Welcome to Craig Smith Music's page for music lessons, including keyboard lessons, piano lessons, guitar lessons, drum lessons, flute lessons and saxophone lessons in Preston, Chorley, Leyland and surrounds. Craig himself has been established as the go-to man for personalised piano lessons or keyboard lessons in Preston, especially for modern styles, for several years. His training and CV in popular music are second to none in the area (see the biography page), and demand for his own tuition is always very high, often with a long waiting list.
The Craig Smith Music Tuition Agency was created because Craig's very popular private piano tuition practice became overwhelmed with demand. Craig Smith Music has effectively become a mobile music school in recent years, with several quality teachers on its books. We currently have several teachers with availability for music lessons in Preston and Central Lancashire, including piano tuition, keyboard tuition, drum tuition, flute tuition, and saxophone tuition.
New Lessons Available: We've a new piano, keyboard and guitar teacher in Preston. Lessons are available evenings and weekends, and filling quickly. We'll publish exact vacancies ASAP.
Steph offers one-to-one daytime and evening piano lessons and keyboard lessons in Preston and surrounds, both as home visits and from her own teaching space. Dan is available to teach piano, keyboard and guitar lessons in Preston from his Fulwood teaching space or as a visit to students' homes. Craig's vacancies are currently limited to daytimes. Sarah's visit piano lessons and flute lessons cover everywhere south of the Ribble. Drum lessons in Preston and surrounds are available with Mark.
Peripatetic school lessons on piano, keyboard, drums and flute are also available. Music lessons for beginners right through to diploma standard can be provided in and around Preston. Please read on for all of the details.
Which instruments do the teachers teach? [Top]
At present, our music teachers in Preston, Chorley and Leyland offer piano lessons, keyboard lessons, guitar lessons, drum lessons, saxophone lessons and flute lessons. We're constantly working on finding the right people to offer other music lessons. In the meantime, if you are looking for a teacher on another instrument, please feel free to get in touch for any recommendations we can give to you.When and where do lessons take place? [Top]
Keyboard lessons and piano lessons in Preston, Chorley, Leyland and surrounds (including Walton Le Dale and Bamber Bridge) are available with either Steph or Dan, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, daytime and evening, at the student's home or from the teachers' own teaching spaces. Keyboard lessons and piano lessons in Preston with Craig himself become available very rarely, and are usually during the daytime. We have other teachers who are completely full up, so we are always on the lookout for the right keyboard and/or piano teachers to help meet demand.Preston drum lessons with our main drum teacher, Mark, are available throughout Preston itself and also to the north and west of the city towards Garstang and throughout the Fylde. For all of the details of our beginner drum lessons through to advanced drum lessons in Preston (including more about session drummer and professional drum teacher Mark), see our drum lessons page.
We now also offer guitar lessons in Preston with Dan. These Preston guitar lessons are currently available on Tuesday evenings, and filling fast, but we'll make more evenings available as each fills up. Because he's our newest teacher, he's currently offering a (very popular) discount rate of £10.50 for 30mins, valid until the end of May. Dan provides his guitar lessons in Fulwood from home, as well as visiting people throughout Preston and surrounding areas.
The other music teachers on our books teach from our bases in Blackpool, East Lancashire, Salford and Merseyside, covering almost the entire North West.
Who will teach my lesson? [Top]
All of the teachers on our books are past students or associates of Craig, so we are sure that they meet our expectations both personally and as musicians and teachers before they're admitted onto our books.Although we try to ensure that all of the people who enquire about piano or keyboard lessons in Preston are taught by Craig, regrettably, the demand far outweighs the availability, so most are now passed on to other teachers who do have vacant tuition slots, such as Steph.
Steph followed in Craig's footsteps a few years ago, using her lessons with him to help achieve a coveted place at the world-renowned Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She has now moved back to Preston where works as a piano tutor and keyboard tutor with the Craig Smith Music Tuition Agency alongside composition work for media and playing live at weddings and as a resident at a Merseyside bar. Steph's lessons can take place in their own home or from her own teaching space. Evening lessons are almost fully booked up now, but there is plenty of space on Saturdays.
Dan is available for piano lessons, keyboard lessons and guitar lessons in Preston and surrounding areas. His lessons can take place in Fulwood from his teaching space, or in your home. Dan's our newest and youngest teacher, at 18. He recently completed his ABRSM grade 8 piano, and intends to work as a musician following a music degree. Until May, Dan's offering a discounted fee of just £10.50 for 30min lessons at his home. Visit prices will vary dependent on location, but will be lower than our other teacher's visit fees.
Sarah works as a piano teacher, sax teachers and flute teacher south of Preston, mainly in Chorley and out towards Southport and Ormskirk. She also teachers in Merseyside and Greater Manchester. A talented musician, Sarah works with orchestras and big bands. She is due to complete her music degree at Salford in the coming months and intends to work as a full time music teacher.
Sarah's piano lessons and flute tuition in Chorley and West Lancashire are available on Wednesday at present, but may open up to other days in due course. Sarah teaches all her students at their own home, and her central Lancashire lesson vacancies are filling up very quickly.
Drum lessons in Preston are with our main drum teacher, Mark. Mark's Preston drum lessons are usually an hour long, with 45 minutes of planned work and a 15 minute end session that is totally free and can be used to learn whatever the student fancies having a look at that day. For all of the details of our beginner drum lessons in Preston, also available through to advanced drum lessons (including more about session drummer and professional drum teacher Mark), see our drum lessons page.
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.
