Information About Rachael - Chiswick teacher

Personal Description:

Rachael born in Newcastle completed a Bachelor of Music in 2012 and then a Masters in Performance at the Royal College of Music in 2014. She studied clarinet with: Richard Hosford, Timothy Lines, Barnaby Robson and Janet Hilton. She also studied E flat Clarinet with Peter Davies and Bass Clarinet with Michael Harris and Paul Richards.
Alongside clarinet lessons Rachael performed with a number of chamber ensembles. She performed Principal Clarinet with The RCM Philharmonic and RCM Symphony Orchestra including performing Mahler 7 conducted by Bernard Haitink.

Rachael has participated in Master Classes with: Maximiliano Martin, Joy Farrall, Michael Whight, Mark Van Di Weil, Joan Enric Lluna, Chris Richards, Jozsef Balogh and Richard Stoltzman

Rachael has given solo performances and chamber recitals around London and the North East. She performed principal clarinet with the Young Sinfonia at The Sage, Gateshead as well as Principal Clarinet with The RCM Philharmonic and RCM Symphony Orchestra. She was one of the first musicians to perform with her wind quintet in Hall One of The Sage, which was **Contact Detail Removed**vised on the BBC Culture Show. Rachael recorded the Brahms Trio for a BBC Radio 2 programme presented by Howard Goodall.
Rachael was awarded scholarships from the Kathleen trust, Countess of Munster Trust, the Sammy Johnson foundation, the Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Award and was awarded an e flat clarinet from the Cheribum Trust.

Tutoring Experience:

In London Rachael worked for Richmond Music Service delivering small group recorder lessons and the Music Makers programme for keystage 1 children in schools in the Richmond Borough. For Ealing Music service Rachael delivered the Wider Opportunities programme for clarinet and recorder. Rachael was the clarinet teacher at the Hackney Youth Orchestra Saturday school for 4 years, providing one to one clarinet tuition preparing children for ABRSM exams. Rachael taught at Belmont Primary school in Chiswick and Larmenier Catholic Primary school in Brook Green teaching one to one woodwind lessons. Rachael was also the clarinet lecturer at Morley College teaching small classes of adults and directing Morley Wind ensemble for 2 years.

Rachael has just re-located to the Northeast now residing in Ashington in Northumberland. Rachael works for Music Partnership North teaching woodwind in numerous schools in Northumberland.

Tutoring Approach:

I love to share my passion for music and performing by teaching others, as a teacher I understand every pupil is different in the way they learn and what motivates them. My key focus is to tap into how the student works and the best methods to make the student succeed and most importantly enjoy making music. I aim to provide a balance between both the technical and musical aspects of instrumental playing, which I believe key to structuring a curriculum that would nurture the musical potential within the pupil and instil a thorough grounding of instrumental technique.