Julia

Piano Lessons | Polish Lessons | 20 Years’ Teaching Experience | ABRSM, GCSE, A1-C2 Exams | All Ages from 5 Years | Online and In-Person Lessons

I believe in a structured approach to both piano and Polish lessons, tailored to your goals, whilst still making the lessons enjoyable and fun.

For piano, my approach depends on the age and level of the student. If you are a complete beginner, I will teach you all the basics, step by step: reading music from scratch, playing, exercises to improve technique, music theory, improvisation and building chords. If you are a more advanced player, I will help you to improve your technique, interpretation and understanding of music, and show you effective practice exercises.

I specialise in preparation for ABRSM examinations, with a consistent 100% pass rate. Most of my students earn Merit and Distinction.

My approach is friendly and encouraging, and it is important to me that you not only make progress but also enjoy playing and practising. I often use relaxation techniques with my students as I believe they have a beneficial effect on performance.

Whatever your reasons are for wanting to take lessons - preparation for exams or pure pleasure - I'm very flexible and can accommodate you. Parents are welcome to sit in on lessons.

My Polish lessons incorporate a mixture of grammar, conversation and writing to give a solid foundation to the language and reinforce the material learned by repetition and a range of exercises.

I believe it is very important to practice speaking the language as much as possible. By listening, speaking and repeating as children do, you will learn the structures of Polish naturally.
Learning a language doesn't have to be dry and overly formal - it can be fun! Also, knowing conversational Polish will allow you to communicate in a variety of everyday situations. We can record lessons, enabling you to listen to dialogue and learn new words at home later, and speed up progress.

My teaching methods have proved effective with students over the past 20 years.

I look forward to hearing from you!