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Name	Postal Town	County	Contact
Louise Sherratt	Stratford-upon-Avon	Warwickshire	Contact
Karin DALE	STRATFORD-UPON-AVON	Warwickshire	Contact
Peter HUGO	STROUD	Gloucestershire	Contact
Alicia Dine	Surbiton	Surrey	Contact
Margaret TURNER	SURBITON	Surrey	Contact
Ljiljana TESIC-O'DWYER	SUTTON	Surrey	Contact
Nigel GWYNN	SUTTON COLDFIELD		Contact
Margaret ISAACSON	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	Contact
Aleksander SZRAM	SWANLEY	Kent	Contact
Penelope DAVIES	SWANSEA		Contact
Heather MILNES	SWINDON	Wiltshire	Contact
Julie JOHNSON-LITTLE	SWINDON	Wiltshire	Contact
Mary HAWKES	TAMWORTH	Staffs	Contact
Christopher HALL	TAMWORTH		Contact
Doris WALKER	TANDRAGEE	Co Armagh	Contact
Mark TANNER	TAUNTON	Somerset	Contact
Jill TAYLOR	Taunton	Somerset	Contact
Rebecca SINGERMAN -KNIGHT	TEDDINGTON	Middx	Contact
Frances GEORGE	TEDDINGTON	Middx	Contact
Adelle Kirby	TEMPLECOMBE	Somerset	Contact
Simon PROBERT	TEWKESBURY	Gloucestershire	Contact
Stephen CLARKE	TEWKESBURY	Glos	Contact
Ruth BIRCHALL	THORNTON-CLEVELEYS		Contact
Eve GARWOOD	THORPE BAY	Essex	Contact
Penny HUMPHRYS	TORBRYAN	South Devon	Contact
Sharon JORDAN	TORRINGTON	Devon	Contact
Karen THOMSON	Totnes	Devon	Contact
Anna LE HAIR	TRING	Herts	Contact
Rowena HOWEY	TUNBRIDGE WELLS	Kent	Contact
Angela FOGG	TWICKENHAM	Middx	Contact
Katherine IDDON	TWICKENHAM	Middx	Contact
Natalie LATEU-ROBINSON	TYLERS GREEN	Bucks	Contact
Julian BROUGHTON	UCKFIELD	East Sussex	Contact
Suzanne MUNRO	UXBRIDGE	Middx	Contact
Carol ABSON	WALTON-ON-THAMES	Surrey	Contact
Olga MEADOWS	Wantage	Oxfordshire	Contact
AMANDA OAKLEY	WANTAGE	Oxfordshire	Contact
Joanne BUTCHER	Watford	Hertfordshire	Contact
Liz MAY	WATFORD	Herts	Contact
Lindsay Russen	WELLINGBOROUGH	Northamptonshire	Contact
Jill BIRD	Wells	Somerset	Contact
Carole PRESLAND	WEST WICKHAM	Kent	Contact
Gordon FERGUS-THOMPSON	West Wickham	Kent	Contact
Jane COMPTON	WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA	Essex	Contact
Katharine PURNELL	WESTON-SUPER-MARE	N Somerset	Contact
Debra BRADSHAW	WETHERBY	W Yorks	Contact
Famia Choi Castro	Weybridge	Surrey	Contact
Sharon Barnea	Weybridge	Surrey	Contact
John HEWITT	Weymouth	Dorset	Contact
Caroline BOLTON	WHITEHEAD	Co Antrim	Contact
David MURRAY	WHITLEY BAY	Tyne & Wear	Contact
Elizabeth FAWCETT	WHITLEY BAY	Tyne & Wear	Contact
Nick Oliver	Wigan	Lancashire	Contact
Ruth WRIGHT	WIGTON	Cumbria	Contact
Ruth RAVALDE	WIGTON	Cumbria	Contact
Helen KRIZOS	WILMSLOW	Cheshire	Contact
Alison HART	WINDSOR	Berkshire	Contact
Anne Deehan	Wirral		Contact
Christine HORTON	WIRRAL	Merseyside	Contact
Diyana DIVCHEV-CURR	Witney	Oxon	Contact
Susan HAMILTON	WOKING	Surrey	Contact
Tessa MACKENZIE	Wokingham	Berkshire	Contact
Margaret BELL	WOLVERHAMPTON	West Midlands	Contact
Rebecca Shackelford Langley	WORTHING	West Sussex	Contact
Margaret PRIEST	WORTHING	West Sussex	Contact
Susan FISHER	WORTHING	W Sussex	Contact
Sharon GOODEY	WRITTLE	Essex	Contact
Clare VAN GURP	Wymondham	Norfolk	Contact
Paul McBRETNEY	WYMONDHAM	Norfolk	Contact
Katharine Richman	YATELEY	Hants	Contact
Rhiain ELLIOTT	Yateley	Hampshire	Contact
Caroline WALLIS-NEWPORT	YEOVIL	Somerset	Contact
Heather HAMMOND	YORK	North Yorkshire	Contact
Joseph O'Neill	York	North Yorkshire	Contact
Valerie CHAPMAN	YORK	N Yorks	Contact
Ana Fontecha	York	North Yorkshire	Contact
Lindita SIMAKU	YORK	North Yorkshire	Contact
Josephine PEACH	YORK		Contact
Alla LEVIT	YORK	N Yorks	Contact
Samuel Austin	York	Humberside	Contact
Cynthia WOOD	YORK		Contact
Hilary Suckling	York	North Yorkshire	Contact

Teacher Guidelines

Bursaries

If you are looking for a piano teacher you may be interested to know that EPTA UK teacher members have access to the John Bigg Bursary Fund. This provides bursaries for pupils who may be having difficulty paying for their piano lessons.

How to identify a good teacher

Good teachers can often be identified at local Music Festivals and other public events, or at pupils' concerts (see the EPTA UK magazine for piano teachers Piano Professional for details).

What to look for:

Qualifications:

A recognised diploma (performers' or teachers') or a degree in which piano playing, or piano pedagogy features as a major component.

Experience and professional outlook:

There should be evidence of performing as well as teaching experience, and of the teacher wishing to continue his/her own musical education, eg: attending master-classes and/or courses.

Teachers should be able to:

* convey their enthusiasm for music
* impart artistic sensibilities
* instil sound technical habits
* develop reading and listening skills
* develop memory and improvising skills
* build up good practice habits
* introduce a variety of musical styles
* include duet and other ensemble playing
* hold concerts, periodically, for pupils to play in
* report regularly to parents on pupils' progress
* assist, where appropriate, with the preparation of candidates for school and other public examinations
* offer advice for pupils wishing to take up a musical career.

They should prepare a written contract specifying:

* the number of lessons per term and their length
* fees and how they should be paid
* period of notice required for termination of contract
* procedure in the event of absence or illness of either party
* any special terms and conditions they may wish to apply - eg: special practice requirements, and arrangements for the purchase of music and any other equipment needed.

NB. It is important to establish that an adequate instrument will be available for practice.

Child Protection

The EPTA UK Management Committee takes child protection issues very seriously and members on the Teachers Register have sent a photocopy of their most recent Enhanced Disclosure certificate (if available) and signed the following declaration:

I declare:
that I have never been convicted of a sexual offence concerning a child or a young person under the age of 18;

EPTA UK Teachers Register

All the members included in the Find a Teacher page are on the EPTA UK Teachers Register.

This is published on the website on the Find a Teacher pages and members of the public can also contact the EPTA UK office to receive a list of teachers in their locality.

All members on the list have formal piano teaching qualifications or a proven track record in the piano teaching profession.

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Qualifications:

Experience and professional outlook:

Teachers should be able to:

They should prepare a written contract specifying: