Ross GEORGE - Teacher Profile

About Me

I will be offering piano and composition lessons to adults from January 9th 2023. I took a sabbatical during 2022 in order to concentrate on developing my compositional and performance skills. I have been teaching children and adults since 1983. During the pandemic I taught online and can offer lessons via video or face to face. You can learn to play in different styles with me - blues, classical, jazz, popular songs - as well as studying improvisation, theory and composition. I enjoy helping people to develop their playing skills, and to explore different styles of composition, including computer-based work with digital audio programmes. My email is rossfrancisgeorge@gmail.com

Qualifications

MA in Music Composition 1998.

I regularly take courses & webinars to extend my musical knowledge and teaching skills.

I have been taking part in Composition Workshops at Morley College for some years, as well as Piano Repertoire workshops at the City Lit.

When not playing or teaching piano, I play French horn in chamber and orchestral groups, having taken up the French horn as an adult in 2014.

Contact Ross

Contact Details

67 Waldegrave Road,,

TEDDINGTON TW11 8LA
London

Mobile: 07702331411

Work: 07702331411

E-mail: Contact

Fees

£24.00 per half hour

£36.00 per 45 min

£48.00 per hour

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