Tuition and Professional Activity

As explained at the head of this site, I am now semi-retired and no longer accept students on the traditional basis of pre-paid terms of a set number of lessons. All my tuition is currently on an ad hoc basis.

The approach remains as it has been throughout my forty-three-year-long career, however. My tuition and coaching are bespoke, never generic, and of impeccable quality, enabling students to fulfil their highest potential. Students accepted by me will already be nurturing a love of Music and a desire to work hard and excel are essential prerequisites. Daily practice is indispensable. Every student is treated as an individual; I have no ‘recipe’.

All students will be accepted on the basis of an initial consultation which is offered free-of-charge. Please see ‘Fees’ page for details of my rates.

The ‘chemistry’ between student and teacher must be a good one, and I reserve the right not to accept a student if I consider that I am the incorrect teacher for that individual. Please note that I teach only Classical Piano, not Jazz and not Pop. The student must, naturally, have access to a good piano in working order at home on which to practise daily. If this criterion is not met, regrettably I cannot accept the student.

I also offer:

*Coaching in the revolutionary Feuchtwanger Exercises, developed by Peter Feuchtwanger to promote a natural fluidity in piano-playing, and rid the performing mechanism of unnecessary tension. Following in the footsteps of my great teacher and mentor, I have cured many pianists of playing-related pains by coaching them in these extraordinary exercises.

*Tuition in Music Theory, usually in preparation for ABRSM Grade 5, and Aural Training for ABRSM and Trinity Grade Examinations.

*Supplementary assistance/coaching for GCSE and A level students in aspects of their courses – eg Composition.

*Piano accompaniment and detailed preparation-coaching for instrumentalists and singers for local ABRSM and Trinity Grade Examinations.

*Piano accompaniment for auditions and music festivals.

All the above are subject to availability.