Tutoring Approach
I specialize in building a strong progressive foundation, and know how to reach my students with the right balance of personalized attention, patience, practical training, and positive encouragement. I make learning fun through a variety of engaging and outside-the-box activities. A strong foundation is key, in fact - it is everything. And I always make it a point to build this for my students. Every student is different - different strokes for different folks, so I am always flexible with my approach. Each lesson I provide is tailored to match the learning circumstances around the student.
My lessons are planned accordingly to make the most out of each class, always considering the natural abilities of my students and circumstances around them and what not. I am here to support and guide my students and bring out the best in them. With the right attitude and support from their parents, most of my students tend to do very well, with great playing results.
If preferred by the parent or the student, I can prepare students for the ABRSM / Trinity Exams - many of my students have passed these exams with distinction.
For private home tutoring classes, please note I only take students who have a proper piano and a respectable study area conducive to learning.
Please inquire for more details. I look forward to playing the piano with you soon.
Piano lessons with Frances are the highlight of my week â¤ï¸
For Christmas, my husband treated me to a course of 6 piano lessons with Frances. I am a complete beginner. I couldnât read music and I didnt know the names of the piano keys.
Frances has pitched the lessons perfectly for me. She teaches me tricks to learn quickly. She brings music that sounds beautiful and inspires and motivates me. The music challenges me, but Frances points out the patterns that I can learn and eventually play! She is so enthusiastic and encouraging and brings a lovely energy into my home each week.
I honestly canât recommend her enough. I have already signed up for another 6 weeks!
As an adult student with no previous formal training whatsoever, I am very impressed with how I progressed from my classes with Frances - just beyond my expectations and so I am very grateful I found her. I understand how important a good teacher is to learn such a skill - and I am certain Frainces is not just a good one, but a really "great" teacher. She definitely knows what she's doing (whether that's being a pianist or being a teacher) and just as important, she seems to have a unique ability in understanding the student. Frances is very professional, very straightforward - she has the right balance of being structured and being fun. She takes the time to explain all the details and is always willing to answer whatever questions I have, no matter how silly sometimes :) I really enjoy our sessions and I definitely recommend her to anyone who wants to learn the right way.
After few failed attempts with other tutors in Dubai, I finally feel immensely fortunate to have found Ms. Frances as my 7 year old sonâs piano teacher. I have evidently seen a boost in my sonâs confidence, positivity and interest in playing the piano in the past 12 months. I am amazed how my son picked up pace with the basics in a short span. During every class, Ms. Frances has been more than patient and genuinely committed towards bringing the best out of my son. She is exceptional in adapting to his temperament and learning inclination. I have complete trust in her method and creative approach based on the remarkable results I have witnessed. I look forward towards a long term collaboration in cultivating a positive impact on my sonâs musical journey. Thanks to her unwavering support and encouragement. I can boldly say she is one of the best home tutors in Dubai for learning piano and would recommend anyone.
After few failed attempts with other tutors in Dubai, I finally feel immensely fortunate to have found Ms. Frances as my 7 year old sonâs piano teacher. I have evidently seen a boost in my sonâs confidence, positivity and interest in playing the piano in the past 12 months. I am amazed how my son picked up pace with the basics in a short span. During every class, Ms. Frances has been more than patient and genuinely committed towards bringing the best out of my son. She is exceptional in adapting to his temperament and learning inclination. I have complete trust in her method and creative approach based on the remarkable results I have witnessed. I look forward towards a long term collaboration in cultivating a positive impact on my sonâs musical journey. Thanks to her unwavering support and encouragement. I can boldly say she is one of the best home tutors in Dubai for learning piano and would recommend anyone.
We are a German family and Frances has been the piano teacher for two of our children since about two years. She is all you could possibly wish for in a piano teacher - a truly talented pianist herself and at the same time a wonderful teacher: loving, patient, and demanding in a very positive way. Our children have made amazing progress that keeps on surprising us and others who get to hear them play. I wish I had had a teacher like Frances when I was little - it would have meant that learning to play the piano can actually be fun. As you can tell, we love Frances dearly and absolutely recommend her.
Thank you so much Frances for helping to me to learn playing piano. I started piano lesson a year ago as a beginner with not much knowledge about the complexity of playing piano. But my piano teacher Ms. Frances is very enthusiast to teach and with her excellent skills and expertise to connect with student is very remarkable and one of her best qualities. She is excellent on finding a way of how to connect and interact with me specially when I encountered difficult key notes and she illustrate it how the difficult one for me will become easy to understand through demonstrations, learning piano require cognitive flexibility, patience time and practice. As the beginner it wasn't that easy at first, but my teacher assessed my challenges and found a way to make it more interactive and the result is very rewarding.
Ms. Frances has excellent qualification and background in music and she is very professional. I highly recommend her.
I am an adult a student I am pediatric dentist. I studied piano in my childhood for many years as well as during my medicine course. But then I stop for almost 20 years. Now I decided to start over again Iâm very impressed with her teaching method itâs completely different than what Iâve learned. Itâs very professional, fun and Iâm very impressed with my improvement and progress in short period of time. I am glad that I found her â¤ï¸
Very professional and a pleasure to be around with.
I'm an adult student (in my late 30's) - and starting this journey at a later stage in life can feel intimidating at first. But Frances is very enjoyable to be around with and kept me at ease in this entire process. She's very knowledgeable and I can really feel the experience she carries with her.
I highly recommend her to anyone who's committed to learn - Frances is very structured and wastes no time to help a student progress. She's a great communicator and is able to articulate the topics in detail which really helps. Classes are always enjoyable and she makes me look forward to them.
Cheers Frances!
I am in my mid 40's but studied for a few year back in the day when I was a child and recently decided to pick up the piano again.
For starters, Frances is an excellent tutor. I am very impressed with the effectiveness of her teaching method / skills. She is very structured with her lessons but at the same time she has a certain way of moving away from that structure which makes her classes really effective. I am really impressed with how I am progressing and would therefore highly recommend her to anyone who wants to learn how to play the piano.
If you are looking for professional piano classes, Frances is the teacher for you. She will teach more than what is in the books and will share practical skills that will deliver playing results.
Thank you Frances.
My 6 year old daughter was able to pick up fairly quickly due to Frances. Frances is friendly and very professional. My daughter is looks forward for her piano lessons. She is patient and thorough at her work. Definitely recommend her.
Very responsible and patient, also with very strong knowledge background! I learnt a lot from her! Highly recommended!
It's our pleasure to meet Ms Frances. My daughter is 9 yrs old and I have noticed great progress since she started teaching her. My daughter was with Meloldica for a few months prior and not seeing much improvement there, we decided to try a private tutor and see if something might change. Just after a few lessons with Ms Frances we can already see the difference and we truly appreciate her efforts. Ms Frances is a highly qualified teacher, very knowledgeable in music and I can really see how she can motivate a child which is another great thing about her.
Frances is an excellent tutor, I am glad I found her.
She is very structured and knows her craft. Her teaching style is the right balance between being challenging enough to make progress, and achievable enough to stay motivated.
As an adult beginner the piano was is quite intimidating and the road ahead is long, but Frances is encouraging and make the process of learning exciting.
I really enjoy my sessions with her, it helps to have homework between each session, and all of the exercises she gives all serve a purpose. I tried lessons at a famous music institute with a few instructors and I am certain that Frances is a much more experienced and knowledgeable teacher that the previous tutors I had, but she is still very patient and positive with a beginner student like me. I highly recommend her if youââ¬â¢re committed to learning the piano and want a solid basis.
Ms. Frances is a great piano instructor. We were very lucky to have her teaching my son. She is very talented and professional. She teaches with love and passion. Her way is the most effective with my son. The progress I see is so impressive. I highly recommend her. Wish her all the best.
Frances is a great piano instructor. She provides superior service and I have been very happy with how my son has progressed with her.
She is a fun teacher to my kid but at the same time she is able to impose discipline. I totally agree with the structure she keeps in place, and she is really an effective teacher, I highly recommend her.
I started online classes in April, I wanted to do something productive during the lockdown. I self taught myself on the piano but I thought it was a great time to get started on learning it the right way. I am an adult learner in my 30's and was pleasantly surprised to realize it's never too late to learn.
Frances is a great teacher, she seems very experienced in dealing with students - I say that because of her extraordinary ability to speed up my progress - and I tried a few sessions with a couple of music centers in Dubai and the difference is night and day between her and the teachers I encountered previously.
I highly recommend lessons with her - hopefully when the situation is better we can do one on one classes Frances.
She is a delight to interact with, always positive and very charming indeed.
Muchas Gracias.
I am 40 years old and I thought i am too old to learn Piano. I tried a few online classes but it wasn't very helpful for a beginner like me. I was checking for Tutors in Dubai and got Frances's contact details from My Private Tutor. At the end of the first session, I felt I can manage to learn and after a few sessions my confidence grew in leaps and bounds. First things first, Frances is a great teacher! She is very knowledgeable and experienced. She keeps her lesson effective, engaging and precisely planned. I highly recommend Ms. Frances for anyone who loves Piano. She is simply the best tutor you could ask for.
I highly recommend Frances as a teacher. She has great abilities as a teacher. My daughter has improved a lot under her mentorship. I've not seen these feedback from her students previously until she asked me to write mine. And I can't agree more with everyone here - she is truly commendable for her skills and really just her patience. I feel she has this unique ability to understand her student which is very helpful in the learning process.
Our home is filled with beautiful Christmas melodies! And this is because of Frances - we are grateful to have met you, for sharing your talent so generously to my children, music is now an important part of our home.
Frances has been teaching my children for over 2 years now and I am extremely impressed with the progress they've made. Really awesome teacher who my kids adore. She's the real deal - great teaching skills that deliver results! Frances is a true gem we are so fortunate to have found.
Frances is awesome. I love the way she explains the lessons, even as a beginner I was able to get a strong grasp on the lessons because she's able to articulate and explain things clearly. I am an adult beginner, and was pleasantly surprised that it's still not too late or impossible to learn. I highly recommend her. She's very professional and such a genuinely patient teacher - even with mistakes she knows how to make me feel I am still doing great :)
I am very happy to have found Miss Frances to teach my children piano. After I spoke to her the first time, I knew sheââ¬â¢s the teacher I was looking for.
My children are 6 and 8 years of age, and she is very good with children. Theyââ¬â¢ve been taking lessons from her only few months And I am very impressed with the improvement theââ¬â¢ve Made in a very short period.
She is very passionate about piano and an inspiration to anyone. She is very professional and an excellent teacher and my kids love her. I highly recommend her .
I had a couple of trial lessons with other teachers before I met Ms Fran. I attended a Conservatory of Music myself, and so from the get go, I knew immediately she had to be my child's teacher. Her teaching method is simply amazing - I can't say so much good about her effectiveness as a teacher, it's been more than 2 years now and we are extremely pleased to have met her. I highly recommend Ms Fran, she's a wonderful teacher who can inspire a student.
I am writing this review to express my appreciation for Ms. Frances.
She's been teaching my 10 years old daughter for almost a year now and I am extremely pleased with her progress and my daughter has been playing so well. I am so happy to have met Frances, my daughter was studying with a center for almost 2 years and didn't progress as well.
I highly recommend Ms Frances. She connected so well with my daughter - she is truly one of those mentors who can leave a print in their student. Thank you Frances.
Frances is very professional and I have seen such a huge improvement with my 8 years old daughter in such a short period of time. She is very reliable and I would highly recommend her.
Frances was referred to me by a colleague whose daughter she taught piano in the past. I really appreciate that she is able to stimulate interest in my daughter to learn the piano. I am also very pleased with the progress I am seeing with my child on a weekly basis - as far as I remember it didn't took very long before I started to hear my daughter play. Frances is very good with children, she is a cool teacher and is also very generous with her time which I appreciate very much.