Information About Claire - Kensington teacher -

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Personal Description:

I am First Class graduate of the Royal College of Music having studied saxophone, clarinet and flute. I am now a professional reeds player, regularly touring the UK with theatre productions and playing in the West End. My most recent credits include Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Newsies, Anything Goes, 9 to 5 The Musical, and I will be working on the Book of Mormon UK and International Tour from September (2024). I also regularly perform on ABBA Voyage and in many of London’s prestigious music venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club to name a couple. I was also a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra from 2018-2020.

Tutoring Experience:

I have been a private music teacher for children and adults since 2015, and have held peripatetic teaching positions at St John’s Leatherhead, Burgess Hill Girls School in West Sussex and St Columba's College in St Albans. I have worked at the Royal College of Music Junior department, working alongside children aged 8-18 and sometimes coaching small ensembles. Away from music, before moving to London for university, I spent two years teaching disabled swimmers at my local swimming club, at which I was club captain for two years. I have also recently taken a Woodwind Multi-Intstrumentalist Masterclass at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Tutoring Approach:

I strive to make music lessons the highlight to any student's week. I consider myself to be a fun and chatty person who can create a relaxed and positive atmosphere in lesson times, as this really is the best environment for any student to learn in. I strive to coach every student to become the very best musician they can possibly be, but in absolutely no way compromising his or her's love for their instrument and making music. This is, above all, the most important factor to me: if I can inspire my pupils to want to pick up their instrument every day and become a better musician, then I believe I have done my job.