Ripplevale Music

Music Lessons School in Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2AD

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About the Business

Ripplevale Music is a small, friendly, professional musical instrument teaching studio located in Great Dunmow, Essex, providing music lessons in Guitar & Bass Guitar, Piano & Keyboard, Trumpet (Trombone and other Brass). We also give tuition in Theory, Harmony and Composition, and Listening/ Historical Studies suitable for Associated Board Theory Examinations, and GCSE and A-Level music courses.

We offer instrumental lessons for people of all ages from 7 years old. A scheme of lessons will be tailored to each individual's needs to ensure each student gets the most out of playing, whether they want to take formal exams, develop technical and expressive ability, or simply have fun learning a new instrument.

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Lessons are given by qualified teacher and professional musician Matthew Jones.

Matthew started playing the trumpet at the age of nine, with guitar and piano at age thirteen. He gained a music degree from Leeds University, and a post graduate diploma in performance from Leeds College of Music. Matthew gained his PGCE from the Institute of Education in 2003.

After leaving music college Matthew worked for several years as lead trumpet for P&O Cruises and Holland America Line, with whom he did two world cruises and many grand voyages. Upon returning to dry land he played lead trumpet for several years in the Nick Ross Orchestra.

Although classically trained as a trumpet player Matthew has always been an improvising jazz musician and is comfortable teaching across many styles of music from classical through rock and blues to jazz.

Matthew has many years experience of live and studio playing and an extensive list of theatre and show performances from which he takes a wealth of experience for teaching. He has played trumpet, guitar, bass, and keyboards in many professional settings from small-group jazz and big-band lead through orchestral to soul, rock and pop.

Since qualifying as a teacher Matthew has over 11 years experience teaching music in the classroom. Over 7 of these have been as a head of department teaching from primary years through to A-Levels. He finds this a particular advantage when helping students prepare for their GCSE and A-Level performances where a thorough knowledge of the specifications and assessment criteria is fundamental.