Play violin with Jo

Alongside her teaching work, Jo is a professional violinist and singer who has toured the world with the many bands she has played with over the years. Trained in classical music, Jo has professional experience of performing many difference styles of music from pop and rock to the folk music of the UK, Europe and beyond. Jo is passionate about sharing the beauty and versatility of this wonderful instrument with the children she teaches.

Jo’s is a qualified community musician with over two decades of experience in music education teaching in mainstream and special educational needs schools and has led ensembles for both children and adults in music centres and other settings.

Jo’s holistic approach to teaching music recognises and utilises children’s diverse learning styles, tastes and strengths. Her group violin lessons are friendly, fun, inclusive and child centred and incorporate a wealth of musical games and resources designed to engage and motivate children and instil in them a love of music from an early age.

Jo has inspired hundreds if not thousands of children over her many years of teaching with her infectious enthusiasm and inexhaustible passion for sharing the joy of playing music. She is a kind, sensitive and patient teacher who knows just how to nurture the enthusiasm and self-confidence in her pupils needed to set them on the journey towards a fulfilling and life-long engagement with music.

Children who learn the violin with Jo, develop their musical creativity and self-expression, learn to read music, understand harmony, improvise and play by ear. They will also have the opportunity to celebrate and share their musical progress and achievement with regular performances in school.