Clarinet Lessons for All Ages and All Abilities :)

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Hi there!

My name is Tess and I am an Australian/American Clarinettist currently studying my Master in Clarinet at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles but I live in Antwerp. I have been playing Clarinet for 15 years and have my Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Melbourne Conservatorium in Melbourne, Australia, and my Cycle Préparatoire à l’Enseignement Supérieur (CPES) from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. I love teaching and I want to make teaching students a part of my developing professional career. I have had the privilege of teaching Clarinet students both at a private music school and a Primary/High School both in Australia. I have taught students primarily between the ages of 8 to 17 but I have taught mature age students as well! I am very flexible with where I teach and I have experience teaching students online too due to the Pandemic which makes me very flexible and workable with your schedule. I look forward to meeting any new students and starting or continuing their journey with Clarinet!

Extra information

Bring/ have your own Clarinet :)
Please make sure to bring/ have on hand any music that you would like to work on in the lesson but I will have my resources available as well that we can work from.

Location

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At student's location :

Around Antwerp, Belgium

Online from Belgium

About Me

I have taught students both at a Private Music School and at a Primary/High School in Australia. At both institutions I taught students who were brand new to music or to the Clarinet specifically and students who had had some training before. Through my own experience learning music with my teachers I have developed my own confidence with teaching by understanding and asking myself "how would I like to be taught?". When I give feedback I always make sure that the positives of the students playing is being mentioned to them first and that from there we can point out where they can improve and make other parts of their playing just as good and how we can do that. I want to be able to listen to the student on their own without me playing with them at first so I can best hear how the student is going, however I will then play along with them occasionally or demonstrate for them so they can learn by listening. Having conversations about learning and music to me can be just as important as the actual playing, so I endeavour to as my students many questions within the lesson: how they think they played, how they felt when they played, where their tongue was on the reed, what to they think this piece's mood is, etc. Every student is different and I am absolutely all about making my lessons fit for the student and their personality.

Education

Bachelor of Music (2018 - 2020) - The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Bachelor of Music with Honours (2021) - The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Cycle Préparatoire à l’Enseignement Supérieur (CPES) (2022 - 2023) - Le Conservatoire de Bordeaux
Masters of Music in Clarinet (2023 - Present ) - Le Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles

Experience / Qualifications

Taught at Major Player Music School in Rockhampton, Australia. I taught Clarinet, Voice and Saxophone
Taught at Haileybury College in Melbourne, Australia. I taught individual Clarinet lessons, group Clarinet lessons for the Year 5 Music Program and I took the Middle School Woodwind Ensemble.

Age

Preschool children (4-6 years old)

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

30 minutes