Hello there, I'm Alvin.

I am a piano teacher offering home piano lessons.

I travel to Crouch End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Islington, Finsbury Park, Highgate and Wood Green. The range of postcodes I cover includes N4, N6, N8, N10, N19 and N22.

I teach you to play adaptations of well-known music. I cover genres such as classical, pop, rock, anime, metal and jazz. The music I use in lessons is familiar, current, and at a suitable level of difficulty.

I also prepare students for graded practical examinations and teach song-writing and composition.

I have fifteen years' experience, and have full and current DBS clearance.

You learn positively, with music tailored to your abilities.

We work from music that you can play and move on to more difficult repertoire as your skills and concentration improve. The focus is positive, on what you can do and what you can aim for.

I develop your current piano skills so you can continually play harder, impressive-sounding music.

You get to play music you like.

Piano playing requires co-ordination of six or seven tasks, and it is always reassuring and satisfying to know you are playing the correct notes.

Playing songs you are familiar with also helps with improve the reading of musical notation, because you have already have an idea of what the music should sound like, and hence know what the written notes, rhythmic symbols and expression marks are trying to convey.

In my own time, I write out and arrange your favourite songs at a suitable level of difficulty for you to play, at no extra charge to you.

Do you know any other piano teacher who does that on a regular basis?

I charge reasonable rates and am flexible.

My rates vary depending on your location, but they are comparable to rates charged by local music services for children's piano lessons in schools. The current rate charged by Haringey Music Service is £31.60 per hour.

In some cases - such as when siblings have lessons, and if I'm already in your area - I charge the school lesson rate, or less!

I teach in areas such as Crouch End, Hornsey, Finsbury Park, Muswell Hill and Wood Green, and my travel costs are shared among students. Please contact me to ask - I can almost always guarantee you lower rates than most teachers who do home visits.

I have no cancellation fees.

I am particularly understanding if you need to cancel at short notice (e.g. due to child illness). Or maybe you've suddenly remembered about another appointment - as long as I've not appeared at your doorstep, that's fine!

Other music schools or tutors may require you to give 24 hours' notice for cancelling a lesson. I don't - no one plans an illness in advance! - and I understand that life sometimes just gets a little bit complicated for our liking!