Leicester Piano Club

Develop your piano-playing skills in this relaxed and
Informal monthly performers’ club.

Join
pianist Jude Richardson on Sunday afternoons in this casual piano group class
Dedicated to helping you gain confidence as a pianist and performer.

You
Can bring finished pieces, music you've just started looking at, original
compositions, or anything else you like to play on piano. Each person is given
An opportunity to play their piece on our grand piano, and hear from an
audience of fellow pianists what they enjoyed about the performance. Jude
Offers brief feedback and ensures that each performer is given the space and
time they need to achieve their best. If you end up deciding not to play
There's no pressure as you can sit back, enjoy the other performances, and
learn from the conversations and feedback. Additional activities include sight
Reading duets, piano accompanying with solo singers and instrumentalists, and
the opportunity to receive brief one-to-one feedback from Jude.

All
ages and skill levels welcome. Under-18s must be accompanied by a parent/carer
At all times.

The club aims to increase
Opportunities for developing your performance skills, support nervous players
To play in a friendly and relaxed setting, encourage alternative styles of
Performance and simply share and spread the love of piano playing to form a
growing community in Leicester.

”The group is the most wonderful way for like-minded enthusiastic
piano people to get together to hear the brilliant pieces being worked on. No
matter the skill level, you are welcomed with open arms. This is a great safe
Place to be inspired to become the best that you can be.”

Piano Club member

Each session is £10 full price
/ £7.50 concessions.

Please book each date
Individually.

About the tutor:

Club
leader Jude Richardson is a pianist and music educator with experience across
genres and performance styles in the East Midlands area. Born in Bermuda, his
Exposure to gospel and classical music fostered a passion for the piano and he
gained a scholarship to study music at the Bermuda School of Music at age
13. Going on to receive further funding to study in the United States, he
has studied and performed in Colorado and the Midwest, first studying with
pianist Alice Rybak and then completing his Bachelors of Music in Piano
Performance with Evelyne Brancart at the renowned Jacobs School of Music.

Moving
to Leicester in 2022, he has performed with East Midlands ensembles including
the Leicester Symphony Orchestra, Knighton Chamber Orchestra, and the
Rugby Rococo Players. He is increasingly in demand for his keyboard skills in
reggae, Motown, and jazz, performing mostly recently with Tanni Browne &
The Ankh Band for the Leicester Caribbean Carnival 2025. As a music
educator, Jude teaches piano performance and keyboard skills and loves to share
His passion for the piano with this monthly community music-making piano club.

Further
Information:

The club will run once a month
on Sunday afternoons, 2pm - 3:30pm.

This term we have just two
dates as we are planning for refurbishment works between October 2026 and March
2027: Sunday 13 September 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026. Group leader Jude
will talk to participants about the Piano Club continuing at a new venue during
The works.

Please ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms
& Conditions before booking as courses/workshops
Are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any
Reason.

If the
Course/workshop you'd like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list
simply contact our box office team on / and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact
You if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if
You've made other plans!

We aim to
make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome
just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd
Like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss
your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email
Arts-centre@le.Ac.UK, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts
Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for
Blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays
and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to
Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road.

The closest public car park for parking at all other times is
Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us.