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What to Expect 

Josh loves to create and design his own books, games, pieces of music and even notebooks!

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Josh is currently in the process of developing a series of piano books designed to engage, inspire and develop younger beginners.

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He aims to ensure his students grow up with a life long passion for music not just the ability to pass graded exams.

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The Great Lantern Festival
Rote Piece 

The Great Lantern FestivalJosh Wilkinson
00:00 / 00:46

Vicious Vikings
Reading Piece

Vicious Vikings - Band accompanimentJosh Wilkinson
00:00 / 01:17

Reminder Videos

Students have access to reminder videos to help with their practise sessions at home. 

Josh walks through some practise strategies that may be helpful when learning a new piece.

Music Theory Videos

Josh understands that for a lot of people music theory can seem quite daunting to learn. Josh aims to de-mystify the theory textbooks and connect the understanding to the pieces students are learning. 

Explore

Students are encouraged to listen to music that is similar to the pieces they are learning. Early on, students are provided with the opportunity to learn about a variety of styles of music. 

Learn

Students are encouraged to become independent learners and to find solutions that work for them. 

Practise Strategies are an important of my students' learning.

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Create

Students learn about harmony and patterns to allow them to improvise, compose and produce their own music. 

 

What the tuition fee includes: 

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  • Lesson planning, preparation/supplies and selection of music. (Workbooks, worksheets, listening Lists, pieces, games, videos) 

  • Studio Memberships that I belong to. These provide resources, games and teaching materials for students.

(Vibrant Music Teaching and TopMusic, EPTA) 

  • Membership to my website and access to tutorial videos, worksheets and activities and sheet music.

  • Preparation of Improv Videos, Listening Challenge Videos

  • Cleaning and sanitising products.

  • Business Insurance, tax costs and material maintenance costs. 

  • Website costs (Domain, Wix Account and storage fees)

 

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Tuition Fees

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£20.00     30mins

£28.00    45 mins 

£36.00       1 hour

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Payment is taken via online bank transfer. 

You can pay per term or weekly.  

(Invoices are sent out at the beginning of each half term) 

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Tuition fees are updated every two years (for new members) to reflect the cost of inflation and business developments. (Last revised 30/08/2024)

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Terms and conditions regarding lesson cancellations are provided in the Piano Policy provided after your first lesson. 

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Term Dates 2024-25

Term 1
September 4th - October 18th (7 weeks) 

Term 2
October 29th - December 19th (7 weeks) 

Term 3 
Jan. 6th - Feb. 14th (6 Weeks)

Term 4 
February 24th - April 4th (6 weeks)

Term 5 
Apr. 23rd - May 23rd (5 weeks) 
 
Term 6
June 2nd - July 22nd (7 Weeks) 



 
Traditional piano lessons have students starting with Grade 1 Piano and ending when either the student reaches Grade 8 or gives up because they have lost the love of music that they had at the start.

Students in my studio are not pushed into exams.

If a student wishes to enter an exam then I will help them to attain that goal, however, I do believe that a student should only enter an exam if they are already playing at a level that is beyond the scope of the exam they wish to enter. 

Context: Exams are not what music or piano lessons are about; they are a way of assessing a specific collection of skills. 
Whilst higher level music exams do provide UCAS points, this should not be the only motivation to take them. 

My view of Musical Examinations

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