Dhruv Somani

Tutoring Experience:
Volunteer Music Teacher at The RecordShop (28/02/2024- present)
- I developed and taught group music production and performance lessons for students aged 13-25 as part of the Artist Accelerator Academy

Co-Founder and Secretary of Music-Making Society (Student Union Society) at Royal Holloway, University of London (28/08/2022-09/06/2023)
- Designing lesson plans on Microsoft PowerPoint to present in beginner Music Production workshops on Logic Pro
- Band-leading in jam sessions for members, enhancing their abilities to play certain instruments (including keyboard, guitar, drums, vocals) in a collaborative setting

Teaching Assistant and Music Tutor at St. Jude’s Church of England School, Englefield Green, Surrey (06/09/2021-13/07/2023)
- Supporting the lead music teacher in delivering lessons, and preparing worksheets and short music scores to hand out to students
- Mentoring students across all year groups on a 1:1 and group basis in music lessons, offering instructions based on theory, composition and performance work that is part of the curriculum
- Conducting after-school extra-curricular group sessions as learning support for students regarding music theory, and composition (use of both notation software and DAWs)
- Privately tutoring students from year 3 to year 6 in piano and guitar lessons on a 1:1 basis


Tutoring Approach:
I have an enthusiastic, consistent, and positive approach to tutoring, using musical cues and simple language to communicate with students. I am also able to cater my approach according to each student's confidence, ability, learning style, and goals. Helping students finding their musical voice gives me great joy and is very rewarding as every student can express themselves through music in their own way!