Vivo Piano

Heather is a patient, warm, enthusiastic and talented teacher. She provides an individualised approach to teaching children the piano and takes into consideration their personality, preferences and strengths when teaching them. Heather has a warm, respectful, encouraging, patient and responsive demeanour and has a strengths based approach to teaching that puts children at ease when taking direction from her. Her ability to build a strong rapport with her students and their parents is a strength of hers. My eight year old son has been learning the piano with Heather for about one and a half years. He had many developmental challenges Including poor fine motor coordination and cognitive challenges as well as major anxiety when he was younger, however in the past 18 months we have seen major improvements in his confidence, fine motor skills and overall academic skills and I believe that learning the piano from such an amazing teacher has played a part in these improvements. Heather collaborates with me frequently and openly to help my son learn and enjoy the piano and get the most out of each lesson and practice session. My son absolutely loves the piano and looks forward to his lessons each week.nnIn addition to her amazing approach to her students, I find Heather to be passionate about music, and that passion carries over into how she runs her lessons. During my son’s lessons she has mentioned workshops she has attended to improve her already thorough understanding of teaching techniques and music knowledge and skills and carries the knowledge she has gained into the lessons with my son. She balances her gentle, warm approach with a no nonsense approach to ensure he has a thorough technical, theoretical and practical knowledge of music and the piano.nnHeather is a well rounded music teacher who has an amazing level of musicality as well as a holistic approach to teaching. I would definitely recommend Heather as a piano teacher for any child and adult.

Heather is one of a kind teacher! Both of my teenagers have enjoyed her professional and friendly manner of teaching. It was a pleasure to watch kids engage and enjoy her lessons and achieve certificates at the end. We would not hesitate to recommend Heather and Vivo Piano to our friends and family.

We unreservedly recommend Heather for piano lessons and the development of a love of music through her flexible approach to musical eduction. Heather is very focused on developing the individual student, working with their strengths and interests, and fostering a love of music. Heather is absolutely lovely, motivated, committed and supportive of both children and parents, very approachable and passionate about music. I wish you had been my piano teacher when I was growing up!!

Heather is dedicated and passionate piano teacher with fantastic knowledge that she tirelessly passes to her students. She is encouraging and supportive while being firm and methodical in her approach. Both of our children (12 and 15) are enjoying the repertoire recommended by Heather and are progressing in their learning and love of playing piano. Thank you for being such a great teacher! *****

Heather is a rare find! She has a passion for all things musical and a special ability to motivate her students. She introduces them to a vast variety of musical genres and exposes them to regular public performances. Her enthusiasm is infectious and her talent for teaching is exceptional!