Teacher Info

Nora Bee is a guitar teacher based in London with 25 years of experience in teaching. Passionate about teaching and patient! Great with adapting for each individual students needs and wants. She have been teaching guitar for all ages and all levels, electric, classical and acoustic guitars. She is great with kids as well as adults – applying her teaching style and adapting to each individual student. Many of current and past students of hers are studying grade exam books for classical guitar as well as rock guitar. Equally great at teaching hobbyist students, making lessons fun and enjoyable as well as always gently pushing to improve to the next level. She also takes intermediate and advanced level jazz guitar students teaching jazz theory and improvisation as well as chord melody arranging.

Nora also have been a gigging guitarist for 25 years , and has been a part of 100+ bands and projects in Latvia, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Boston (USA), Spain, Belgium, Egypt, Lithuania and Estonia, and has taught 200+ guitar students over many years in London, UK, Latvia and internationally over Zoom ( or Skype/Facetime). Past teaching experiences include working as a guitar mentor for a few years at USA based intensive online guitar school for intermediate players – Guitar Mastery Intensive ( Learn with Sonora) . Currently a guest lecturer. As a gigging musician one of the many artists Nora has had the opportunity to share the stage with was the great, late Amy Winehouse. Before moving to London, back in Latvia was also giving regular guitar workshops in ”Madona Guitar sessions”, that happens once a year in the Latvian town Madona.

She is always curious about exploring new styles of music. Nora is comfortable with many different guitar techniques and Musical styles including jazz standards (swing), bebop, fusion, modern jazz, Bossa nova, latin music, flamenco (in the beginning of her musical career), blues, funk, soul, classical guitar, finger style chord melody, African guitar, avant-garde, jazz comping in duos (combining walking bass lines with chords) and bass guitar.

Nora has played in most of the important jazz clubs in London, such as “Ronnie Scotts”, “Vortex”, “606”, “Charlie Wrights” and others together with various artists and as well as a leader of multiple jazz projects. Before moving to London, back in Latvia she was leading her modern jazz quartet, and playing in many other projects, including big bands, as well as being part of international jazz concert management organisations.

Music Qualifications & Achievements:

Studied jazz guitar at Riga Dom Choir School (2004), have taken many private lessons with teachers based in London and occasional lessons with visiting guitarists ( from NYC), as well as few lessons online.

Nora took part in Berklee summer school in Italy, Perugia (2008) , where she was studying with Berklee guitar professor Jon Damian ), as well as Jerry Bergonzi one week long summer workshop in Spain, Cadiz ( 2007).

Prices:

3/4 hour	£35.00
1 hour	£40.00

Location:

I teach my lessons from a teaching space located in London N12 0HJ, UK. My full teaching address will be provided upon your first lesson booking. I also offer online and mobile music lessons (subject to my availability and your location). For more information about my music lessons simply get in touch.

Contact:

To book your first lesson with me, or to find out more about my music lessons, don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing me on [email protected].