Claire Robins
BMus(Hons) gradRNCM, PGCE (Durham)
I am a qualified Music Teacher with over twenty years experience of working with students from 3 months old to over eighty years of age.
Run a private teaching studio, providing lessons in violin, voice, piano, GCSE coaching, music theory tuition and aural training.
Conductor of the the Farnham Youth Choir Training Choir, for Year 3 and Year 4 children.
Regularly lead community outreach, delivering vocal workshops in primary schools.
Conductor of Leith Hill Timeline Choir, an adult choir specialising in English folksong and early medieval music.
Specialist music teacher in local primary schools delivering Kodaly-based lessons, leading singing assemblies and supporting music in the broader curriculum, providing support and training if necessary.
Certified with DBS and regularly updated safeguarding training
Biography
I completed the Academic Studies BMus Course at the Royal Northern College of Music, followed by a PGCE in Secondary Music at Durham University. I taught music in secondary schools for eighteen years, working with students from Y7-Y13 including GCSE and A Level Music. I also qualified as a Colourstrings Kindergarten Teacher, teaching in a private Music Kindergarten for two years. I moved into primary education in 2016 as a specialist classroom music teacher delivering music lessons to children from Nursery to Y6. I have directed choirs, orchestras, chamber ensembles and jazz bands. I have led tours abroad and directed musicals. Above all, I have always sought to provide students with many opportunities to perform both as soloists and alongside other musicians, dancers and actors.
As a teacher who has a passion for music I love to work with students of all ages to help develop their confidence, skill and love of performance. I teach voice, violin, piano, musicianship and music theory lessons. I also offer coaching for performances and compositions for GCSE and A Level examinations. I have over twenty years experience teaching in secondary, primary and kindergarten settings. I have worked both in the classroom and as a private instrumental/vocal teacher. I use a combination of styles and approaches in my lessons, tailoring them to suit the individual student.
