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Name	Postal Town	County	Contact
Johan de Cock			Contact
Clare WATKINS		NOTTINGHAM	Contact
Sheila Simpson		Gloucestershire	Contact
Linda Barrett		Kent	Contact
Laurence TALBOT	ABERCYNON	Mid Glam	Contact
Mary WILLIAMS	ABERGELE		Contact
Lorraine CHAPMAN	ABINGDON	Oxfordshire	Contact
Despina NIKOLAKIS-MOUCHAS	ABINGDON	Oxfordshire	Contact
Ann WELLS	ALFRETON	Derbyshire	Contact
Andrew WILDE	ALTRINCHAM	Cheshire	Contact
Susan ANDERSON	AMERSHAM	Buckinghamshire	Contact
Alison VALDEZ	AMERSHAM	Buckinghamshire	Contact
Kate ELMITT	ARLESEY	Beds	Contact
Sarah PLUMLEY	ARUNDEL		Contact
Katherine HUTCHINSON	Ascot	Berkshire	Contact
Susan PLUTHERO	ASHFORD		Contact
Jennifer ASHURST	ASHTEAD	Surrey	Contact
Janet BARWELL	BADINGHAM	Suffolk	Contact
Hanlie MARTENS	BALSALL COMMON	W Mids	Contact
Amy MATSON	BANBRIDGE		Contact
Victoria TUSTAIN	BANBURY		Contact
Marie SHANKS	BANCHORY	Aberdeenshire	Contact
Sharon SCOTT	BARNET	Hertfordshire	Contact
Elizabeth DOCKRELL-TYLER	BARNET	Herts	Contact
Paul BLAKE	BARROW IN FURNESS	Cumbria	Contact
Nicky REDSELL	Barton	Cambridge	Contact
Janette PEARSON	BATH	Somerset	Contact
Sarah A C TAYLOR	BEACONSFIELD,	Buckinghamshire	Contact
Jane DONALDSON	BEDFORD		Contact
Lorraine BANNING	BEDFORD		Contact
June ARMSTRONG	BELFAST	Co Antrim	Contact
Sharon DE BERNARDO	BELFAST	Co Antrim	Contact
Janice AULD	BELFAST		Contact
Juliana Licinic van Walstijn	BELFAST		Contact
Natalja Akulenko	Belfast		Contact
Chantal AILSBY	BELFAST	County Down	Contact
John McPARLAND	BELFAST	Co Antrim	Contact
Lilian SIMONES	BELFAST		Contact
Valerie MAGEE	BELFAST		Contact
Liz PRINGLE	BELFAST		Contact
Beate TOYKA	BELPER	Derbys	Contact
Flora SKINNER	BICESTER	Oxfordshire	Contact
Elizabeth BROOKER	BIDFORD-ON-AVON	Warks	Contact
Lora DIMITROVA-WATSON	BIGGIN HILL	Kent	Contact
Alexandra Gray	BILLERICAY	Essex	Contact
Shirley CAMFIELD	BINSTEAD	Isle of Wight	Contact
David McWILLIAM	BIRMINGHAM		Contact
Anita ELLIS	BLAENAU-FFESTINIOG		Contact
Susan CRAXTON	BLANDFORD FORUM	Dorset	Contact
Juliet BROMLEY	BLANDFORD FORUM	Dorset	Contact
Joanna NORTON	BODMIN	Cornwall	Contact
Roberta HORSFALL	BOOTLE	Merseyside	Contact
Lewis FISHER	BOREHAMWOOD		Contact
Danielle KUTNER	BOREHAMWOOD	Herts	Contact
Ursula WALLIMANN	BOURNEMOUTH		Contact
Anne BROWN	BOVEY TRACEY	Devon	Contact
Linda GROOM	BOWDON	Cheshire	Contact
Jo HAY	BOX	Wilts	Contact
Louise LAMPSON	Brackley	Northamptonshire	Contact
Monica BISHOP	BRACKNELL	Berks	Contact
Janet ARNOLD	Braintree	Essex	Contact
Teresa DOWNS	BRAINTREE	ESSEX	Contact
Wendy JACKSON	BRAINTREE	Essex	Contact
Diane DURBIN	BRANSTON	Lincs	Contact
Elizabeth SEWARD	BRENTWOOD	Essex	Contact
Susan KENNARD	BRENTWOOD	Essex	Contact
Liz Gethings	Bridgend	Mid Glamorgan	Contact
Beth HOWELLS	BRIDGNORTH	Shropshire	Contact
Christine TURNER	BRIDPORT	Dorset	Contact
Helen Wilson	BRIGHTON	East Sussex	Contact
Sophia MCKETT	BRISTOL		Contact
Hilary WALTON	BRISTOL		Contact
Kay SILVERMAN	BRISTOL		Contact
Matthew O'CONNOR	BRISTOL		Contact
Lavinia FERGUSON	BRISTOL		Contact
Susan WORKMAN	BRISTOL		Contact
Timothy WALLER	BRISTOL		Contact
Catherine MILLER	BRISTOL		Contact
Claire HOUSEGO	BRISTOL		Contact
Janet DAVEY	BRISTOL	N Somerset	Contact
Kay GALE	BRISTOL		Contact
Julia DAYNES	BRISTOL		Contact
Carol BARRATT	BRISTOL		Contact
Daniel LLOYD	BRISTOL		Contact
Peter McLAREN	BROADFORD	Highlands and Islands	Contact
Susan McINNES	BROMLEY	Kent	Contact
Linda BRANN	BROMLEY	Kent	Contact
Maxim ROWLANDS	BROMLEY	Kent	Contact
Julie MONCUR	BROXBOURNE	Hertfordshire	Contact
Theresa SCOBLE	BUCKFAST	Devon	Contact
Albert COWIE	BUCKIE	Banffshire	Contact
Valerie CRUICKSHANK	BUDLEIGH SALTERTON	Devon	Contact
Keith BENTLEY	BURY	Lancs	Contact
Vaida KALVAITIENE	BURY ST. EDMUNDS		Contact
Katie LEAVER	BUSHEY	Herts	Contact
Louise KENYON	CAERPHILLY	S Wales	Contact
Helen DOWNES	CAMBERLEY	Surrey	Contact
Roberta WOLFF	CAMBERLEY	Surrey	Contact
Hilary Anne FIELDING	CAMBRIDGE		Contact
Anne MARSH-PENTON	CAMBRIDGE	Cambs	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: