• What is Suzuki?

    From the very first lesson, children learning Suzuki method develop the ability to play with beautiful sound, immersed in a learning environment with positivity at it’s core. Through fun and engaging lessons your child will blossom, develop self confidence, fine motor skills and a deep appreciation for music and art.

  • How are lessons delivered?

    Lessons are usually once a week, delivered on Zoom. One of the benefits of having online instruction, is that it can fit easily into your busy schedule and cuts out all of the time you would normally need to travel to an in person lesson.

  • Nurturing students

    Having taught thousands of students over the last 20 years of his professional career, Rick has a lot of experience in how to develop students over a long period of time, helping them to build self confidence, sensitivity, compassion and a high level of proficiency on the violin.

  • Rick's experience

    A fully qualified Suzuki violin teacher - Rick trained for 5 years under the European Suzuki Association. He has a wealth of experience and is a regular guest teacher at International Summer schools; such as Bryanston, Temple Dinsley and Ascot Suzuki course, teaching a mix of Suzuki method and improvisation.

  • Cost

    Rick charges £65 per hour for one on one tuition, however discounts are available for low income families. He teaches 36 lessons per year, split into 3 semesters. Usually his students are billed in blocks of approximately 6 lessons per invoice, however this cost can be split into monthly payments over the year. Eg. for 36 x 30 minute private lessons, billed monthly works out to £97.50 per month.

Testimonials

  • "Rick is guaranteed to bring sunshine into your family's life! He has musicality running through his veins, having been raised amongst a family of musicians. He treats his students with patience and kindness. In addition to being fully qualified to teach violin using the Suzuki method, Rick has a specialism in improvisation and gypsy jazz for violin. This can be very helpful in keeping tweens and teens playing through to adulthood, especially when competing external pressures, or the desire to break out from convention, can challenge the following of a more traditional classical pathway."

    Anna, parent of former student