Scarpia Music

Scarpia Music

Music Lessons School in Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7JT

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About the Business

Scarpia Music tutors have been teaching for many years and we always put our past experiences into our future teaching practices. Over the years our styles of teaching and what we offer have changed especially in the school environment where in recent years vast changes have been made in how music is delivered in both primary and secondary schools.

The biggest change is that many of the older style peripatetic teachers who were employed by councils are now totally independent and therefore need to work through the recently established music education hubs or by contracting directly to parents and or schools. The Hubs are responsible for First Access tuition and in the case of private tuition, the contract is directly with the pupil or parent dependant on age.

There is also a much higher priority placed on children's welfare and as music teachers, we are fully bound by the laws and guidelines relating to child protection and safeguarding and attend training sessions to ensure that we are fully up to date with the latest requirements and government led directives.

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What We Teach

What We Teach

Here at Scarpia Music we teach a variety of musical instruments on a one to one or small group basis both in schools and privately. As a pupil, you can decide how far you wish to take your learning and whether you wish to learn for fun or have a view to moving into a career in music as some of our previous pupils have done.

Age and ability is never an issue with us as our aim is to make music enjoyable to one and all. Our brass and drum kit tuition can start from as young as 5 years old if their teeth are ok for brass and they can reach the various parts of a drum kit for the drum lessons. Early piano pupils can start even younger if they wish.

We can start you from scratch having never played before or we can take on pupils who have had previous lessons and wish to take it further. During the course of the lessons, the pupils can work towards grade exams which in the case of school pupils can gain them extra valuable UCAS points to aid university entrance or they can just learn for the fun and pleasure of playing.

When required, we include music theory and reading and also cover most styles of playing the latter which is particularly relevant to learning to play the drums. If the theoretical and reading aspects are of no interest then we can teach playing styles that drum pupils would like to use when making music with others such as rock bands etc.

We also specialize in pupils with special needs such as working with an Autistic unit within a dedicated special needs primary school. We have also worked with children with behavioral difficulties who have been excluded from school using drum lessons as a way to move them back into mainstream education. The latter process started as an experiment between us and social services and it was so successful that it became a regular part of our work.

Location & Hours

63 Alexandra Road

Cowes, PO31 7JT
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