the cello teacher - lessons for all
As a freelance 'cello teacher I have many years of teaching experience from
teaching in both the state and private sector. I have also work for Music
Services, involving individual and group tuition, at junior and senior levels.
I try and use many of the pedagogical ideas of the ‘Kodaly System’, especially
when teaching beginners, with its emphasis on singing, musical games, rhythm
and with the introduction of music-reading, fluency in the musical alphabet.
Other areas of my work in education have always included close involvement in
the production of lecture-recitals and demonstration workshops, mostly with the
Astaria String Quartet, the Foundation for Music in Hospitals or in the past,
Live Music Now!
I have presented workshops and lecture-recitals for Arts Alive, Birmingham
University, the City of Edinburgh Music School and the Education Department at
Symphony Hall Birmingham, often to National Curriculum and National Lottery
specifications. During the summer months, I have been a regular tutor on the
'Fantasia Music School' music course for many years.
I have also researched authentic performance-practice and contemporary
(classical) music, through both commissions and subsequent performances. This
has led to intensive collaboration with eminent composers as well as time spent
coaching student composers, giving me valuable insight into the creative process
of compositions and the interpretive and technical difficulties for the
performer.
My own personal interest and inspiration has always been teaching, performing
and coaching chamber music, specifically the genre of string quartets.
As an experienced chamber musician, I have performed and coached the main works
for string quartet, the chamber music for 'cello with flute, clarinet and piano
as well as the solo repertoire for violoncello. I am also familiar with the
orchestral repertoire, opera and theatre music, through extensive work as a
freelance player.
Please request my CV for my professional referees.
