WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT COVID PROCEDURES?

In-person tuition has currently been deemed safe in accordance with government guidelines. Summerhall currently has a mask mandate in place, so masks are necessary throughout the lesson, unless you can provide a medical exemption. The Drum Room is sanitised daily, and there are multiple hand-sanitation points located throughout the complex.

WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE?

Aside from 20 years of teaching, playing, and performing experience, my official qualifications include a BA(Hons) degree in Contemporary Music from Edinburgh Napier University, Distinction Grade 8 with Trinity Guildhall, and Merit Grade 5 with the ABRSM. As well as private tuition, I have ample experience teaching in universities, schools, and private institutions.

DO YOU TEACH GRADED UNITS?

Yes, we are a registered Trinity College London exam centre. We are qualified to teach graded exams in spoken english (GESE) and we teach from their Rock & Pop syllabus. However, while learning a graded unit is an excellent way to improve and measure progress, it is by no means mandatory.

DO YOU TEACH ONLINE?

While I do have the capability to offer online tuition in exceptional circumstances, I do not offer online tuition as a standard approach. I've found online tuition to be generally lacking in a crucial part of the learning experience, somewhat unreliable in terms of connectivity/latency issues, and a fair amount of what makes drumming enjoyable often gets lost in translation.

WHAT WILL I NEED FOR MY LESSONS?

A pair of sticks, a notebook, and an open-minded attitude are the bare minimum requirements to get the most out of your tuition.

HOW ARE LESSONS PAID FOR?

By invoice primarily. If you're on a lesson bundle plan, you simply renew your plan whenever your final lesson is over. However, if you prefer to pay 'by-the-lesson', then you are invoiced for all lessons taken between the dates of the 25th of the previous month to the 24th of the next. All bank details are provided on each invoice.

 

CAN I TAKE A BREAK FROM LESSONS?

 

Students can request to take up to four weeks away from lessons per year (this typically coincides with summer holidays), during which period their slot will be reserved for them. However, anything after the allotted four weeks will either count as full lessons from their existing bundle, be chargeable as full lessons, or their slot will be re-advertised as available for public booking.

WHAT IS YOUR CANCELLATION POLICY?

Lesson bundles paid for in advance are refundable (minus lessons already taken) within the 30 day statutory period outlined in The Consumer Rights Act of 2015. Outside of that, I unfortunately can't offer any refunds.

All other lessons are subject to a 24 hour cancellation period, outside of which the lesson may be cancelled or rescheduled without penalty. Anything within the 24 hour period that has to be outright cancelled for reasons that don't involve accidents or emergencies are chargeable at the full rate. This may be negated by rescheduling the lesson to any available time within 3 working days of the lessons original date. In cases of on-the-day cancellations, if notified before 12pm then the same rescheduling rule will apply without further penalty, otherwise the lesson is chargeable at half the rate. In cases of no-shows with no prior warning, the lesson is chargeable at the full rate.