Learn how to play an instrument in the comfort of your own home
The beautiful thing about learning is that nothing can take it from you
- B. B. King
Private Tuition
All abilities welcome. Piano lessons are catered to each individual. Learn to play the music you want to learn. Lessons are focused and varied with an emphasis on building your musical ability. You will be challenged, but I will help you get to where you wish to be.
Piano tuition start from £22.10 per half hour.
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We deliver the best private music lessons to your home in Thurrock and surrounding areas. NK Tuition was founded by Nana Kwarteng, who has been a piano teacher to all ages for 7 years. With a proven track record of delivering tuition to all age groups, the school was set up in order to create a wider sense of community amongst students and the teaching philosophy he developed over the years.
We act as an agent with a growing list of teachers representing us across the county and beyond. We aim to cater for all students needs and any specific requirements - please do get in touch, we'd love to hear from you and help you however we can.
Areas Covered Include:
(but aren't limited to)
Grays | Tilbury | Basildon | Chafford Hundred | Purfleet | Orsett | Brentwood | North Stifford | Aveley | Rainham | Upminster | South Ockendon | Stanford-le-Hope | Corringham
We provide online lessons worldwide, and operate a waiting list where we currently don't have availability for lessons to start immediately.
Our core philosophy is to set students up to enjoy playing piano for life, whether it is classical or contemporary music they enjoy. Every student learns differently and as such requires a different approach to learning and we take a modern, forward-thinking approach where open communication between the teacher and the student is of the greatest importance.
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Per Block Booking (4 Lessons)
£49.50
1 Hour Lesson
Per Lesson
£55.00
£220 per month or £198 per block booking
Suitable for students wanting to maximise their progress or include improvisation or theory into their lessons
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Per Block Booking (4 Lessons)
£39.70
45-Minute Lesson
Per Lesson
£43.00
£172 per month or £158.80 per block booking
Suitable for younger students wanting to accelerate their progress - or this is our recommended length for adult beginners
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Per Block Booking (4 Lessons)
£27.90
30-Minute Lesson
Per Lesson
£31.00
£124 per month or £111.60 per block booking.
Suitable for younger students and those testing the waters!
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Prices locked for 3 years! Limited spaces!
Fees above are for lessons in your home
Online lessons receive a £5 discount per lesson
Book 8 lessons for 15% off!
Why are we unique?
Picking the right music teacher can be a difficult process and forming a successful teacher/student pair can be very dependent and even down to things like personality and interests. We take the headache out of this process by regular assessing the efficiency of our teachers after a student has begun to learn and can switch tutors for you if things aren't quite working right. In other words - let us go through the hassle of making sure you have the right teacher.
As a school, we can offer more than a private teacher individually is able to. In addition to your regular tutor, the student will also have the experienced school director monitoring their progress to offer further assistance in their progress. We organize live/recorded concerts in order to showcase our students and get them actively involved with the most fun aspect of learning an instrument: performing!
Why learn the piano?
Learning music is a hobby that will last a lifetime that young and old can enjoy and love - it challenges the mind and can open up opportunities for social participation
Advantages of learning with NK Tuition
Nana Kwarteng Tuition takes place after school or at the weekends so your child doesn't get behind on curricular subjects like maths or English. A small amount of regular contact between the parent and the teacher has been shown to improve students' attitude.
We can also be more flexible than a school in the length of lesson we can offer. Suitable students that show excellent potential are recommended to have longer lessons in order to fast-track their progress.
Longer lessons can significantly improve the pace of learning but this is not advised for students with short concentration times.
Advantages of learning at home
Having tuition in your own home not only provides the most convenience but also improves the efficiency of the lesson since it avoids learning using an unfamiliar instrument and avoiding setup time. Students are advised to do a warm-up practice prior to the tutor arriving so that they are ready to start playing straight away. Additionally, our tutors can point out any problems in the student's rehearsal space.
We can also be more flexible than a school in the length of lesson we can offer. Suitable students that show excellent potential are recommended to have longer lessons in order to fast-track their progress.
Longer lessons can significantly improve the pace of learning but this is not advised for students with short concentration times.
Advantages of 1 to 1
Having group lessons is a cost-effective way to keep a child entertained for a while but is often a false economy in terms of music education. The rate at which someone learns can vary hugely depending on how much practice a student does in addition to their natural aptitude. Very able students are held back by the rest of the group and at worst, weaker students can fall behind so as to render the lessons entirely useless for them.
Group lessons may allow bad habits to go unobserved that could have been easily and corrected with individual lessons. Group lessons can be useful for the first couple of hours of instrumental tuition, for training aural skills and for advanced lecture-style seminars but yield diminishing returns in the long-term for standard instrumental tuition.
One-to-one lessons allow students to have a say in the direction the lessons take. At NK Tuition, it is one of our founding principles to empower the student in this way.
What do we teach? (Piano Lessons)
For piano, most students follow the ABRSM grade syllabus as an excellent method of developing their repertoire and technical abilities.
In addition, students will also learn pieces that lean towards their own musical preferences in between grades, whether that is something a bit jazzier or a cover of an Ed Sheeran song.
What do we teach? (Guitar Lessons)
The majority of students that take up guitar tend to have a clear direction that they want to pursue already, in which case the teacher can help the student work towards this.
For beginners or those wanting a general grounding in playing, we would generally recommend a mixture of reading formal notation and chord playing before heading towards a grade exam of some sort.
There are multiple exam boards depending on the style of music and type of guitar (classical, acoustic or electric) and the best one would be highly dependent on the student - but all exams provide clear goals for achievement and progression.
Some younger beginners may be able to start on a ukulele first as the frets are smaller and easier to press before switching over to guitar as they get older.
Why learn with NK Tuition?
We are not a traditional brick-and-mortar school but aim to foster a sense of community through our website
