Tom McCredie's Profile

Background:

I graduated from the Royal Academy of Music (Jazz Performance) in May 2014 with first class honours and in the same year, received the Young European Jazz Artist Award with the Elliot Galvin Trio. At Bishop Thomas Grant Secondary School I teach the guitar/bass (jazz/classical/contemporary), piano (jazz/classical) and also run the jazz band after school. This means I have developed concise methods for preparing students with graded exams and conservatoire auditions. I draw upon my experience as a busy and regularly touring/recording musician to help inform and perfect my teaching. I am a keen believer that teaching enhances and consolidates my own understanding of music so I am greatly gratified from constantly searching for ways to develop my teaching skills.