PREMISES NEWS

Just off the press! The fabulous Nikki Yeoh , master of all trades piano and long time tutor at Premises, is running her Piano Refresher course from 30th Jan- 1 February with Jason Rebello and on the final day, with trumpeter Byron Wallen.  Topics covered include: Chord progressions, solos, playing in duos, practice, comping for solos, transcription and several other topics to be confirmed.   The total cost is £250, cheaper than our other courses,  and you can hold a place w

OK, we need to talk about Santa.    “He knows when you are sleeping, and knows when you’re awake...” which is lyrical proof that Santa is a stalker, plus, a philanderer: “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus”. Plus his BMI is way too high: “ Santa got stuck up the chimney”. Not to mention a terrible driver, having run granny over with a Reindeer. And to top it off, according to The Kinks he got mugged by a bunch of little oiks who demanded,  “Father Christmas, give us your money”.

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