I have been teaching music for over twenty five years both as a classroom music teacher and as an instrumental teacher. Having led a successful music department in a large secondary school I now concentrate on developing the individual music skills of students and teaching primary classroom music.
I teach a variety of instruments to students of all ages and abilities and have taken students from beginner level up to Grade 8 and beyond. Music is not simply about grades. I believe that the most important thing is that students enjoy learning to play an instrument.
I also currently run primary school orchestras, choirs, recorder clubs and whole school singing assemblies. I have previously been a GCSE music examiner and moderator for Edexcel and AQA and am therefore able to help students taking GCSE music in developing performance and composition skills.
I have an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Instruments I teach
I teach piano, keyboard, violin, flute, recorder, guitar and ukulele. I also teach music theory up to grade 5.
Key Stage 1 and 2 classroom music
I teach primary class music lessons and run lunch time and after school music clubs in primary schools.