Your first lesson is free

I don’t have any restrictions. I teach children and adults. However, I do ask that young children are at least beginning to read before they start piano lessons. This is because I have found that if they can decode letters and sounds, they are usually ready to learn how to read music. They also need to have the behaviour and concentration levels appropriate for sitting at a piano for a session. This is usually at about the age of 6. I always adapt my teaching to be age appropriate and have taught many 5-6 years old successfully.

For flute, you will need to bring your own instrument from the start of booked lessons, but not for the free short lesson. For piano, once you have started lessons, you will need to have access to an instrument at home, but it’s not essential for the first free lesson. I can advise on pianos or keyboards that are suitable for practice. There are advantages to owning a piano at home rather than a keyboard, but if you don’t have the space or money a keyboard is a good alternative.

Lessons are available in 30-minute or one-hour weekly sessions. Once your slot has been booked for you, that becomes a weekly slot reserved for you. Most children benefit from a half hour lesson a week, but teenagers or adults can choose whether they want a half hour or an hour, depending on how much time they would like to commit to learning. I have also had students who had a half hour of one type of tuition and then a half of another for eg a piano lesson, followed by a flute or theory lesson.

Yes - I offer structured tuition for graded ABRSM exams. These lessons include instruction in the scales, aural and sight reading elements of the exams as well as the 3 set pieces to be learnt and all the musicality and knowledge needed to achieve the required standards. I will also do the admin. necessary for exam entries.

I charge £30 an hour, so a half hour lesson will be £15 etc.

You can pay by cash or bank transfer. You can pay at the end of each lesson, or as a lump sum in advance but I ask that you do not pay in arrears.

Because your session slot is reserved for you, if you have to cancel a lesson in advance, you must either pay for the missed lesson or rebook it for a different day/time that week if there are times available. If I cannot rebook you, or if you give me less than 24 hours notice, you will be charged for the missed lesson.

I don’t ask for the same commitment in school holiday time, so if you give me notice, you will be free to give me advanced notice of holidays and not be asked to pay for missed lessons.

If I have to cancel a lesson, you will not be charged for it.

Lessons are held in my dedicated music room in my own home. As it is my home, I expect children and adults to respect my space. No other part of my house is open to my pupils, including the garden. I do have seating in my music room, so I am happy for a family member to sit and watch the lesson and if siblings would like to have a lesson each, I am happy for one to wait whilst the other has their lesson. Sorry - I do not allow dogs.