Information About Sofya - Worthing teacher -
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Instruments Taught

Piano	Hourly Fee
Beginner	£30.00
Intermediate	£30.00
Advanced	£30.00
Expert	£30.00
Casual	£30.00

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Personal Description:

I am professional and qualified music teacher, pianist and accompanist. I have 19 years of teaching piano and theory for the purpose of examinations and pleasure. I help my students to progress through ABRSM/Trinity examinations from Prep.Test through grades 1-8. I have successfull record of my students excelling with Merit and Distinction result.

Tutoring Experience:

I have for the last 14 years provided private tutoring for both piano and music theory. I also assist in piano accompaniment for musical instruments and vocal singers. I help students from beginners to more experienced musicians to reach their goals and objectives and style of music. This covers the whole range of Classical, Jazz, Morden, POP and Rock.

Tutoring Approach:

I assess each student from the beginning and learn and adapt to their best learning styles to maximise their learning experience. I try and make the lessons fun, interactive and productive. I have several different techniques to accommodate all ages and abilities to make lessons interesting. For curious students I can share my deep Music History knowledge, to assist in their performance and music interpretations. An example of this is one of my students won the ABRSM South of England competition in her age group in Classrooms Style in 2015.

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Native Language: Russian
Additional Languages: English (British), Russian
Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)

Qualifications:

State Open Pedagogical University of M.A. Sholohov, Moscow, Russia (2003) - Bachelor of Music degree (Bachelors) (✘ Not On File)
College of Art and Music, Irkutsk, Russia (1998) - Choir conductor and Music Theory teacher (Professional) (✘ Not On File)

Sofya's Feedback

Total Amount Of Feedback:	11
Total Positive Feedback:	10 Av. 5.00/5.00
Total Other Feedback: (not shown)	1

From Susana (5/5): Sofya is a lovely lady and excellent for beginners , people who may want to see if piano is for them. She has a gentle manner and is very calm
It didn’t work for us ( my son) as we were looking for a more structured curriculum aiming for grade 4.
The practicing piano at Sofya’s home is an electric one rather than an acoustic one. This may be an important fact for some when looking for piano lessons

Reply from: Sofya: Hi Susana, thank you for your feedback. I am a little surprised by your comments as you came to me saying you wanted to initially stop focusing on exams for your son and to just play for fun and to improve techniques. The first 2 short lessons were to identify exactly what you wanted and for me to see where your son’s skills were at to then put in place specific structure going forwards. I was open to your thoughts and adaptable to any requirements which sadly we could not convert. For your information I have over 20 years experience teaching all levels of piano and music theory with my students achieving a high percentage of Merit and Distinction grades and have helped them achieve scholarships at private schools. I teach all abilities up to grade 8 and first lessons are always designed for me to observe where the child is at with their talent. I then structure my lessons to what is required whilst making sure the child is happy. I have a range of different piano instruments throughout my home but I always begin with new students on my Roland electric piano which is suitable for all styles of music classical/jazz/modern for which I have never had any complaints. I wish your son every success in his piano progress in the future.

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From Michael (5/5): Sofya is an excellent tutor with a wealth of knowledge and understanding on piano. I've been having lessons with Sofya for a couple of months now. I started as a complete beginner and Sofya found pieces to learn that were very appropriate for my experience, yet still challenging as to provide a great balance. She's been very flexible during lockdown also in providing online lessons over video call which have been invaluable in keeping my progression going. Overall I've been amazed with my progress and couldnt recommend Sofya enough, thank you!

From Lucy (5/5): Very friendly and calm, gave me lots of constructive advice and recommendations on what and how to improve.

From Derek (5/5): I really enjoy my lessons with Sonya even when she tells me to go back a step and learn to be more accurate. I know I’ll play better in the long run.

From Amapola (5/5): My son loves going to piano lessons with Sofya, and he has made a lot of progress in the last few months since starting his lessons.

From Rhianna (5/5): Really pleased we found Sofya. My children really enjoy her lessons and I'm really happy listening whilst they do!

From Liubov (5/5): After just two brief yet very intensive rehearsals Sofya accompanied my 11 yo son during his solo violin performance on Springboard music festival in Brighton.
She is fantastic accompanist, extremely reliable, professional and friendly.
It was a great pleasure to deal with Sofya and we hope to do it again.

From Ruth (5/5): I’m an experienced pupil and am happy to have found Sofya. She is bringing lots of insights to my playing. She is reliable and also flexible as I sometimes have to change lesson times. I’m enjoying lessons with Sofya and learning a lot.

From David (5/5): I was looking for a tutor to teach me to play classical piano. I have made a great choice with Sofya and I am very happy with my progress. I feel I have come a long way in a short time. We have a very productive lesson each week and I always look forward to it.

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