My Musical Journey
ABOUT ME
I grew up in a little village near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. I started learning the violin at the age of 11 whilst at school. I learned to play very quickly starting with the Grade 3 exam, Grade 4 and passed Grade 5 by the age of 16. Regrettably I stopped playing until I was 36 as life’s obstacles inevitably got in the way, but when my daughter aged 6 came home from school wanting to learn the violin, I picked up where I had left off years earlier.
I started having lessons again in 2003 and took ABRSM Grade 5 Theory in preparation for taking Grade 8 in 2005. I then decided I wanted to become a violin teacher as I’ve always felt very passionate about music and passing the skills onto others. I started studying for the Certificate of Teaching CTABRSM from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and completed the course in 2009.
In 2011, I took the leap to create my own business teaching many pupils over the years and maintained a very busy schedule. I currently teach at 6 schools in Leicestershire and teach privately at my home in the evenings.
In my spare time I play in my string quartet, The School of Baroque where we perform concerts to raise money for charities. I believe that playing collaboratively with others is invaluable and can increases confidence and a love for performing.
A couple of years ago I decided to set up a string orchestra for adults, we currently have 43 members, and through its success I then went on to setting up Strings4Juniors an orchestra for players aged 7 upwards. My pupils thoroughly enjoy these practices and performing together.
Feel free to contact me to enquire about my services as a teacher and check out our String Orchestra website - www.kmstringorchestra.org.
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20th October 2022
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