About me

I teach the piano, violin, viola and cello to children and adults of all ages and abilities. I also teach theory (theory covers the essential building blocks of music, including the basics of rhythm and harmony, counterpoint, composition and a broad knowledge of western music and aural (listening and singing or playing back a melody without written music, identifying pitch intervals, chords, rhythms, and time from hearing only, recognising musical elements of a piece from hearing only, matching pitch and intonation effectively, identifying important performance information and stylings from listening and hearing the quality of sound (timbre) of different instruments). 

My musical history – I began to play the violin and piano when I was 5. I had lovely lessons with delightful teachers through primary school. During secondary school I attended the Royal College of Music Junior Department in London on a weekly basis. I had individual violin and piano lessons and small group classes in both theory and general musicianship, string quartet, piano trio, and orchestras. I also had a few lessons with Eta Cohen in Leeds in my final year at school. 

I studied at The Queen’s College, Oxford University, the same college as Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson), where I read music and was instrumental scholar. 

I am an Associate of the Royal College of Music with a teaching diploma and a performance diploma in piano awarded by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.