We currently provide tuition on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, tabla, violin and cello.
Choosing an instrument
There are 4 criteria we use in choosing the right instrument for each child to play:
- Which instrument most interests the child?
- Which instrument is most suitable for the child physically (taking into account size of hands, height, age, breath capacity, distance to carry the instrument from home to school, etc.)?
- Which instrument would most benefit the community (for example, when the school band need some bass-register instruments to compliment the violins; or when the family enjoys singing at home and the child can learn to accompany on the guitar)?
- Which instruments are available?
Here are some fantastic videos produced by the Philharmonia Orchestra about some of our instruments. (We hope that some of our pupils will, in a few years’ time, be playing in the Philharmonia Orchestra).