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Welcome to Alex Poulton

We are delighted to announce another new addition to our teaching staff – in September we will welcome Alex Poulton as one of our new singing and piano teachers.

Alex is a seasoned singing teacher and experienced musician. Many of Alex’s students have progressed to study at music colleges, secured Oxbridge scholarships, and several have embarked on professional singing careers. Alex is a Junior Fellow at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and he brings a wealth of experience, having toured globally with opera companies such as Columbia Artists and Grange Park Opera. His extensive background includes performing the Schubert Song Cycles at The Exeter Literary Festival, Oratorio, and his own opera compositions. Alex works with choirs and vocal ensembles and has a relaxed and encouraging approach, working with related performance matters such as nerves, confidence and building vocal esteem. His role as a qualified music therapist adds a unique dimension to his teaching.


Appointment of New Piano Teacher

Vadim

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new piano teacher, Vadim Peaceman, to join us in September.

Vadim was born in Baku, in the former USSR. He started to play the piano at the age of five, making his concert début at the age of nine with the Baku Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1983 he received the First Prize in the annual Republic Music Festival for young musicians, and in the same year was awarded First Prize in the Young Pianist Competition.

In 1987 he began studying at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St Petersburg and continued his studies at the Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv.

In 1995 he was awarded a scholarship by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music to study at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Christopher Elton. During this time he won the Christopher Carpenter Recital Prize, the Myra Hess Trust Award and Second Prize at the Inter-Collegiate Beethoven Competition in London.

He has performed extensively as a soloist, accompanist and in chamber music throughout the UK, Europe and the United States. Vadim also teaches piano at Westminster Under School and St Aubyn’s school in London.

We know Vadim will be a fantastic addition to our team of experienced teachers – welcome!


Early Ears!

Come and join our new Nursery Class for children born between 1 Sept 2019 and 31 August 2020!

An exciting introduction to music making with songs, rhymes, rhythm games, >games with instruments and listening activities.

Learn about music and have some fun!

Please bring a grown up with you.

Saturdays during term time, 9.40 to 10.10am.

To reserve your place, please call 07948 167396, email info@thelatymersaturdaymusiccentre.co.uk or fill in an application form on our website.

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New Piano Teacher

One of our most popular instruments is the piano, so we have recently appointed another piano teacher to our team to make sure that everyone that wants to has the opportunity to take up this instrument. It gives us such pleasure to see so many children wanting to learn a musical instrument!


String Ensembles

Our string ensemble has proved so popular that we are having to divide it into two in September. All of our ensembles are free for our students, but are available to others for a small charge per term. If you are interested, please send us an email.

 


Congratulations to two former students

We are always delighted to hear from our former students, particularly if they decide to continue their musical studies when they leave us.

Two of our former students completed their master’s degrees at the Royal Academy of Music and we were honoured to be invited to the graduation ceremony.

Naomi Warburton studied violin and piano with us for many years before going to the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She completed her undergraduate degree in Music at the University of Cambridge before continuing her studies at The Royal Academy of Music. She is looking forward to starting a fellowship in September as part of the Philharmonia’s MMSF programme.

Rebecca Whitehouse studied oboe, recorder and piano with us. After a few years at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Rebecca studied for a B.Mus at the Royal College of Music before transferring to the Royal Academy of Music for her Master’s degree. Rebecca is a familiar face to many of you, as she has now been working at TLSMC for a while, teaching oboe, recorder, music theory and musicianship.

Congratulations Naomi and Rebecca!

Rebecca

Naomi