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BMus (Hons) GRSM FTCL FMusTCL
FLCM FVCM (Hons) FNCM LRAM ARCM LTCL (GMT) LGSM ATCL PGCE
I studied at Cambridge, Durham and Exeter Universities, and
graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music,
winning the Raymond Ffenell Prize.
I taught for some 25 years as a Head of Music in a Mixed
Comprehensive School, before taking early retirement.
I am now involved as a private piano teacher, teaching all
grades to diploma level, in both classical and jazz styles. I am
the Music Writer & Critic for The Herald Newspaper in Plymouth,
and have been an examiner for Trinity College, London, and a
moderator at GCSE Music. I am now very involved in composition,
and publish some of my music at
www.sibeliusmusic.com as well as in the UK, Switzerland and
China. I am also a consultant and syllabus setter for the
Electronic Organ with Trinity College, London.
I have given piano recitals in the UK and overseas, and now am
involved in occasional piano duo work.
I am a member of the European Piano Teachers' Association (EPTA
UK). My teaching philosophy is summed up by my slogan: 'An
amateur practices until he gets it right, a professional
practices until he can't get it wrong!' I feel that the learning
situation must be stimulating and totally professional at all
times, but not without essential humour. If a student, at
whatever level, knows nothing more after a lesson than he or she
did beforehand, then that lesson has failed. As a performer and
former examiner I realise the need to maintain my own playing
standards, and to test these at every opportunity, so that there
is a true empathy with students and what they have to
experience. It is so important to keep up with modern techniques
and, indeed, technology, as so much has changed so rapidly.
My own website, which links to other relevant sites is:
www.prbmusic.co.uk
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