Piano Club
Develop your piano-playing skills in this relaxed and informal monthly performers’ club.
Join pianist Jude Richardson on Sunday afternoons and/or Thursday evenings in a casual piano group class dedicated to helping you gain confidence as a pianist and performer.
You can bring finished pieces, music you’ve just started looking at, original compositions, or anything else you like to play on piano. Each person is given an opportunity to play their piece and hear from an audience of fellow pianists what they enjoyed about the performance. Jude offers brief feedback and ensures that each performer is given the space and time they need to achieve their best. If you end up deciding not to play, there’s no pressure as you can sit back, enjoy the other performances, and learn from the conversations and feedback. Additional activities include sight reading duets, piano accompanying with solo singers and instrumentalists, and the opportunity to receive brief one-to-one feedback from Jude.
All ages and skill levels welcome. Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
The club aims to increase opportunities for developing your performance skills, support nervous players to play in a friendly and relaxed setting, encourage alternative styles of performance and simply share and spread the love of piano playing to form a growing community in Leicester.
Formed in 2024, the group now meets in its new home at Attenborough Arts Centre, part of the University of Leicester.
”The group is the most wonderful way for like-minded enthusiastic piano people to get together to hear the brilliant pieces being worked on. No matter the skill level, you are welcomed with open arms. This is a great safe place to be inspired to become the best that you can be.” – Piano Club member
Each session is £10 full price / £7.50 concessions. You can come along to just one or two sessions when you have time, or many more! Please book each date individually.
The club will run approximately twice a month on Thursday evenings, 6pm – 8pm and Sunday afternoons, 1:30pm – 3:30pm.
About the tutor:
Club leader Jude Richardson is a pianist and music educator with experience across genres and performance styles in the East Midlands area. Born in Bermuda, his exposure to gospel and classical music fostered a passion for the piano and he gained a scholarship to study music at the Bermuda School of Music at age 13. Going on to receive further funding to study in the United States, he has studied and performed in Colorado and the Midwest, first studying with pianist Alice Rybak and then completing his Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance with Evelyne Brancart at the renowned Jacobs School of Music.
Moving to Leicester in 2022, he has performed with East Midlands ensembles including the Leicester Symphony Orchestra, Knighton Chamber Orchestra, and the Rugby Rococo Players. He is increasingly in demand for his keyboard skills in reggae, Motown, and jazz, performing mostly recently with Tanni Browne & The Ankh Band for the Leicester Caribbean Carnival 2025. As a music educator, Jude teaches piano performance and keyboard skills and loves to share his passion for the piano with this monthly community music-making piano club.
Further information:
Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.
If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans!
We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk, pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week.
We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.
Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road.
The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us.
