Music Up to 11 years (primary) - £20.00p.h. 11+ (secondary) - £20.00p.h. GCSE or Standards - £20.00p.h. A-Level or Highers - £20.00p.h. Further/Higher (University) - £20.00p.h. Adult/Casual learner - £20.00p.h.
Information About Andrew
Personal Description: Professional musician, composer and piano teacher Andrew Ridgwick offers private piano tuition at his home music studio in Whitley Bay.
Tutoring Experience: For well over 15 years, Andrew Ridgwick has taught students from various demographic backgrounds, covering all ages and abilities.
Tutoring Approach: Driven by enthusiasm and an inherit friendly, patient and encouraging nature, all piano lessons are individually tailored to suit the student. As well as study, fun and inspiration play a key factor in the lessons, keeping the student interested and inspired, even when the going gets tough!
Anyone can learn to play the piano, from young children through to grandparents wanting to take up a new interest during retirement. Children can start from the age of six generally, although some gifted children can begin from the age of four.
There are no prerequisites for learning to play the piano, only a desire to embrace one of the most rewarding challenges you will ever decide to undertake.
Andrew Ridgwick has invested in an online music tuition system whereby lesson notes, progress charts and audio examples can be posted and reviewed by teacher, pupil and parents alike.
Students are given their own login details which enables them to access their own records on the internet. From here, students can review lesson notes and also hear audio examples of their study pieces. Andrew Ridgwick will perform the piece the student is studying and post it as an example audio file. The student can then listen to this on the internet, or download it for use on an MP3 player. In certain lessons, the student's performance will also be recorded and posted to the site. This builds an invaluable history of the student's progress, which can be heard at anytime, now and in years to come!