Over the years, piano has become my lifeline and a constant source of delight - I miss it desperately if I don't play for a day or two!  I learnt to play the piano as an adult so understand the frustrations as well as the joy of learning an instrument.  I have been teaching for over fifteen years now.  I believe it is vital to remember how it feels to learn something new so in recent years I took singing lessons and examinations in Classical Singing and Music Theatre Performance to diploma level - truly out of my comfort zone.  I now sing in several choirs and we have raised over £10,000 for charity over the past few years.  I have now started learning the clarinet from scratch.

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I encourage my child pupils to raise money for Children in Need.  Each year, I arrange a sponsored activity, often with a performance element, and we usually manage to raise £400-£500 which makes me so proud of them. Separately I invite my adult pupils to a recital evening once or twice a year as an opportunity for everyone to meet socially and then to play a piece or two to each other if they want.  Some adults find this too nerve wracking so I also offer Nervous Nellie Nights which is a small group of particularly nervous adult players who can play to each other in a very safe environment – again not compulsory!!