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Jenny SHARPLES	REDHILL	Surrey	Contact
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Louise Sherratt	Stratford-upon-Avon	Warwickshire	Contact
Ekaterina Shetliffe	PAIGNTON	Devon	Contact
Kay SILVERMAN	BRISTOL		Contact
Lindita SIMAKU	YORK	North Yorkshire	Contact
Lilian SIMONES	BELFAST		Contact
Sheila Simpson		Gloucestershire	Contact
Amanda SIMPSON	SALE	Cheshire	Contact
Emma SINCLAIR	GLASGOW		Contact
Rebecca SINGERMAN -KNIGHT	TEDDINGTON	Middx	Contact
Jillian SKERRY	HUNTINGDON	Cambs	Contact
Flora SKINNER	BICESTER	Oxfordshire	Contact
Megan SKINNER	ST LEONARDS ON SEA	East Sussex	Contact
Lois SMITH	LONDON		Contact
Jennifer SMITH	MILTON KEYNES	Bucks	Contact
Kevin SMITH	HASTINGS	E Sussex	Contact
Andrew SMITH	STOCKPORT	Cheshire	Contact
Richard SMITH	STROUD	Glos	Contact
Susan SMITH	LONDON		Contact
Lynda SMITH	SALISBURY	Wilts	Contact
Kathleen SOMERVILLE	BELFAST	Co Antrim	Contact
Gillian SONIN	STANMORE	Middx	Contact
Dorine SORBER	KIRRIEMUIR	Angus	Contact
Caroline SORESBY	LONDON		Contact
Dr Michael SPACIE	ROTHERHAM		Contact
Jeroen SPEAK	LONDON		Contact
Clare SPENCER	HASSOCKS	West Sussex	Contact
Barbara SPRINGTHORPE	LEIGHTON BUZZARD	Bedfordshire	Contact
Anne STACY	NEWPORT PAGNELL	Bucks	Contact
Peter R STAITE	SOLIHULL	West Midlands	Contact
Valerie STANBRIDGE	LEIGHTON BUZZARD	Beds	Contact
Julia STANIFORTH	KETTERING	Northants	Contact
Peter STEVENSON	HILLSBOROUGH		Contact
Fiona STOKES	HEREFORD		Contact
Pamela STREET	STOURBRIDGE	W Mids	Contact
Barbara STRONG	Fordingbridge	Hants	Contact
Bob STUCKEY	LONDON		Contact
Sue STURGESS	NORWICH	Norfolk	Contact
Timothy STURT	FARNHAM	Surrey	Contact
Hilary Suckling	York	North Yorkshire	Contact
Peter Swales	London		Contact
Belinda SWIFT	LEEDS	W Yorks	Contact
Caroline Swinburne	Over	Cambridgeshire	Contact
Aleksander SZRAM	SWANLEY	Kent	Contact
Laurence TALBOT	ABERCYNON	Mid Glam	Contact
Mark TANNER	TAUNTON	Somerset	Contact
Kimberley TAYLOR	STOCKTON-ON-TEES		Contact
Geoffrey Allan TAYLOR	MILTON KEYNES	Bucks	Contact
Sarah A C TAYLOR	BEACONSFIELD,	Buckinghamshire	Contact
Jill TAYLOR	Taunton	Somerset	Contact
Margaret TEBBY	NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME	Staffs	Contact
Jenny TERRAS	Scamblesby	Lincs	Contact
Fulvia TERZAGHI	LONDON		Contact
Ljiljana TESIC-O'DWYER	SUTTON	Surrey	Contact
Gillian THIRKELL	SALTBURN	Cleveland	Contact
Mary Ann THOMAS	CARDIFF	SOUTH GLAMORGAN	Contact
Karen THOMSON	Totnes	Devon	Contact
Kathleen TODD	SOLIHULL		Contact
Susan TOMLINSON	KENDAL	Cumbria	Contact
Fiona TOMPKINS	CARDIFF		Contact
Beate TOYKA	BELPER	Derbys	Contact
Sue TROST	HITCHIN	Hertfordshire	Contact
Angie TSE	READING	Berkshire	Contact
Christine TURNER	BRIDPORT	Dorset	Contact
Margaret TURNER	SURBITON	Surrey	Contact
Victoria TUSTAIN	BANBURY		Contact
Debs TYLER	Great Missenden	Buckinghamshire	Contact
Caroline UNG	MITCHAM	Surrey	Contact
Alison VALDEZ	AMERSHAM	Buckinghamshire	Contact
Araceli VALDEZ-RAMIREZ	SAFFRON WALDEN	ESSEX	Contact
Clare VAN GURP	NORFOLK		Contact
Catherine VAUGHAN	ISTEAD RISE	Kent	Contact
Anna VELICHKINA	Guildford	Surrey	Contact
Berit Vogli	Crawley	West Sussex	Contact
Yoriko WAKABAYASHI	LONDON		Contact
Dawn WAKEFIELD	FAKENHAM	Norfolk	Contact
Jennifer WALKER	GRANTHAM	Lincs	Contact
Christine WALKER	HITCHIN	Bedfordshire	Contact
Doris WALKER	TANDRAGEE	Co Armagh	Contact
Timothy WALLER	BRISTOL		Contact
Ursula WALLIMANN	BOURNEMOUTH		Contact
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Hilary WALTON	BRISTOL		Contact
Celia WATERHOUSE	CAMBRIDGE		Contact
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Susanne WATSON	EDINBURGH		Contact
Monica WATSON	LONDON		Contact
David WEBB	NEWCASTLE	Staffs	Contact
Ann WELLS	ALFRETON	Derbyshire	Contact
Louise WESSMAN	ST NEOTS	Cambs	Contact
Janis Wetton	Rayleigh	Essex	Contact
Christina WHITE	RUSHDEN	Northants	Contact
Valerie WHITESIDE	LYTHAM ST ANNES	Lancs	Contact
Andrew WILDE	ALTRINCHAM	Cheshire	Contact
Sheila WILKES	Gamston	Nottinghamshire	Contact
Jacqueline WILKINSON	MANCHESTER		Contact

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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: