Hilary

Hi! I`m a US-born expat and I completed my Master`s degree at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff in 2017. I`ve fallen in love with this area, and currently teach privately from my home. I`ve lived here for just over six years, and am fluent in European oboe and cor anglais styles (which are quite different from how I played and made reeds in America). I started on violin when I was seven, and picked up the oboe at twelve. I still love to play both, though obviously I`m focusing most of my efforts on oboe and cor anglais. I`d love to help you or your child as a beginning oboist, clarinettist, violinist, or recorder player, or to help students that already know their stuff and want to continue progressing.

Availability: Please visit my website to see my availability.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: Whilst in university in Iowa, I privately taught oboe for a couple years. After my degree, I went to my home state of Utah. My knowledge and experience on violin helped massively when I got a job teaching beginning orchestra at three elementary (primary) schools in Cedar City. There I taught violin, viola, and cello to 10-11 year-olds with varying degrees of experience, from a couple years under their fingers to complete novices. I also taught choir and music appreciation at a teenage-girls` residential treatment centre in nearby Hurricane. Since moving to the UK, I`ve picked up several students here, and we`re getting on famously! I also taught for a year and a half with the Merthyr County Borough Council Music Service and three years at Cardiff Steiner School. Come join my studio!