How the lessons work
The lesson is one to one, on your instrument.
I do not rush and I do not scold for mistakes. A child who is afraid of making a mistake stops playing and starts guessing: that is the fastest way to put them off. We go through what did not work and move on.
Children look forward to the lesson, they do not put up with it. For me that is a working criterion, not a turn of phrase.
In person only. I come to the student's home.
Weekdays, from 16:00 to 19:30: earlier the children are at school, later it is time for bed.
Weekends, I come to you.
I do not teach online.
ABRSM
ABRSM is an international examination system in which a student passes one level after another and receives a certificate for each. It is an external assessment: the marks are not mine.
I prepare the child for the exam and take them through the whole procedure, from choosing the programme to sending off the result.
The performance exam can be taken remotely: the child plays at home and the recording is sent to ABRSM. That applies to the exam. My lessons are in person.
Alongside playing we work on solfeggio and theory.
A child has to understand what they are playing, not reproduce a learned movement of the fingers. That is literacy. Without it, playing hits a ceiling in the third or fourth year.
It suits you if the child is seven or older, sits down at the instrument between lessons, and the parent takes part in the process.
The fee depends on the student's level.
Tuition is paid monthly, in advance, at the first lesson of the month.
If the format suits your family, write to me.
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