Hannah West

I enjoy and am interested in performing arts and would like to pursue them for a future career. I wanted to improve my voice and gain some musical qualifications before starting Further Education. From the first lesson I knew Michael was the right teacher for me, and that he would help improve my voice and give me the opportunity to gain the qualifications I need.

Michael is an extremely talented, relaxed, caring and hard working teacher. In his lessons he pushes and helps me reach my fullest potential, but still manages to keep his lesson calm and enjoyable. When working towards exams he makes me try a range of different musical pieces, he also tells me which ones sound the best and encourages me to sing something different that I may not be used to. He will also cover more than the required amount of songs for that grade, to offer me a wider choice and to make sure I am properly qualified for that grade level instead of only being able to sing selected songs, which I believe to be important.

 After a short amount of time having lessons with Michael I noticed strong improvements in my voice and musical theory knowledge. I would recommend Michael to anyone looking for a private singing teacher, as he is excellent.

I have achieved Grade 5 Practical Solo Singing exam with 93 marks out of 100 and also Grade 3 London College of Music (awarded by the University of West London) Theory of Music exam with 98 marks gaining a Distinction.

I then went on to achieve Grade 5 London College of Music (awarded by the University of West London) Theory of Music exam with 91 marks out of 100 gaining a Distinction and Grade 7 Practical Solo Singing exam with 92 marks out of 100.

I have also achieved Trinity College London Grade 6 Theory of Music exam with 95 marks out of 100 gaining a Distinction.

I would also recommend Michael as a teacher as he works very hard and will help and support a student throughout their learning. He works at their pace and makes sure a student understands his teaching. He is an all-round brilliant private music teacher.

Hannah West (Student)