Melanie Spanswick is an award-winning music educator, author and composer. She graduated from the Royal College of Music in London with a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance Studies.    

As a pianist, Melanie has performed worldwide and has given recitals as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist at numerous music festivals and concert halls. 

As an educator, Melanie has examined and adjudicated widely and has given master classes, workshops and presentations throughout the UK and abroad, extensively touring the Far East. She is currently a piano faculty member at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Eton College.  

Melanie has written and edited piano books for the international market to critical acclaim. Her work is published by some of the world’s leading music publishers and she has authored over 30 books. Her four-book piano course, Play it again: PIANO (Schott Music), has become an international best-selling series. In 2022, the three-book series Women Composers – A Graded Anthology for Piano (Schott) won a Presto Music Award for best ‘New Series of The Year.’

As a composer, Melanie’s music has been performed and recorded around the world: it is regularly featured at music festivals and on examination syllabus.