Teachers
Fourteen teachers, employed not listed
Most have been here more than five years.
Some of the staff
Who you might be taught by
Joana Peixoto
Piano, head of keyboard
Conservatoire trained, twenty years teaching, unreasonably patient.
Declan Moore
Strings
Former orchestral violinist. Runs the Saturday ensemble.
Halima Sesay
Voice
Classical and musical theatre. Specialises in adult beginners.
Tom Ridley
Guitar
Classical and electric. Will argue about plectrums given any opening.
Why that matters
Teachers here are employed and paid between lessons, so they plan, they talk to each other about a student, and they do not disappear in July. It costs more to run a school this way and it is the whole reason the school exists.
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