HOW I CAN HELP

My name is Paul Terry, Bmus(hons), I am an independent qualified music teacher. I studied music at Christ Church College, from where I obtained my music degree.

Whether you’re a beginner or a restarter I should be able to help you to achieve your goals. I have helped so many so far. (See testimonials below.)

My approach to teaching is very simple and calm. I have almost 20 years of teaching and performance experience, and an enormous amount of patience.

I have taught literally hundreds of students from teenagers up to pensioners. And I have an up to date DBS enhanced certificate.

We can have a free trial lesson where we can discuss your musical goals and inspirations, and go from there. And, of course, there are lots of other piano teachers out there so you might want to do the same with them too, and then reach a decision.

Students who come to me after having a different teacher are always surprised at how easy learning the piano can be - and I can only put that down to my easy going, yet focused teaching method. I believe that we all have different ways of learning, there is no “one way for everyone” - and over the years I have learnt how to find that out with my students at an early stage. I think that’s my secret!

Fun Facts

  • I have played in many venues and festivals around the world, and have performed on BBC1 and SKYnews.

  • I have three solo albums of original compositions (under the name of Paul G Terry), and an album that I wrote all the music to. All available on iTiunes, Spotify etc.

  • I use a method of tuition which focuses on practice methods to enable fast results without the hours of scales and exercises, that most teachers have incorrectly imposed on pupils for the last 200 years! Among other elements, this method encourages and develops memorising techniques that enable students to speedily advance

  • I have been fortunate enough to have had two very inspirational piano teachers, namely Dr Kim Burwell and Lord Gawain Douglas, who have motivated me to reach my present level. In addition to these people I was mentored and taught composition, conducting and orchestration by Dr Paul Max Edlin. Another teacher I have had many tutorials with is the noted composer Prof. Paul Patterson, visiting from The Royal of College of Music

  • Both of my piano teachers have independently traced their teacher lineage back to the teachings of J.S.Bach. And so, therefore, can all of my pupils!

  • For five years I was the lead piano tutor at Folkestone Academy, and then at the end of 2018 I moved to Brighton to set up a private based piano tuition school.

    And one last note

  • Incase you didn’t already know, I also write and record music! You can find me on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!