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Hello! My name is Abbie Burrowes and I am an experienced piano teacher based in Belfast. I have been teaching the piano for many years and I would be delighted to help you to learn to play the piano too.
Lessons are tailored to suit each pupil, helping them learn the piano through the music that they love to play. Lessons are fun, engaging and well-structured. I have a background in classical, pop and jazz music, so I can teach any of these genres, focussing on written music or improvisation. I have experience teaching both adults and children, complete beginners and more advanced players - ensuring that my lessons are fun and engaging for all learners.
Whether you are a complete beginner or are interested in taking graded piano exams I can help you succeed. I am able to help students interested in undertaking graded exams, as well as students who simply wish to learn for their own personal enjoyment. Whatever your aims on the piano I can help you reach that next level!
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I like to make sure my lessons are always as enjoyable as possible for all of my students & I offer tuition in a wide range of styles as well as making sure we learn the songs that you love.
My lessons are built around the music you love and enjoy as well as making sure we aim towards the goals that you want to achieve. I can teach both young learners & adults & I approach our lesson plan exactly the same way regardless. The lessons are built around you.
Lessons are pay-as-you-go, weekly, fortnightly or as suits you.
I welcome beginners to intermediate students to take my lessons. I will create a lesson plan that suits your needs as a learner of the piano.
I have experience in teaching beginners
I have a first degree honours in Bachelor of Music degree from Queen\’s University Belfast, along with a degree plus qualification that I earned through my role as a teaching assistant for the Junior Academy of Music.
I studied diploma level piano in the performance module as part of my degree for three years, getting the honour to perform for the musicians of the Ulster Orchestra regularly in class.
I have played the cello for conferences and in wedding services, and am currently a cellist for the Belfast-based traditional Irish band ‘The Common Ground’. I have recording experience as a cellist also, playing on the album ‘One Way Train’ by the Noel McKeary Band, and on the Single of Belfast Musician Rí called ‘Another Kind of Love’.
I can teach both classical and pop
My journey with music began at a young age, and I knew from my very first year of high school, after I heard ‘Danse Macabre’ by Camille Saint-Saens for the very first time, that I wanted to spend my life pursuing a career in music. It ignited such a passion for music in me that I spent the next seven years actively participating in seasonal concerts as a cellist and pianist, which gave me the opportunity to perform for the first time when I played the ‘Minute Waltz’ by Chopin in Year 12.
I won several prizes for music when I was at school, including the ‘Prize for the Most Promising Pianist’, ‘The Jeremy Farrell Cup for String Players’, The prize for achieving the highest mark for Music A-Level, and ‘The Glassey Prize for the Best Work in the Associated Board Examinations’ for two years in a row.
After I achieved an A* in A-level Music, I went on to study Music (Bmus) at Queen’s University Belfast. This gave me a lot of brilliant opportunities to expand on my experience as a Music Teacher, where I began teaching piano, cello and theory for En-Act Music in my first year, and in my final year I was a teaching assistant for the Junior Academy of Music.
Find out more about what music stores are there in the area
Belfast has always had a long rich history of music and that has carried on to today. Belfast has a great music scene and some great music stores to match it. Here are some of the best ones available.
Dawsons, located at 121-125 Royal Avenue Belfast BT1 1FF. Great range of acoustic and digital pianos, including brands like Yamaha, Roland, Kawai. Ideal for pianists of all levels.
Matchetts Music, piano store is located on 38 Wellington Pl, Belfast BT1 6GF. Packed full of acoustic, digital and hybrid pianos - as well as concert-quality pianos - you are really spoiled for choice. Matchetts Music also stock a good range of sheet music and accessories for all your piano playing needs.
Belfast Music, located at Unit 24, Hanwood Business Park, Kings Road, Belfast. BT16 1DE also boasts a great range of pianos and keyboards, as well as sheet music covering a wide range of different genres.
I didn’t necessarily plan to become a piano teacher, but somehow I always gravitated towards passing on my knowledge and love of music to others. It started with my younger siblings, and I desired greatly that they would learn a tune on the piano or hear the beauty of the music I played – and when they showed interest and participated, I found such immense joy in the fact it was I who had made them realise how great music is! That is what inspired me to teach music professionally and to make this my everyday occupation.
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My lessons are charged at £12.50 per half hour and £25 per hour for my students.
I teach my lessons from a home teaching space based on Dunlady Road, Belfast, BT16 1TT. It is a great place to learn to play the piano.
I offer my high quality lessons to students of all ages (5+) in a wide range of styles and genres.
I recommend weekly lessons for the best progress but you are more than welcome to take lessons as and when you like.
If you cancel with less than 48 hours notice you will still be charged for the lesson. If you give enough notice you're more than welcome to change the day/time of your lesson.
Get in touch today and start learning to play the piano with a professional teacher.
Piano Teacher
Abbie Burrowes
