The next Open Piano Platform starts at
10am, Sunday, March 26th, 2023
participants pay £2 to play
audience admission is free

Please email Daniel Lloyd by midnight
on Wednesday 22nd March
if you would like to play

Include your name and the name of the piece you would like to play
(including a rough guide to its grade level). Each player has a
maximum of 5 minutes and may play two pieces.

The next Open Piano Platform starts at 10am
Sunday, March 26th, 2023
participants pay £2 to play
audience admission is free

Please email Daniel Lloyd by midnight on Wednesday 22nd March giving your name and the name of the piece you would like to play (including a rough guide to its grade level). Each player has a maximum of 5 minutes and may play a maximum of two pieces.

The next Open Piano Platform is on …
Sunday, March 26th, 2023

What would you like to play?

Further information on the blog home page

Thank you to all pianists and their supporters
for an excellent concert today!

Please make a note of the next OPP …
Sunday, March 26th, 2023

Further information on the blog home page

Sunday, December 4th 2022
Starting at 10am

players – £2
audience – free

Chalayna – Sunrise,The ballet dancer
Jack – Psalm without words,Agay; Silent Night
Alex – Dancing raindrops,Agay; Peaceful night,Thomas
John – Teasing song, Bartok
Christina – Cockatoo, Milne
Polly – Cossack Ride
Jennifer – Legend of Madrid, Randall

Sam – Sneaky business, Mier, Fresh air, Eales
Tom – Ecossaise, Hassler
Valentina – Improvisation, Kabelevsky
Zac – Disco baroque, Bullard
Jasmine – Minuet in g minor, Kuhlau
Katherine – Autumn sketch, Gillock
Joe – March Hare, Chapple; Intercity stomp, Norton
Stephanie – Moonbeams,Arens

Stellar – Nuvole bianchi, Einaudi
Melanie (+Laura) – Walking in the air, Blake
Joshton – Minuet and Trio (Hob.XVI:4), Haydn
Lucia – Presto,TA Arne; Changing Times, Hammond
Lily – Weeping willow, Joplin
Iris – Allegro, Pescetti
Sarah – Prelude in Db (no.15,‘Raindrop’), Chopin
Ben – Opening night jazz, Mier

The next OPP is THIS Sunday, December 4th, starting at 10am.

Please note there is a new venue –
Bristol Music Club
76 St Pauls Road,  Bristol  BS8 1LP

Full information on the OPP home page.

Please send details required for your performance ASAP!!

5th Open Piano Platform

Sunday, December 4th (10am start)

Bristol Music Club in Clifton
76 St Pauls Road,  Bristol  BS8 1LP

**New venue** – please note!!

The 5th Open Piano Platform will start at 10am on Sunday, December 4th.
Please let me know by midnight on Wednesday 30th November giving your name and the name and rough grade level of the piece you would like to play.

Bristol Open Piano Platform is a regular informal performance opportunity open to any pianist – young or old, beginner or diploma level.  Participants pay £2 to play a piece of their choice on a grand piano. Family and friends are welcome, admission free.  Refreshments are available for a small charge.

Street parking on many of the streets close to Bristol Music Club is free on Sundays!

Players will be sent a running order a day or two beforehand.  Please arrive in good time for your performance – remember, some pianists may play for less than 5 minutes!!  Players who miss their allocated time (or apply after the deadline) are welcome to play but must wait until the published list of performances has been completed.  The event will finish no later than (high!) noon.

To keep yourself informed of open piano platform updates and future open piano platforms please subscribe to the blog – https://opp.home.blog/

to players at the 4th Open Piano Platform

Rebecca – Morning, Grieg; El Can’t dels Ocells (trad. Catalan)

Jack – Railroad Corral, Sea Shantey

Vincent T. – Skye Boat Song, Boulton; Cossack’s Dance, Wedgwood

Hazel – Song without words, Spindler

Vincent R. – Lean on me, Withers; Ode to Joy, Beethoven

Amelie – Angelfish

Jasmine – Arietta, Mozart; Minuet, JS Bach

Jarry – Menuet, Rameau

Nicholas – Gavotte

John – Moonbeams, Arens

Emily – Bb Invention, JS Bach

Joshton – Allegretto (Sonata G), Clementi

Lily – Tango Passionis; Hound Dog

Tracy – Little Boats on the Water, Sandre

Declan – Ode to George and Kingsley, Declan Burdge

Joy – 3 waltzes, Schubert

Lily – Arabesque No 1, Debussy

Fran – Kiss the Rain, Yiruma

Luna – Buckbeak’s flight; Truce Jazz, Fazil Say

Octavia – Pirates of the Caribbean

The 5th Open Piano Platform starts at 10am on Saturday, December 10th, 2022
Participants pay £1 to play, audience admission is free

The venue for Bristol Open Piano Platform concerts is 
St Francis’ Church, 278 North St, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 2AN

Please email Daniel Lloyd by midnight on Wednesday 7th December giving your name and the name and rough grade level of the piece you would like to play.

Bristol Open Piano Platform is a regular informal performance opportunity open to any pianist – young or old, beginner or diploma level. Participants pay £1 to play a piece of their choice on a grand piano. Family and friends are welcome, admission free. 

Refreshments are available for a small charge.

Players will be sent a running order a day or two beforehand. Please arrive in good time for your performance – remember, some pianists may play for less than 5 minutes!! PLEASE NOTE – there is a simple format to each concert – beginners at the start and diplomas at the end. The running order is not negotiable!

Players who miss their allocated time (or apply after the deadline) are welcome to play but must wait until the published list of performances has been completed.  The event will finish no later than (high!) noon.

Anticipation of performance encourages pianists to practise more often and more effectively
Watching other performers and hearing other pieces can inspire and motivate
Seeing a period of intense preparation through to a conclusion builds self-esteem
Performing builds confidence to perform both socially and for graded assessments
Regular performance helps dispel performance anxiety
Regular performance teaches players to play through mistakes
Regular performance helps players (eventually!) to enjoy the moment and take a gracious bow

4th Open Piano Platform
Saturday, July 9th (10am start)

St Francis’ Church in Bedminster
278 North St,  Bristol BS3 2AN

The 4th Open Piano Platform will start at 10am on Saturday, July 9th, 2022 (next week!).  Please let me know by midnight on Wednesday 6th July giving your name and the name and rough grade level of the piece you would like to play.

Bristol Open Piano Platform is a regular informal performance opportunity open to any pianist – young or old, beginner or diploma level.  Participants pay £1 to play a piece of their choice on a grand piano. Family and friends are welcome, admission free.  Refreshments are available for a small charge.

Players will be sent a running order a day or two beforehand.  Please arrive in good time for your performance – remember, some pianists may play for less than 5 minutes!!  Players who miss their allocated time (or apply after the deadline) are welcome to play but must wait until the published list of performances has been completed.  The event will finish no later than (high!) noon.

To keep yourself informed of open piano platform updates and future open piano platforms please subscribe to the blog – https://opp.home.blog/  (subscription box at the foot of the blog page!)