Gasser Music Studio

We are thrilled to see our wonderful student, Lucy, become the first recipient of the EPTA UK Adult Pianist of the Month award. Congratulations, Lucy! Wishing you many more happy hours of music-making and continued success at the piano.

Congratulations to the first recipient of our Adult Pianist of the Month Achievement - Lucy Drennan! 🎹🏆

“I’m Lucy, and I returned to piano lessons a decade after completing my classical grades and after losing touch with playing. Taking time out from work and daily life to get lost in music each week, and setting goals with my teacher to achieve, has given me so much enjoyment and has been hugely rewarding.

My plan to attend a short course of adult lessons has now turned into a 7-year-long habit! I thoroughly recommend it to anyone considering lessons as an adult — do something just for you!”

Lucy’s teacher, Greta Gasser, added:

“Lucy is an exceptional student with a remarkable ear and musicality that would stand comparison with professional pianists. It’s a real pleasure to work with such a dedicated musician, and her performances in concert are always a joy to hear.”

Lucy’s dedication, musicianship, and passion for piano are truly inspiring. We are delighted to celebrate her achievement and the joy that music continues to bring to her life. 👏🎶

The sunshine is definitely here and we're busy preparing for this year's Summer Concert. Save the date!

We’re absolutely delighted to share some wonderful news!

A huge congratulations to Siholm on being accepted into the Junior Royal Northern College of Music (JRNCM). He will continue studying with Greta, this time at the JRNCM, and will join his brother Silone, who was admitted last year.

We’re looking forward to many more years of wonderful music and to welcoming both Silone and Siholm as our guests for future studio concerts 🎶🎉🎹

What a year it has been for Sitara! 🎶🎹

She took part in her very first festival and made the transition from classical piano to pop/rock. One of our favourite things to hear is that the whole family is singing along while Sitara accompanies them on the piano.

All that enthusiasm and hard work were beautifully rewarded with a Merit in her very first Rockschool exam - Grade 4!

Huge congratulations to Debbie on achieving a Distinction in Grade 1 Theory! 🎉👏 Such a fantastic achievement and a wonderful reward for all the hard work! 🎶

Huge congratulations to Millie on their Grade 5 MTB exam Distinction. They received such a lovely feedback from the examiner, describing their playing as 'extraordinarily musical', a 'compelling performance throughout', and praising their 'well-characterised' pieces. We couldn’t agree more.

After 7 years with us, this marks the end of her lessons, which makes this moment even more meaningful. We’re so grateful to have been part of their journey, and we look forward to seeing them at future studio concerts, hearing both their cello and piano playing continue to move us 🎹✨✨

We’re so pleased to celebrate another fantastic achievement of one of our students, Silone, who earlier this year earned a Distinction in their ABRSM Grade 5 Theory exam. A few days ago he also won the Second Prize at the Alderley Edge competition, being praised for 'an impressive performance technically, and artistically, displaying spontaneity and clear individuality'. Well done, Silone! 🎉🎶🎹

We are so happy for Ella, who was awarded The First Prize and the Dennison Award for her Bartok and Haydn, First Prize for her Kabalevsky, along with Second Prize for her Beethoven performance at the Alderley Edge Festival this week. This incredible accomplishment reflects Ella's dedication, patience, and hard-work! Many, many congratulations, Ella! 🎶🎉☺️

Big, big congratulations to Ana on achieving a Distinction in her MTB Grade 4 Piano exam 🥳🎹🌟 The examiner praised her for 'bringing out so much expression', 'capturing the jazz mood', and having 'a very strong sense of pulse and rhythm'. As you can see, the Distinction was a very well-deserved result.

We’ll truly miss our time with Ana as she heads off to university, but we are forever grateful to have started a long-standing passion for piano and music in general.

We’re also congratulating her family on the arrival of beautiful twins, what an exciting new chapter 💛 We’re already looking forward to the day we welcome them for lessons, though in the meantime, they couldn’t ask for a better teacher than Ana.
And of course, we’ll be expecting the occasional video of the waltzes that Ana loves so much 🎶