Carl – Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Singing, Guitar, Cello & Double Bass Tutor

Flute teacher

My name is Carl. I am totally passionate about life and feel that I have a responsibility to make people happy through the higher gift that’s called music!

I started music as soon as I could stand up singing back my dad practicing Bruch’s violin concerto! ( all of my family are professional musicians)and from then on I relished being part of an atmosphere constantly brimming with music playing and exploration.

I was awarded a scholarship to study at Purcell School of Music at the age of 16 and then studied as a Scholar at Royal College of Music. I then studied Jazz at Berkeley College Boston USA and entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s one year postgraduate Jazz course which was awesome!

I have six amazing children all of whom study music and play tennis! I also homeschool my children and teach privately.

Since graduating in 1995 I have been performing and teaching all around the Uk( from Buckingham Palace and the BBC Proms, Shepherds Bush Empire with Ike Turner and Birdland NYork with the Duke Ellington Big Band as a performer to Norfolk Music Council and Guildhall Summer Schiol as a tutor to name but a few!

Carl teaches Piano, Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute, Singing, Guitar, Trumpet, Cello, Double Bass.

Carl holds an enhanced DBS check for working with children.

Prices

30 mins

lesson
£23

45 mins

lesson
£29

60 mins

lesson
£35

‘I have had flute lessons for nearly 3 years now and I absolutely love it more everyday. The lessons are really fun because Rachel makes me work hard but makes it really fun and interesting at the same time. Flute was my first instrument and I wasn’t sure how it would go but now I play 3 instruments and have a music scholarship at my school because of Rachel. I practise every night because I love it, no one has to nag me, it is my relaxing time or when I feel fed up…I just play and feel better. I love performing with The Surrey Sound of Music..we all get on well and have so much fun practising and performing makes me really happy. In June we all went to see The Lion King and in November we are going to see Matilda, I can’t wait!! I want to play flute forever.’

Lottie, 11

‘Rachel has been teaching our daughter, Heera, flute from the age of 7. In just over 2 years Rachel has successfully guided Heera through the first 3 grades and Heera is now about to take her Grade 4 exam at the age of 9. Heera always looks forward to her flute lessons with Rachel. She is very encouraging, positive and a great teacher. She makes the lessons fun for Heera while preparing her for the exams. I really recommend Rachel as a music teacher.’ 

Mrs A Seshadri

‘My daughter started having flute lessons with Rachel almost 2 years. Rachel is awesome and the encouragement and patience she has shown over the past two years has never faltered. She is talented and professional at all times. My daughter looks forward to her flute lessons and has progressed extremely well, achieving her Grade 5 music theory and Grade 6 flute exam. Rachel is fun and friendly but at the same time, firm. Rachel challenges my daughter to play music that she is not particularly comfortable with and this has helped her to grow in confidence as a flautist. Rachel is extremely well organised and communicates well both through email and her website. She organises twice yearly concerts for her pupils of all standards to get together and perform both in front of each other, and to their families and friends. I would thoroughly recommend Rachel as a flute teacher.’

Mrs J Walmsley