30/12/2024
I have been teaching the piano since I was 18 yo, some 30 years ago!
I started in Paris, taught in London during my Bachelor of Art in music, and back in France for a decade where I had my own school of piano and in New York during my Masters in music therapy.
I started teaching in Lancaster 3 years ago now.
I took a break for 6 months to revisit my philosophy of teaching, my pedagogy and approach which I had started at university.
I moved from France to the UK three years ago, and realised my approach had to evolve.
I realised that in the UK, students are somehow more serious, and I had to revisit my tool box which had been tailored to suit French culture.
Here, private teachers are as much an institution as schools which is different as pupils in France request a private teacher when they don't want to go throw the ache of music academy I went through.
So I had to adapted my teaching pedagogy and approach.
I now teach to beginners starting grade 1 to 8.
I have studied the curriculum of the ABRSM and of Trinity college.
All lesson is organised in 5 to 10 minutes sections of technic, with exercises leading to scales and arpeggios, sight-reading, 4 hands with me, and possibly with other students when organisable, which allows to develop the understanding of tempo and time while sharing music which is a component of playing the piano too, and repertoire pieces including reading and theory of music.
This lesson plan helps make the most of our 30 minutes lessons.
We meet once a week, and follow the school schedule.
I can take on a few more students age 7 to 17, as my availabilities are from 4.30 to 5pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
I follow the price of other teachers in the area, not to create an unfair competition to my profession colleagues, so you can expect the same price range.
I live near the Rowing Club in Lancaster, so there's a nice walk to be done in my area. It's a safe street with lots of parking spaces too. I allow parents in to meet me of course and to assist to one or two lessons but after this I encourage a one on one lesson as we need to create a safe and complicit work collaboration promoting independence in the practice dynamic.
I have my clear DBS check, from last year when I was teaching in town in Lancaster.
I'll be waiting for your calls and messages may you have any further questions.
Have a lovely day.
All my best,
Lia
