitudes (95KB), Piano Professional, September 2005: pp8-14
Involving parents: a review of the literature (92KB), Piano Professional, April 2005: pp13-17
Music and dyslexia - and how Suzuki helps, European Suzuki Association Web-Journal, Spring 2005: www.europeansuzuki.org
A Whole Lot of Music (241KB), Piano, January/February 2005: p25
LotMusic: www.pianolotmusic.com
Suzuki training for children with dyslexia, Tempo (Journal of Suzuki Talent Education Association of Australia), January 2005, pp4-5 (reprint from American Suzuki Journal)
2004
Successful memorising (49KB), ESTA News and Views, Winter 2004: pp28-31 (reprint from Piano Professional)
Learning the piano: a study of attitudes to parental involvement (719KB), British Journal of Music Education, November 2004, Vol21 No3: pp295-311
Successful memorising (160KB), Piano Professional, September 2004: pp6-8
This pdf file includes three further articles on memorising:
Musical Memory and the Brain by Aaron Williamon, pp8-12
Emotion, Imagination and Movement: New strategies to help memorisation by Patricia Holmes, pp12-16
‘I have forgotten my music’ by Heli Ignatius-Fleet, pp17-19
Downward scales (215KB), Letter to Piano Professional, September 2004: p5
Music and Dyslexia (71KB), Incorporated Society of Musicians Journal, September 2004: pp144-149 (reprint from Piano Professional)
Dyslexia and Suzuki, New Zealand Suzuki Journal, Autumn 2004: pp10-13 (reprint from American Suzuki Journal)
Music and Dyslexia (48KB), Piano Professional, April 2004: pp18-22
Suzuki Training for Children with Dyslexia (92KB), American Suzuki Journal, Spring 2004: pp55-57
Can Suzuki training help children with dyslexia? Ability, Spring 2004: pp8-9 (shortened version of Suzuki Training for Children with Dyslexia in American Suzuki Journal)
Learning from Suzuki: Piano Teaching Ideas, unpublished article
2003
Learning the Piano: Teachers' attitudes to parental involvement (468KB), unpublished MA dissertation, University of Sheffield, July 2003
2002
The role of parents, EPTA Piano Journal, Spring 2002: pp25-26
2000
Starting Young with Suzuki, unpublished article distributed by the BSI to enquirers
Practising with stroppy children, Ability Development, Summer 2000: p7
1999
Notebook for Suzuki Piano Teachers (426KB), 90 page unpublished document
Three recordings of Suzuki piano repertoire books 1 and 2: a comparison, Ability Development, Summer 1999: pp6-7
1998
The Golden Age of the Piano (1993 video): a review, Ability Development, Summer 1998: p37
European Piano Teachers' Association: an opportunity for communication between Suzuki and non-Suzuki teachers,Ability Development, Spring 1998: p19
The Suzuki method for instrumental teaching, EPTA Piano Journal, April 1998: pp2-3
1997
Suzuki in Scotland: Gala Charity Concert in Perth - Another trip to McDonalds, Ability Development, Autumn 1997: p7
Creating a learning environment, Readers' Forum EPTA Piano Journal, Summer 1997: p20
1996
On Practising, Ability Development, Spring 1996: p5
1995
The PIP Approach: Praise - Improve - Praise, Ability Development, Summer 1995: p14
Piano Patters 3 (116KB), Ability Development, Summer 1995: pp17-19
1994
Piano Patters 2 (81KB), Ability Development, Summer 1994: pp15-17
Overcoming nerves in performance, Ability Development, Spring 1994: p9
1993
Piano Patters 1 (97KB), Ability Development, Summer 1993: pp17-19