Meet the Piano Teachers at Shine Music School

Claire
Bachlelor of Music Performance
Claire comes from a very musical family in Adelaide. Both Claire’s parents are piano teachers and so there was only career in mind for Claire from the time she could sit up and talk. Claire loves teaching both contemporary and classical music to both beginners and adults. Despite Claire’s wide teaching style, she has a very defined teaching philosophy of ‘ Real piano players play classical music’.

Julia
Bachlelor of Music Performance
Julia loves to teaching using lots of clapping, listening and drawing games to ensure all students have plenty of fun and engagement during their lessons. Julia comes from a very musical family where everybody in the house plays more than one instrument.

Jamie
Bachlelor of Music
Jamie has completed her bachelor of music and is now studying a masters of education. Originally from Melbourne, Jamie now calls Sydney home and enjoys passing on the joy of music to all her students.

Gina
Postgraduate Diploma of Music Performance
Gina has attained her Postgraduate Diploma of Music Performance, specializing in the field of classical piano repertoire. She aims to provide her students with information and knowledge of music, guiding them to achieve their best outcomes. As a teacher she aims to create a safe and creative learning environment where students can express themselves freely, allowing them to grow not only as a pianist, but as an artist.

Yvonne
Bachelor of Music Performance
Yvonne has reached up to licentiate of music performance level on classical piano and is keen to share her knowledge with students both young and old.

Anna
Bachelor of Music (Performance)
Anna is a piano teacher who also love to work out. She loves the gym and still plays Oz tag. Anna focuses on piano playing technique and note reading to ensure students build the correct foundations to enjoying the piano.

James
Bachelor of Music
James is a composer and a performer. Many students enjoy James’ unique approach to teaching music foundations and theory. James also loves to teach jazz and contemporary piano to both beginner and intermediate students.

Ruth
Bachelor of Music Performance
Ruth enjoys teaching young beginners using little stories and games to make it lots of fun to learn piano. Another classical enthusiast, Ruth uses all her performance and education skills to create excitement and development for all keen piano students.

Jessica
Bachelor of Music (Performance)
Jessica is a piano teacher who believes good technique is the best way to build a student’s piano playing interest. Jessica’s students receive plenty of encouragement through playing different genres of music and really feeling the energy of each composer.

Catherine
Bachelor of Arts - Music Major
Catherine specializes in teaching our beginner piano students using lots of fun games to keep them all motivated. In her spare time Catherine enjoys reading and writing aside from practicing piano.

Helen
Bachelor of Music Performance
Helen is an active film and tv music composer, balancing this with her other great passion of teaching music. Her composition works have been featured on the ABC, SBS, short films, musical theatre and TV commercials for Nissan cars! Helen is multi-talented and teaches clarinet, saxophone and piano.

Janet
Bachelor of Music Education
Janet is one of our multi-talented teachers, proficient at both flute and piano. Janet spent some time studying music in Newcastle before coming back to Sydney to focus on teaching and education.

Andrea
Bachelor of Music
Andrea’s classical piano studies have taken him from Australia to Milan, Italy. Andrea’s teaching philosophy is ‘commitment, motivation and a 'firm but fair' approach is vital to a students’ growth’. Through this Andrea ensures that all his students have the passion and drive to succeed and develop to their highest potential.

Andrew
Bachelor of Music
Andrew is both a sound technician and a piano teacher. Andrew specializes in both classical and jazz styles so students will always experience a wide range of different genres of music.

Nicholas
Bachelor of Music
Nicholas has participated in accompanying and choirs all his life. Nicholas finds great joy in playing and teaching music.

Melinda
Bachelor of Music (Performance)
Melinda is a piano teacher who loves to use a combination of ear training and note reading. Originally from Queensland, Melinda enjoys teaching both contemporary and classical styles to both young beginners and adults.

Will
Graduate Diploma of Education, Diploma of Music, Certificate of Music
Will has had experience teaching music in both high schools and studio situation. Trained in classical music, Will's aim in teaching is to expose students to as many forms of music as possible. From blues scales to jazz improvisation and new release pop pieces, Will's students are promised never to be bored from limited repertoire.

Grace
Bachelor of Music Education
Grace’s piano lessons are always filled with fun and games to help students just love the piano so much more. Grace’s enthusiasm always means students always look forward to their lesson every week. Katie also teaches flute.

Angela
Diploma of Music
Angela has a wide variety of interests from piano to choire and also participating in Judo. Angela’s lessons are always fun and interactive, combining modern and classical genre.

Virginia
Bachelor of Music
Virginia has a long list of teaching experience with the most notable holding a teaching position in both piano and violin at the New England Conservatorium of Music. Virginia is originally from Armidale, northern NSW and has now settled in Sydney, spreading her music teaching wings here. Apart from being a classical music specialist, Virginia loves to explore folk and gypsy music to add new dimensions to both her playing and teaching.