Information About Gaynor - Glasgow teacher

Personal Description:

I am a dynamic and enthusiastic freelance oboist and cor anglais based in Glasgow.
I am most passionate about music and teaching. I wish to share my passion with my students.

I have been trained as an all-rounded musician both in performance and academic fields of music throughout the UK, Switzerland, France, Germany and Itlay.

I am a freelancer with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Opera and the Scottish COncert Orchestra. I have been ana pprentice with BBC SSO and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
International orchestra experiences include touring with festival orchestras in Russia and Italy.

Tutoring Experience:

I have seven years of teahcing experience both in schools and as a privat tutors with children and adults from beginner to advanced level.

I teach oboe, cor anglais, music theory and reed makiing. I can prepare students for graded exams in the UK or abroad as well as auditions for music colleges throughout Europe.

I am a cover musician for Sistema Scotland and I also have my own oboe/music theory class of 8 students. I am happy to welcome new students to the little family!
I teach both in person and online (Zoom or skype)

Tutoring Approach:

My pedagogy is student-centered.
This means the student's neeeds is at the heart of the learning and I tailor mt lessons for every single student I have so that each one of tehm can develop their playing as needed.

I also pay attention to questions such as posture and health related to the practice of an instrument during my lessons.

I work on builiding my student's confidence and autonomy through my lessons which are always fun and good humoured.

Lessons are structured both around technique and musicality as well a good understnading of music in order to develop all aspects of the musician in my students.

My pedagogy is also a mixture of British, French, German and Swiss schools offering a unique teaching style to my students. I also use the Kodaly, Dalcroze and solfège methods.