Chris Murphy Music Tuition

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I no longer offer any face-to-face tuition but continue to teach online via: Face Time/WhatsApp/Zoom/Skype/Messenger/Microsoft Meeting etc. I have been doing online tuition for several years now and have taught students as far away as India. I am therefore already well versed in the technicalitie...

Since I posted my Covid-19 contingency plans only a few days ago things have moved on. In view of the Governments latest advice I feel it is now only a matter of time before the entire country is places in lockdown and it will no longer be possible to offer face-to-face tuition. I am therefore ma...

Due to concerns regarding the Corona virus outbreak I am offering all my students the option of having lessons via Skype/Messenger/WhatsApp. I already teach several students online and, although it is not the best interface for music tuition, it is the 'safest' as it eliminates any form of contac...

This style of clarinet playing is radically different from the classical approach with its use of a pronounced vibrato and an 'unfocused' tone. It owes much to the legacy of Sidney Bechet whose style of playing was emulated by so many other players in this genre. It is sometimes very difficult to...

Conducting the junior band at Husavik Music School, Iceland in 1987. Almost all the kids in this photo are wearing track suits as, after the rehearsal, they would clip on their ski's to ski home through the very deep snow. When I first arrived it snowed heavily 24/7 for eight weeks!

The RAF College Band lay down their instruments for a well earned break during last years 100th anniversary celebrations.

This was one of a series of saxophone master classes I gave in collaboration with my good friend and colleague Don Wright. This was a 'group' workshop activity and not to be confused with 'normal' tuition which is given on a one-to-one basis.

It has unfortunately proved impossible for me to copy testimonials/reviews from the many other websites I am on but, for a more comprehensive account of my teaching over the past ten years you may care to look at the many glowing testimonials my past students have kindly written here: https://www...