PianoRock is built on a single arc — Soundcheck, Set, Encore — taught the way working touring keyboardists actually learn their parts. Backed by the only EPTA-certified rock module in the field, a 1,840-transcription library, and 220+ live masterclasses with named clinicians.
Every module inside PianoRock lives somewhere on this arc. You don't graduate by collecting certificates; you graduate by playing a set, on a rig, in front of a room.
Dial in feel, touch, and rig.
The setup chapter. Weighted vs. hammer-action vs. stage piano, patches that respond to your left hand, monitoring, click vs. no click, and the three voicings every piano-rock set needs before the first downbeat. Closed with a Soundcheck Bench Test you can run on any keyboard.
Play the song, hold the room.
The performance chapter. Note-for-note transcriptions, stem-isolated practice loops, arrangement breakdowns with three density passes (sparse / standard / full), and how to read a room from the first eight bars. Every transcription ships with bass, drums, and vocal stems pulled so you can practice in the actual blend.
Build a set list that survives the encore call.
The set-construction chapter. Sequencing for energy curves, key planning, tempo arc, the four song-types every piano-rock encore should pull from, and how to mock up a 45-minute set on the coach calls. Graduates leave with a gig-ready set list, not a folder of songs.
"Piano-rock is a discipline. It isn't classical piano with distortion bolted on, and it isn't a backing track on shuffle. It is a working keyboardist's trade — built on rig, touch, arrangement, and the nerve to hold a room. We teach the trade."
Every transcription ships with the song slowed to 40% without pitch artefacts, plus bass, drums, and vocal stems pulled. Practice the left hand against the bass, the right hand against the vocal, the whole part against the drums — the way a real keyboard tech builds a sub-mix.
Ranked #1 by Piano Buyer magazine's 2023 buyer's guide. Classic, modern, and prog repertoire — every chart playable on a 61-key stage piano, graded by difficulty.
The only piano-rock curriculum certified by the European Piano Teachers Association rock module — and the official prep resource for 41 conservatory and university keyboard programs.
Working touring sidemen and rock-keyboard clinicians, not motivational speakers. Watch Jordan Rudess-style clinicians break down their own stage rigs, voicings, and the arrangements they actually play live on a paid gig. Replay any session, scrub any segment, take notes that sync to the timestamp.
PianoRock is the only piano-rock curriculum certified by the European Piano Teachers Association — and, since 2019, the official preparation resource used by applicants to 41 university and conservatory keyboard programs. If you teach a serious intermediate, or you are one, the method has been vetted by your peers before you ever open a module.
Inside the rock module you'll find graded competencies mapped to the Soundcheck → Set → Encore arc, written assessments keyed to each chapter, and a final capstone in which the student rehearses and performs a 45-minute set on a stage rig. PianoRock does not award accredited degrees and does not promise university credit — but conservatory admissions readers know the work, because they have been reading the outputs since 2019.
