Music for all

Teachers . . . Offers and Wanted . . .Local Music Groups . . . Local Composers and videos

Welcome to this site, which aims to encourage music in Woking, Surrey, UK.

Local Teachers

in alphabetical order

Brass instruments : Adam Brown . . . Robin Langdon

Cello : Megan Benyon . . . Jane Cameron

Clarinet : Diana Chads

Double Bass : enquire at Adrian Warrick Strings

Drums : Adam Bond

Flute : Ami Lodge

French Horn : Martin Lawrence

Guitars and various : Kevin Gunner . . . Rachael Holden . . . Vincent Welch . . . Stuart Norman . . . Alex Macdonnell (also Bass guitar) . . . Matthew Mitchell (Bass Guitar) . . .

Oboe, Cor Anglais : Luiz de Campos

Organ : David Pennant

Piano : Pamela Barker . . . Megan Benyon . . . Karen Brooks . . . Rossella Caruso . . . Diana Chads . . . Columba Dromgoole-Cavazzi . . . Eralys Fernandez and her team Daniel Caceres Ortigoza, Alexandru Negriuc, and Joshua Cheng . . . Fiona Godden . . . Susan Hamilton . . . Lucy Holmgren . . . Dorothy Kirkman . . . Amy Lewis . . . Pam Lunn . . . Sue Newbery . . . David Pennant . . . Muzzaffar Shah . . . Bram Simmonds . . . David Walton

Recorder : Pamela Barker

Saxophone : Bryony Rickard

Singing : Megan Benyon . . . Rossella Caruso . . . Joe St. Johanser . . . Ursula John . . . Alison Taylor

Trumpet and Trombone, see Brass Instruments above

Ukelele : Alex Macdonnell

Viola : Ursula John . . . Alison Taylor

Violin : Columba Dromgoole-Cavazzi . . . Jo Lawrence . . . Alison Taylor . . .

Advice on Getting started :

Learning to play an instrument or sing is a doorway into a lifetime of pleasure.

To dip your toe in the water at low expense, consider a keyboard. It should have 61 keys minimum (pianos have 88) and be touch sensitive (the harder you press, the louder the note). For a tutor, I recomend The Older Beginner Piano Tutor Level One by James Bastien. I use it for children as well as adults, and you could probably teach yourself with it, certainly for a while. Try out my Easy Peasy Pieces once you have got going. For online piano tuition, my great niece is doing well with the Simply Piano app from Joy Tunes.

For wind or brass, a good first step is to try the descant recorder. A boy who wanted to learn the saxophone had lessons on the recorder first, and then was delighted to find that the fingering on the saxophone was the same.

When looking for a teacher, word of mouth is a good idea. Ask around.

Do get in touch with me to add something to this site - david@WokingMusic.net. There is no charge, and I aim to respond promptly. David Pennant, Woking, UK.

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