Hello and welcome…
Whether you have journeyed here in search of a teacher, mentor, piano accompanist, composer, arranger, writer or researcher, it’s a joy to welcome you to the David Barton Music website.
My mission is to create and facilitate an environment where you have the opportunity to grow and experience all that music offers, no matter where you are on that journey, and no matter how you engage with music.
Catalogue of Compositions & Arrangements
A large catalogue of works is available representing over 100 of my published pieces. Works are available for voice, choir, organ, piano, woodwind and chamber ensemble. Full details, including sheet music and audio samples are available where possible.
Flute, Piano & Singing Lessons
Here in Lichfield, Staffordshire, I offer a range of simple and flexible options to help students learn, all of which centre around creativity and imagination. Lessons can provide a gateway to a whole range of musical experiences, hours of enjoyment, and a lifetime’s fulfilment.
More of my services
Piano Accompanist
Composer & Arranger
Freelance Writer & Researcher
Latest Blog Posts & Reviews
Concert Review: St Matthew Passion (March 2024)
Birmingham Bach Choir are an amateur choir with professional standards, and tonight’s concert in Lichfield Cathedral was no exception. Bach’s setting of the Passion according to St Matthew was delivered with a sincerity and confidence befitting of…
Review: Lang Lang Music Theory, Levels 1 and 2
These two new volumes from Faber Music, Lang Lang Music Theory, have been written to accompany The Lang Lang Piano Method. I confess, I’ve not seen this, but I note that these two books, Levels 1 and…
Review: The Joy of Graded Piano, Grades 1-5
If you’ve had any experience of learning, playing or teaching the piano, you can’t failed to have missed the extensive series of books, ‘The Joy of…’. Some 50 volumes have appeared since 1955, and this brand new…
Review: Naoko Ikeda, The Graded Collection
Teachers, and occasionally students, can sometimes be a little cautious when it comes to collections of music by only one composer. We think of anthologies and compilations containing works by a wide selection of composers as far…
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