Demo site Piano and guitar,
taught in a front room.
Not a music school. One teacher, an upright piano, and a half-hour a week that actually gets practised because nobody is being marched through a syllabus.
Lessons
Paid by the term, ten weeks at a time. If you miss one, we make it up in the same term rather than pretending it did not happen.
Half hour
Beginners & younger kids
Long enough to learn something, short enough that a seven-year-old is still with you at the end.
$38 a lesson
Forty-five minutes
Most students
Where things start moving properly. Time for technique, a piece, and something for fun.
$52 a lesson
The hour
Exams & adults
For AMEB grades, ATAR prep, or grown-ups who finally have a Tuesday evening free.
$68 a lesson
I was the kid who quit piano at eleven because it stopped being fun. That is mostly what I am trying to prevent.
Twenty years of teaching, and the thing that keeps people playing is not the grade certificate — it is getting to the point where you can sit down and play something you like without being told to.
Exams if you want them, and plenty of students do. But nobody is put in for one because it looks good on my wall.
- AMEB and ABRSM prep, up to Grade 8
- Beginners from about six, and adults at any age at all
- Working With Children Check, current
- One informal concert a year, in a hall, entirely optional
- Instruments provided for lessons — you will need one at home to practise
Ask about a spot
Tell me who it is for and roughly when suits. I will say honestly whether I have room.
Does my child need an instrument?
To practise, yes. A keyboard with full-size keys is fine to start — do not buy a piano in the first term.
What if we do not click?
The first lesson is half price and there is no obligation after it. Not every teacher suits every kid and that is fine.
Do you do exams?
Yes, if the student wants one. Nobody is entered because it suits me.