About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
We are so delighted to hear of your or your child’s interest in learning music. Music is such a wonderful way to learn all sorts of fabulous life lessons. In addition, research shows that there is a strong causal link between learning music, and academic success.
However, the most important things for us, is the joy a student gets from their achievements and the link to long term positive mental health. #loveit
Our Story
Both of us are experienced, professional performers who have a passion for teaching. After decades performing here and in Australia, on our return to NZ, we decided to dedicate our time to teaching the next generation. Over time that has grown into North Canterbury Music and Thinking Music Please Ltd.
Our approach is to customise the learning to each individual student. This is important as everyone's journey is different and everyone learns differently. We often see results very quickly, although that does, of course, depend on the student.
We teach all ages, from very beginners right up to university performance music level. We are also very experienced with neuro diverse youngsters - both professionally and at home.
We have had many students (more than 50 in fact) who have gone on to study performance at university and drama schools, and then on to professional careers as recording artists and stage performers round the world.
One might think that “Oh that won’t be my child, so I don’t need such a good teacher!” But actually, setting a strong foundation by working with a high-quality teacher right from the start means that a student is much more likely to do well with their music. Certainly, they are significantly more likely to enjoy it and are therefore more likely to continue to a higher level. That alone is important for all students as many, many brain studies show a strong positive correlation between music lessons and academic achievement.
We believe it is important to choose a teacher you are comfortable with. It is also important that as parents, you can be confident of the quality and expertise of the teacher you are engaging for your or your child’s musical journey.
