Why Coaching and not 'just' Teaching?
Because you have your own learning style and it is very humbling and a great responsibility to coach someone to grow their skill, precisely because it is your skill... not mine!
Some of us dream of becoming orchestral geniuses, some of us just want to have fun learning a new skill. Others enjoy the challenge of learning, while others still just want a break from the rest of their life.
I have taught students from all walks of life, from beginners to the 16-year old struggling with their exams, the Dad needing the mental stimulation of refreshing some skills he learnt a decade ago, to the finance executive wanting a break from the stress in her professional life. Through online teaching you can benefit in Paris, New York, Sydney...anywhere you live or where your travels take you!
From my very first wonderful students as a 17-year-old ( three hard working, fun-filled 8-year-old girls), I have loved teaching others and know the satisfaction of seeing someone achieve their goals. Teaching has enhanced my own playing as I am constantly questioning how to make things work.
“Anyone can play any of the notes but it is how you get from one note to the other that is the challenge.”
Challenges! Through my own life as a performer, teacher, mother of young children and currently mother of teenage children I have been able to see first-hand the power of music to change other aspects of life.
In the past 20 years at the British School of Paris I have coached students from beginner to Diploma level (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) with responsibility at each level for progression in musicality, technique, music theory and analysis. I direct the String Ensemble and organisation of Chamber music groups. Playing with and for peers encourages analysis both of self and others.
I offer violin coaching, or life coaching through violin teaching if you like, because of my own personal experience of the power music, the joy of being able to express emotions both good and bad. I know first-hand how the discipline of working through violin problems- breaking them down into small parts, identifying the problem, working on how to get from one note to another and putting it back together can be applied to all areas of life- from teenagers struggling at school to adults battling anxiety and depression.
“I want to coach you through music to enable you to live your best life and I have 30 years of experience to share and tips to give.”
I want to coach you through music to enable you to live your best life and the satisfaction of playing music alone or in a group is the cherry on top!
You can lead a calmer live through my music coaching.
Your teenagers can become more focused and motivated through working with me.