Welcome to Craig Smith Music's page for keyboard lessons and piano lessons in Bolton, Salford and Greater Manchester. The tuition agency was set up when Craig Smith's very popular private tuition practice became overwhelmed with demand from prospective students. We currently have Kim and Sarah on our books, offering one-to-one flute lessons, saxophone lessons and piano lessons in Salford and surrounds, and keyboard lessons and piano lessons in Bolton and surrounds. Keyboard, piano and flute lessons are also available in schools in a peripatetic capacity, and we expect to have at least one further woodwind teacher on our books in the coming weeks.
New Lessons Available: We're taking bookings for new lessons on piano, keyboard, flute, sax and recorder right now! Absolute beginners to advanced performers. To enquire, click here.
Which instruments do the teachers teach? [Top]
At present, we have two teachers operating in Salford and Bolton. Kim teaches piano lessons and keyboard lessons in Bolton and surrounds. Sarah is available as a flute teacher in Salford, and also offers piano lessons in Salford.We're currently working on finding the right people to provide other music lessons in Manchester and Bolton, including someone to provide guitar lessons, and maybe drum lessons too.
When and where do lessons take place? [Top]
Salford piano lessons and Salford keyboard lessons (including piano lessons in Eccles and other surrounding areas) are available both daytime and evening. Bolton piano lessons and Bolton keyboard lessons with Kim are currently full up. However, Sarah can provide piano lessons in Bolton, depending on the day.The other music teachers on our books teach from our bases in Blackpool, Preston, East Lancashire, and Merseyside, covering almost the entire North West.
Who will teach my lesson? [Top]
Several of the teachers on our books are past students or long-term associates of Craig, meaning we are sure that they meet our expectations both personally and as musicians and teachers.Kim covers our Bolton lessons, having passed piano tuition in Salford on to Sarah (who is also a flute teacher). Kim's lessons are for beginners through to grade 8 standard.
Kim's a talented pianist, currently finishing her Music Degree at Salford University, after a couple of years out, and recently passed her LCM piano diploma with almost full-marks! She will working in music as a full-time professional music teacher. Kim's available as a piano teacher and a keyboard teacher, and also plays woodwind.
Sarah, who is also working on a career as a professional music teacher, is primarily a flautist (flute player). Having achieved her grade 8 on flute, she went on to study music at Salford. She has experience in classical orchestral music and jazz flute, and has also played saxophone in big bands. Sarah teaches woodwind up to an advanced level. Sarah is a good pianist (always useful when working as a woodwind teacher), and also teaches intermediate and beginner piano lessons through Craig Smith Music. Her flute lessons, saxophone lessons and piano lessons are available in and around Salford, as well as Chorley, Merseyside and West Lancashire.
All of our music teachers have to meet certain criteria before being formally accepted onto our books. These include, but aren't limited to, having high levels of ability on the instrument(s) to be taught, graded certifications in performance and theory of music, and suitable teaching space when they teach from home or a studio. They are also asked to provide a CRB disclosure.
