Experienced 'cellist & renowned teacher (RCM professor) offers 'Baroque' to 'Modern' cello tuition at all levels. Currently lessons are online only.

Catherine is an amazing teacher. I had a history of switching cello teachers every few months or so until I came across Catherine, who ended up teaching me for seven years! She took me through from a confused beginner to a Grade 8 distinction cello player, and everything I know about cello now comes from her. I'd definitely recommend any person looking to learn cello to go to her.

Cathy helped me to identify not just the "what" I needed to improve, but the "how" of the mechanics - and the psychology and musical intention required to achieve better technique and greater confidence. It was a revelation - nobody had taught me that before! It's so much more than repetition. Her enthusiasm, expertise, and encouragement inspired me to spend more time exploring my musical potential.

Catherine is a brilliant, inspiring teacher and very fine musician. She is very encouraging, kind and patient. She is also completely practical and can show me exactly how to practise to achieve the musical effect I want. My playing has improved and become freer with her help and guidance.She always has lots of interesting information to pass on about the composer or form of the music. She makes our lessons fun and interesting. I could not recommend her more highly

Cathy was hands-down the best music teacher I've ever had! Her expertise on the cello and her ability to teach that skill in creative and entertaining ways is unrivaled (her great sense of British humor always made lessons light-hearted and a blast!). If you are a prospective student of hers, feel free to call my American cell at 609-651-7617 to hear me rave about her as a teacher and as a person!

Cathy is a wonderful teacher. She is positive yet particular; concise in her explanations yet with a broad outlook that includes scholarship, philosophy and musicology. While possessing an alarmingly keen insight, she is friendly and informal, creating an atmosphere where experimentation feels easy and right. Everything she says has a brevity and simplicity, yet also a depth that keeps you thinking for a long time afterwards.

I studied with Catherine in London with my University exchange (Ithaca College). Her insight into the Classical and Baroque styles was invaluable to my understanding of the periods, but her versatility as a musician is also a true inspiration. I also worked on Romantic and 20th-century music with her, to which she brought useful and inspiring instruction. Her knowledge & vast array of extremely useful practice techniques have definitely helped me evolve not just as a cellist but as a musician.

I have been privileged to witness the incredibly strong bond between my youngest son Matteo and Cathy, his much loved and respected cello teacher. Not only did she introduce him to the world of classical music with sensitivity, depth and scholarship, she also developed in him what will no doubt be a lifelong passion, along with the confidence to express himself musically and the rigour to aim for the best. I am hugely grateful to her for being the best of teachers, and such a wonderful musician.

I started learning the cello as a rather fearful adult having dabbled as an adolescent. I came to Catherine working on Grade 7. She has begun to sort out my wayward left hand and pointed me in the direction of making a good sound. She is a rare combination of a fine player and a naturally gifted teacher, able to analyse and diagnose what is going on with rigour, yet never being anything other than encouraging and motivating. It's all backed up with really excellent knowledge of the repertoire.

Having learned with Catherine for just over a year, not only have I developed a grounding for understanding and practising historical performance, but my approach to learning an instrument has changed. My technical struggles have benefited from her teaching, which is very effective and instills confidence, along with my musicality which has developed alongside my growing knowledge of early music. Catherine offers sensitive guidance whilst still challenging you and I have great respect for her.

Catherine is a truly exceptional teacher with a wonderful instinct for what the student needs at every moment – maybe an intense session on a piece, or a musicological, historic, philosophical insight, or going back to the very basics with patience and a sense of humour, until everything is understood. She's an intelligent, caring person who will be kind when spirits are low and offers a wonderful no-nonsense approach to the music profession balancing constructive criticism with reassurance.