{"id":9193,"date":"2021-01-22T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T10:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5503.temp.domains\/~qpyzpkmy\/tomleeacademy\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=9193"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:25:52","slug":"melanie-spanswick","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/tomleeacademy.com\/zh\/profile\/melanie-spanswick\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Spanswick"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsmasters_row_6aaecee3054398_48070254 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_6aaecee3054398_48070254 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_row_6aaecee3056c10_35707345 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_6aaecee3056c10_35707345 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 0px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_row_6aaecee305c4b9_55352317 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_6aaecee305c4b9_55352317 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_divider_6aaecee305ce59_40659982 { \n\tborder-bottom-width:1px; \n\tborder-bottom-style:solid; \n\tpadding-top:50px; \n\tmargin-bottom:50px; \n} \n \n#cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 { \n\ttext-align:center; \n\tmargin-top:0px; \n\tmargin-bottom:20px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 .cmsmasters_heading { \n\ttext-align:center; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 .cmsmasters_heading, #cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 .cmsmasters_heading a { \n\tfont-size:40px; \n\tline-height:40px; \n\tfont-weight:bolder; \n\tfont-style:normal; \n\tcolor:#233033;\n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 .cmsmasters_heading_divider { \n} \n\n@media (max-width: 767px) {\n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 .cmsmasters_heading, #cmsmasters_heading_6aaecee305d209_22631279 .cmsmasters_heading a { \n\tfont-size:35px; \n} \n\n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6aaecee3054398_48070254\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_img  cmsmasters_image_c\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomleeacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Steinway-Pic-1a-400x400.jpg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6aaecee3056c10_35707345\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Melanie Spanswick is a pianist, teacher, author, composer, and adjudicator.<br \/>\nShe studied the piano at the Royal College of Music in London where she won many prizes<br \/>\nand graduated with a Master\u2019s degree in Performance Studies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As a pianist, Melanie has performed and broadcast worldwide, giving recitals as a soloist,<br \/>\nchamber musician and accompanist at many music festivals and major concert halls.<br \/>\nShe has made a solo recording at Wigmore Hall (for Opera Omnia),<br \/>\nhas performed for the Queen Mother and Queen of Denmark,<br \/>\nand has also broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio, and Swedish and Spanish TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As an educator, Melanie has examined for the ABRSM and she adjudicates<br \/>\nfor the British and International Federation of Festivals, frequently giving master classes,<br \/>\nworkshops and presentations throughout the U.K. and abroad, most recently in Germany,<br \/>\nthe USA and the Far East. She has held teaching posts at various institutions,<br \/>\nand regularly tutors courses at Jackdaws Music Education Trust,<br \/>\nFinchcocks Music and PIANO WEEK in the U.K. She presents workshops for<em> EPTA<\/em><br \/>\n(European Piano Teachers Association)<br \/>\nand also hosts a bilingual piano project near D\u00fcsseldorf (Germany) for teachers and students,<br \/>\nas well as serving as a faculty member at the Overseas Masters Winter Piano Academy<br \/>\nwhich is held biennially at the Yehudi Menuhin School.<br \/>\nShe is an Honorary Master Teacher at the Tom Lee Music Academy in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Melanie has adjudicated both nationally and internationally,<br \/>\nand has been a jury member at the 2016 Chicago Amateur Piano Competition,<br \/>\nthe 65th and 70th Hong Kong Schools Association Music Festival,<br \/>\nthe 2017 Singapore Performing Arts Festival, the <em>Stars of the Albion Grand Prix<\/em>,<br \/>\nand the <em>2017 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition in London<\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As an author, she is published by major publishing houses: Schott, Faber and Alfred.<br \/>\nMelanie selected the repertoire for the <em>Faber Music Piano Anthology<\/em> (<em>Faber Music<\/em>)<br \/>\nand her piano guidebook, <em>So You Want To Play The Piano<\/em>?<br \/>\n(<em>Alfred Music<\/em>) has received much acclaim. Melanie\u2019s three-book piano course for piano returners,<br \/>\n<em>Play it again: PIANO <\/em>(<em>Schott Music<\/em>), has been an international success,<br \/>\nand Book 4 will be released in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recent book tour and workshop destinations include Singapore,<br \/>\nMalaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China.<br \/>\nIn 2017 she presented at the UCSI University Piano Pedagogy conference in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),<br \/>\nand in 2019, she gave a keynote workshop at the Frankfurt Music Messe (Germany).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Melanie is a regular contributor to<em> Pianist<\/em> magazine,<br \/>\nand she writes the technique feature article in<em> Piano Professional<\/em> (<em>EPTA<\/em>).<br \/>\nFurther guest articles include: <em>Piano Journal,<\/em> <em>Music Teacher Magazine<\/em>,<br \/>\n<em>International Piano Magazine<\/em>, <em>Clavier Companion<\/em>, <em>Rhinegold Publications,<br \/>\nPianofforte (<\/em>published by<em> Faber) <\/em>and the <em>Daily Telegraph.<br \/>\n<\/em>She co-writes the <em>ABRSM<\/em> <em>Piano Notes<\/em> series,<br \/>\nand has also co-written the performance notes for the<br \/>\nLondon College of Music piano examination syllabus 2018 \u2013 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As a composer, Melanie\u2019s music has featured in many piano festival syllabuses.<br \/>\nHer reflective, Minimalist style music has appeared in various publications,<br \/>\nand during 2018 she made her debut as a Schott composer with a collection of pieces entitled <em>No Words Necessary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melaniespanswick.com\">www.melaniespanswick.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6aaecee305c4b9_55352317\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div 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