PIANO MASTER CLASSES, ADJUDICATION AND FESTIVALS

In March 2025, Patricia was invited to adjudicate the prestigious Regional London and South East Final of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA UK) Piano Competition. Since 2010, Patricia has also been the secretary of the pianoforte section of the Coulsdon and Purley Festival, developing the section into a highly successful regional competition attracting over 200 pianists annually, both under 18s and adults, who are predominantly based in the South London area, Surrey, and Kent. Since 2017, Patricia has expanded the competition by introducing a Concerto class, which has brought together some of the most exciting aspiring pianists from the music colleges in London and further afield to compete for the much sought-after prize of performing their chosen concerto with an orchestra. The concerto class, which has been positively received, has involved a collaboration with the conductors Dominic Grier, Jonathan Butcher, Russell Keable and John Lubbock, with recent winners of the competition having gone on to perform their concerto with the orchestras of those conductors, including the Worthing Philharmonic, the Erato Chamber Orchestra, the Havant Symphony Orchestra, the Kensington Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of St John’s.