Marie

Marie Atter is an experienced composer, pianist and music tutor. She has 18 years of teaching experience and specialises in GCSE and A Level music composition. She also teaches piano, keyboard, singing and music theory to students of all ages and abilities in a number of musical styles.

Tutoring Experience

From 2005–2008, Marie studied music at the University of East Anglia, where she specialised in music composition. In her final year, Marie was awarded the Britten-Pears scholarship for piano performance and a First Class BA (Hons) Music Degree.

After graduating, Marie was Head of Music at Sancton Wood, an Independent School in Cambridge. In addition to classroom teaching ages 4-14, Marie was the Musical Director for musical theatre productions, concerts and composition workshops.

After gaining her PGCE from the University of Cambridge in 2014, she was responsible for teaching pupils ages 7-18 at a school in Peterborough. She focussed a lot of her time on GCSE, BTEC and A level composition teaching. as well as accompanying pupils on the piano for their graded exams.

Tutoring Approach

Marie likes to tailor the lessons to each individual. Pupils may wish to have lessons simply for enjoyment or with the goal of working through graded exams. The lessons can be virtual or face-to-face. .