The Peak District Suzuki Piano Workshop is an annual Suzuki piano summer school set in the Peak District National Park. Based at the Nightingale Centre  in Great Hucklow, the event has run every summer since 2003. The concept is simple: lots of music, fun and learning. Open to children up to and including the age of 14, with a parent, the Workshop provides a 'musical boost' during the long summer holiday. Starting at around mid-day on a Saturday, the course runs until tea time on the following Tuesday. During the course, students have three 50-minute group piano lessons with a Suzuki piano teacher, as well as music and movement sessions every day. They also take part in daily children's concerts, and get the chance to play in different types of ensemble. Also on the programme are a teachers' concert, a much-loved talent show (talents other than piano), arts and crafts, a guided walk in the countryside, and a 'surprise' event where something good always happens - be it a harpist, an African drummmer, a brass band or a square dance!

The next Peak Suzuki Workshop will be held at Great Hucklow from 2pm Saturday July 31st to 4pm Tuesday August 3rd 2010.

Want a better idea of what goes on? Look at the picture galleries, watch the YouTube video, and read the FAQs.