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**Finalist in the Outstanding Music Education Print Resource Category for the 2026 Music & Drama Education Awards**
Penelope Roskell, author of the award-winning book The Complete Pianist, is recognised as one of the world’s leading exponents of a natural and healthy piano technique. Her series Essential Piano Technique draws on the principles of The Complete Pianist to develop a strong foundation of healthy technique, helping young pianists to progress rapidly and confidently through the elementary stages of piano playing.
Essential Piano Technique Level 2 can be used by elementary pianists as a stand-alone technique book or alongside existing tutor books to enhance the teaching of good technique. It includes detailed notes for teachers giving learning objectives and teaching tips, links to free videos showing technique in practice, and teacher accompaniment duets to provide a rich musical experience.
Penelope Roskell is Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London. She is a world-leader in the field of healthy piano playing, and Piano Adviser to the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine. Her award-winning book, The Complete Pianist, is the leading book on healthy piano technique. As a soloist she has performed in major concert halls in more than thirty countries.
"What I especially love about the material here is the groundbreaking combination of up-to-date expertise, which takes equal account of medical insights and musical development, with a far wider than expected range of holistic, creative activities which support three-dimensional learning." Andrew Eales, Pianodao.com
