My philosophy to teaching is to create an open, judgement-free environment that encourages curiosity and exploration. I believe learning happens best when someone feels empowered to explore their interest in the subject freely, with me acting as a guide to provide explanation, background and structure. Lessons are student-led, which means that in our first lesson I will take note of your musical tastes and goals and structure lessons based on what's relevant to those. I endeavour to always allow space for questions and/or requests that may or may not be off the topic we are studying at any moment. Even when there is need for more strictly structured lessons (when preparing for grade exams or in-take tests for example) I aim to still relate the subject material to your interests, because when you forget "why" you're learning something it's often not long before you lose interest!

Lessons are structured loosely to allow for flexibility. We start with a moment to check in, tell me what you've been practicing, share any difficulties you ran into and ask any off-topic questions. Depending on this check in moment we will then continue to spend the bulk of the lesson working on songs/theory/technique/exercises, or dive a bit deeper into any questions at the start of the lesson if applicable. At the end of the lesson we have another check in moment to ask any questions about the lesson or make requests for the next one. If applicable I will also record a short video recap that I will send you after our lesson.