156 Brighton Road, Ripponlea VIC, Australia
Piano Lessons, Singing Lessons | Artist development, Aural Lessons, Theory Lessons, Composition Lessons, Jazz Improvisation Lessons, VCE Music Exam Preparation, Skype Lessons
Bio
Services:
Piano lessons
Singing Lessons
Theory & Aural
Creative coaching
& Career Consulting
Background:
Laura Ellen (Hutchins) is a vocalist, professional performer and songwriter with a Bachelor Degree in Music (Contemporary Performance) from The Australian Institute of Music, Associate Degree in Performance from The Conservatorium of Music (TAS). She is passionate about developing her skills as a musician and paying that forward to the next generation of songwriters and musicians. Alongside her pursuits as an artist she has a built a thriving music coaching business that has been operating in Melbourne’s Bayside area for 8 years.
Laura provides one-on-one songwriting tutoring, classical and contemporary piano lessons for age 5+ , contemporary vocal lessons for age 8+ as well as theory and aural tutoring for all ages. Laura also provides consulting on career development for songwriters at the beginning-intermediate stages of their career.
Laura has been classically trained in piano since she was 5 years old, and at the age of 12 also began to incorporate a more contemporary approach to her playing, focusing around accompaniment, chord progressions & structure, jazz theory and aural skills. At the age of 15 she began vocal training, and then went on to major in contemporary singing at University.
Teaching Info
Laura has explored many styles and teaching methods and will always continue to develop herself as a teacher and musician. She believes her personal experience in music has lead to her philosophy on how she teaches – no student should be shown how to do something, rather they should be given all of the tools they need to be able to construct the ‘how’ for themselves. This helps them develop initiative, responsibility and independence as a musician and also develops their confidence in their own musical abilities.
Laura adapts her lessons based on how her students best learn; auditory, visual or kinaesthetic and to what their natural strengths are whilst finding fun ways to address the areas that the students find more challenging. Whilst Laura does not teach one method specifically, she understands a more classical/note-reading approach to learning, as well as the Suzuki method, and likes to help players and singers become well rounded musician’s who can enjoy and love what they play, not just a robot who has learnt to read notes and can only play mechanically.