The Complete Piano Path-Level 6 (for advanced intermediate students)

The deadline to join the course is September 1, 2025. After that, the course will be closed until August 2026.

One of the biggest challenges piano students have is lack of focus.  Piano playing can seem like a never-ending project.

I wanted to keep this course focused and treat it like a classroom.  Think of it like a couple of semesters at college. Classes begin and then registration is closed. There is a start and finish.

You’ll have weekly lessons and assignments with clear objectives. Keeping things closed allows students to bond and follow a consistent rhythm.

Imagine how distracting it would be if you were in class and a new student kept showing up every day. 🙂

Life happens.  You can get sick, busy, and distracted. It’s understandable.

Even if you miss a week, you’ll still have access to all the lessons and my feedback. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t practice one week’s piece much – get back on the bandwagon when you can, and you can always go back to these pieces once the course is finished, or on easier weeks.

I will aim to give feedback to as many people as I can during our weekly live feedback sessions, which run for around 1 hour, but realistically I might not be able to review your specific submission every week (especially in the first month or two). 

In the current group, I typically give feedback to 8-10 people each week, often all of the submissions I receive.

It will depend on the number of students submitting and who has not received any feedback in a while.

But I promise you will still benefit from the feedback session even if I don’t review your specific submission.

A lot of students have similar challenges.  So you might get your questions answered even if you don’t get direct feedback.

You’ll get value out of hearing my feedback for other people, since everyone is working on the same pieces and lesson concepts together.

I’ve designed this course for intermediate students. If you’ve regularly been playing for around 7 years, you might be ready to join CPP-5.

Have a look at the syllabus and sample piece provided above to determine if this course would be a good fit for you.

You should note that I aim to challenge you and expect consistent practice in order to keep up with the group.

That’s a tough one to tell.  You can start by looking at the book list for the class to gauge the difficulty level.

I would also suggest you check out our student playlist. Listen through some of the pieces students learned at a CPP-4 level to see how difficult they feel compared to what you’ve worked on. As I have not yet run a CPP-5 class, I do not have student recordings at this level (yet!).

Have a look at one of the course pieces – if you could learn this very well in two weeks or less, the course might be too easy for you.

Worst case is you sign up and realize the course is too easy (or hard) for you. If it’s too easy, you can ask for a full refund within 7 days. If it’s too hard, we can always move you to one of the earlier classes, which all begin at the same time.

If you’re investing in piano lessons, it’s also important to invest in materials to use when you’re playing piano! I provide some materials (several pieces, all sight reading, technique and lessons) free, but observing copyright is important to me. Without at least a couple of recommended books, you won’t be able to participate in each weekly lesson (though you’ll still be able to follow along with the lesson videos).

In the Level 5 class, some pieces I teach are contemporary and must be purchased for the lesson. I provide sheet music for classical music and all technique and sight-reading exercises. I have a clear and detailed book list for the course. I strongly encourage you to buy at least a book or two, or else you will be limited in what you’ll learn, and you’ll miss out on some awesome contemporary selections.