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Marcus Andrews

Marcus AndrewsMarcus AndrewsMarcus Andrews

Pianist, Chamber Musician & Teacher

Pianist, Chamber Musician & TeacherPianist, Chamber Musician & Teacher

Mereworth Studio

We have offered private Piano and Cello lessons in our purpose-build garden studio in our back garden in the St John's area of Tunbridge Wells since September 2017. Please read on to learn more about us and what we offer.

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Marcus Andrews

Marcus Andrews

Marcus Andrews

Marcus Andrews is an active pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. He teachers at City of London School for Girls, City Junior School and Highgate School and examines for the Associated Board. He aims to produce rounded students that are musically literate and understand how to learn for themselves. Beginners learn to use the whole ke

Marcus Andrews is an active pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. He teachers at City of London School for Girls, City Junior School and Highgate School and examines for the Associated Board. He aims to produce rounded students that are musically literate and understand how to learn for themselves. Beginners learn to use the whole keyboard and to read intervals, whilst playing a wide variety of music to suit their taste. More advanced students are encouraged to practice consciously and find out more about the composers and pieces that they study.

Students are prepared for concerts, festivals and exams when required, with some excellent recent results. However, the aim is always to foster a love of music and a love of learning for its own sake.

Ruth Beedham

Marcus Andrews

Marcus Andrews

Ruth Beedham is an experienced instrumental teacher, having taught at various schools and music centres over the past 20 years. She currently teachers at City of London School, Centre for Young Musicians, Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School and Southborough Primary School. Ruth is also a tutor on the NLMS Summer School, working with amat

Ruth Beedham is an experienced instrumental teacher, having taught at various schools and music centres over the past 20 years. She currently teachers at City of London School, Centre for Young Musicians, Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School and Southborough Primary School. Ruth is also a tutor on the NLMS Summer School, working with amateur musicians. She is a keen chamber musician and, with Marcus, was a member of the Backman Trio for six years.

Ruth studied at Trinity Laban with Alison Wells and Natasha Pavlutskaya. Whilst at Trinity, Ruth won the Leonard Smith Prize for String and Piano Duo and was also awarded a scholarship to continue her studies with a postgraduate diploma.

News & announcements

3 September 2024

We have had a busy summer with Marcus working at the Music Summer School & Festival at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk and Ruth working at North London Music Society Summer School at Uppingham School. We are now getting ready for the autumn term so please see teaching dates below.


For those of you using PracticePal for payments, unfortunately this system is no-longer available for private music teachers so I will revert back to half-termly invoices in advance. For everyone else, life continues as normal.


Do please put CODA's first concert of the season in your diaries: the ever popular pianist James Lisney returns on 13th October with an all-Chopin programme as part of the Tunbridge Wells International Festival.

25 May 2024

Following today's teaching we will have reached half term. Please see next half term's confirmed dates below and let me know if there are any that you can't make.


Do join Ruth and me at noon on Bank Holiday Monday for our cello and piano recital at King Charles the Martyr Church, Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells. Entrance is free, with donations requested for the church hall fund. Please see the concerts page for full details.

12 April 2024

I hope that you have all had a restful Easter break and that the recent sunshine has given you a lift. My latest teaching dates are now added below, with a small gap at the start of May when I shall be accompanying competitors at the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition (TWIMC) in Mayfield. Please check the dates below and I look forward to seeing you all next week.


Thank you to all those that supported our recent concert at CODA. CODA's next event is a recital by leading young harpist Milo Harper. Please do come along if you can: Sunday 21 April, 3pm at Rose Hill School Theatre. www.ticketsource.co.uk/codatw

18 February 2024

After a busy half term accompanying at the Royal Over Seas League Competition and Tutoring on the Kent International Piano Courses, I am just about ready for the second half of term! Please check the dates below and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Please come to support us at our charity concert for GOSH and and CODA, taking place this Sunday, 3pm at Rose Hill School Theatre. www.ticketsource.co.uk/codatw

Both charities are close to our hearts.

2 January 2024

Happy New Year! Teaching dates are now announced for the Spring Term - please let me know your availability and I will get onto invoices.

6 November 2023

Term dates are confirmed up to Christmas. Please note that I will not now be teaching on 5 December due to ABRSM examining work.

2 September 2023

Term dates announced up to October half term. I look forward to seeing you all from 9 September.

28 May 2023

Marcus has been tutoring on the Kent International Piano Courses at Tonbridge School. The standard of playing was most impressive.

mereworth studio Fees

Fees:

30 minutes - £22.00
45 minutes - £31.00 

60 minutes - £40.00 


Payment to be made by BACS 


Mereworth Studio Terms and Conditions

  • Payments to be made in advance for each half term   
  • Lesson dates to be agreed in advance   
  • Half a term’s notice is required to terminate lessons   
  • 48 hours notice is required to cancel a lesson. The full fee will be charged for short/no notice cancellations   
  • Any lessons cancelled by us will be rolled over or refunded   
  • For under-18s, lessons are exclusively with us and not to be shared with another teacher.   
  • Please do not attend if you feel unwell - if you have mild symptoms a remote lesson can be arranged over Zoom   

Teaching Dates

Wednesdays

Wednesdays

Wednesdays

Easter Holiday

  1. TUESDAY 22 April
  2. WEDS 30 April
  3. 7 May
  4. 14 May
  5. 21 May

Half term 28 May

  1. 4 June
  2. 11 June
  3. 18 June tbc
  4. 25 June
  5. 2 July
  6. 9 July

Any further dates tbc, subject to examining work.

Saturdays

Wednesdays

Wednesdays

Easter Holiday

  1. 26 April
  2. 3 May
  3. 10 May
  4. 17 May
  5. 24 May

Half Term 31 May

  1. 7 June
  2. 14 June
  3. 21 June
  4. 28 June
  5. 5 July
  6. 12 July

Any further dates tbc, subject to examining work.


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