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Guitar

Hourly Fee
Intermediate £35.00
Advanced £35.00
Expert £35.00
Casual £35.00

Bass Guitar

Hourly Fee
Intermediate £35.00
Advanced £35.00
Casual £35.00

Music Theory

Hourly Fee
Beginner £35.00
Intermediate £35.00
Advanced £35.00
Expert £35.00
Casual £35.00

Composition

Hourly Fee
Beginner £35.00
Intermediate £35.00
Advanced £35.00
Expert £35.00
Casual £35.00

Music Production

Hourly Fee
Beginner £35.00
Intermediate £35.00
Advanced £35.00
Expert £35.00
Casual £35.00

Music Technology

Hourly Fee
Beginner £35.00
Intermediate £35.00
Advanced £35.00
Expert £35.00
Casual £35.00

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Personal Description:

Will is a guitarist, music tutor, artist, composer, and lecturer, based in Cambridge.

He is currently an associate lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, where he delivers a range of modules (including Music Performance Studies, Composition, Music Education, Music History, Critical Music Studies, as well as teaching on Film, Media, and Communications courses), across the classical, popular, and electronic music pathways, as well as being the university's classical guitar teacher. He also lectures in improvisation at University of the Arts, London: London College of Communication at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and is the teacher of guitar Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge.

In 2015 Will graduated from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge with an Upper First Class mark in a BA (Hons) Music degree, and alongside majoring in Contemporary Composition and Musicology, he was also awarded the Mark Devin Music Performance Prize for outstanding achievement in his Performance studies. As an artist and performer, Will has been commission by the likes of Tate, Kettle's Yard Gallery, Arts Council England, Stanley Picker Gallery, British School at Rome, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Club Inégales, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge School of Art, and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, as well as working alongside a range of esteemed musicians/ensembles.

In 2018 he completed a postgraduate degree in Education, where he specialised in democratic and inclusive teaching within the arts. In 2021 he graduated with distinction from the MA Sound Arts course within the Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) department at London College of Communication: University of the Arts, London. He has since returned to CRiSAP, where he is now a PhD student, supervised by Dr Mark Peter Wright and Professor Salomé Voegelin.

Will began playing the Classical Guitar when he was 8 years old, and by his early teens was performing regularly, alongside having also taught himself at great length how to play the electric, acoustic, and bass guitars. As a teenage guitarist Will achieved a Grade 8 Distinction in Classical Guitar (and equivalent theory qualifications), and now specialises in mostly contemporary repertoire, premiering several new works, with recent concerts at Cafe Oto, London; Aldeburgh Festival (Jubilee Hall); West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge; Mumford Theatre, Cambridge; British Institute, Florence; and British Art School, Rome.

Alongside this, Will has spent many years performing in pop/rock bands, usually as principal songwriter, lead guitarist, keyboardist, synthesizer player, electronic musician, and backing vocalist. In these arenas Will employs a focus on translating his classical training into a more popular language, and experimenting with the sonic possibilities of both analogue and digital guitar-based technologies. This work has seen Will perform internationally, appearing at several major venues and festivals.

Will is also a member and former student ambassador of the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), and as such can offer specialised musicians’ healthcare and wellbeing advice, including regarding posture, physical maintenance, performance anxiety, and more.

Tutoring Experience:

Alongside 21 years playing experience, Will also has 15 years teaching experience, which includes students of all ages, in both groups and as individuals with a wide range of abilities. He has forged successful student/teacher relationships with a range of pupils, from those who are just beginning on their musical journey, or who simply want to casually learn an instrument in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere, all the way to more experienced players already looking at highly advanced repertoire, and who are seeking assistance in passing high-level examinations or aid in preparation for A-level or University-level recitals … or indeed beyond!

Will primarily teaches at home, in the centre of Cambridge, where he has a dedicated and sound-proofed music/teaching room, with very high quality listening facilities, big screen displays, and a large library of books, musical recording resources, and equipment (as well as a collection of over 2000+ records!). There is also free, private car/bike parking, as well as a sunny balcony for parents to enjoy while their children have lessons!

Tutoring Approach:

Will does not believe in teaching using one specific style, but rather prefers to adopt a different approach based on the personality and interests of the pupil, choosing a teaching method that he believes will be most beneficial to the student; one which evolves and grows alongside the student and material covered. Will aims to design bespoke learning resources for each individual student, and prefers to see lessons as a collaborative endeavour, to achieving students' goals. Will teaches using standard notation, TAB, and/or aurally/by ear, and should students wish to enter in for examinations he can offer advice regarding exam boards and repertoire, and is happy to teach the material selected by the student.

In addition, Will believes it is important to include a sense of context and background to what a student is learning, outside of the immediate materials, as this helps develop appropriate playing/performance/style techniques for the piece or song, as well as promoting important appreciative and decision making skills, crucial for students in becoming independent and intuitive learners/musicians. For this he employs his wide knowledge of both Classical and Modern/Pop music gained through his academic studies to share music with students, and teach how to listen critically and then discuss music, possibly with the odd anecdote along the way! (Certainly, when Will was a student, some of the best gems of information were the unscripted ones from when a teacher went off on a tangent.)

All of this, and more, can be discussed in advance of the first lesson, but in any case, getting to know a pupil and sharing their existing knowledge and passion is the first thing Will likes to do in a first lesson!

Students of all ages and abilities are welcome, as are both casual and more serious players.

I maintain my prices below the national average as I strongly believe that finances should not be a limiting factor on musical tuition and enjoyment.

£35 per hour
£20 per half hour


Discounts are available for any student (or person paying for a student’s lessons) who falls into any of the following categories:
- Full-time undergraduate students, and postgraduate students not in receipt of external funding;
- any worker who is on strike or undertaking industrial action leading to loss of income;
- recipients of any form of state benefit;
- low-waged or unwaged single income households;
- those whose lessons are being funded by Education, Health and Care plan or similar scheme.

The above categories are by no means exhaustive; if your circumstances are not reflected above, but feel a discount may help you to access tuition, please do speak with me. The nature and extent of the discounts will be applied on a case-by-case basis depending on the individual circumstances of the bill-payer. These discounts are applicable at any time and can be re-assessed as your circumstances develop. No proof is required; I trust your word.

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

Qualifications:

  • University of the Arts, London: London College of Communication (2021) - MA Sound Arts (Masters) (✔ On File)
  • Anglia Ruskin University (2018) - PG (Cert) Teaching & Learning (PGCE) (✔ On File)
  • Anglia Ruskin University (2015) - BA (Hons) Music (Upper First Class) (Bachelors) (✔ On File)
  • N/A (2012) - Grade 8 Distinction - Classical Guitar (Other) (✔ On File)

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