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2021
First lessons on Alberti bass, Piano Professional, January 2021: pp26-27

2020
Ping Pong or Tinkle Twinkle, Piano Professional, September 2020: pp36-37

My experience of conducting ESA exams on Zoom, ESA Teachers' Newsletter, Vol20, 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 Training and exams for Suzuki teaching, unpublished article, October 2019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
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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 

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