Hello, I'm Melanie, and thank you for visiting my profile. I am a professional musician; my principal instrument is the 'Cello and my second instrument is the Piano. At 16 years old I received the opportunity to teach young cellists for Miss Anna Shuttleworth (Casals student), during a 'Cello residential course in York. I thoroughly enjoyed supporting the students and knew from this point that teaching, as well as performing, was definitely for me. I am an encouraging, demanding and fun person to work with and make sure that structure is always present during lessons. The learning and well-being of every student is something I take seriously. The student needs to learn at their own pace, in order for them to achieve a good understanding of the Musical Language. In addition to playing the instrument, I get the student involved in musical activities, which greatly support their instrumental playing: - During lessons we sing in Solfa (doh, re, mi, fa, etc) with hand signs for younger students. This makes a huge difference towards developing the student's "inner hearing", musical memory, reading skills, playing in tune, performance presence, musicality, playing with more ease, and overall discipline. - I also enjoy involving the student in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, which is moving to music played to them, and this supports their handling of pulse and rhythm. At the moment I am mobile in Tain (Ross-shire), and teach online too. Do you have a musical child? Are you an adult keen to learn 'Cello or Piano? Then please do get in touch with me. DBS background check documents (in possession) Member of the Musicians Union, UK