A note from our Founder…
Following continued success as a private tutor the time had come to grow the business into something that would be fit for 2022 and beyond….and so the Dinsmore Music Academy was born!
This has been an idea in the pipeline for at least 3 years but I was unsure what it would look like and how I could differentiate from many local tutors. Something I have always prided myself on is providing home tuition, so I wanted to continue to offer this, but to expand the offering.
Partly inspired by the pressure of online teaching and lockdown, I decided to pursue a variety of options for lessons and expanded to offer Singing and Guitar tuition, as this seemed to fit well with my desire to put music-making at the very core of our offering. This has also helped to develop our Academy Curriculum to incorporate a broader approach to teaching Foundations of Music, through play, singing, clapping and musical games, which then includes Ukelele and singing in early musicianship lessons.
Having also continued to explore the array of local talent here in Manchester, I continued to expand our teaching to include Associate Tutors to help support lessons and increase our student numbers.
In addition I wanted to be able to continue to offer students opportunities for performing, including our own student concerts, both casual smaller settings, and larger more formal concerts, alongside workshops for exam preparation and duet playing.
However, first thing was to have a complete new website designed to make it clear what would differentiate our approach. After approaching a web designer and working to develop a fully bespoke website, we set about to create a clear image for the business – to engage students on social media and to offer helpful tips for students and the wider community via a dedicated Youtube Channel.
Of course all of this takes time and to make sure it is right from the very beginning. So from September 2022 the focus has been to continue to develop this offering so that over the course of the next 12 months more options will come on stream to help support learners and promote enjoyable music-making in all its forms.
When I decided to focus on music full-time back in 2011 I wasn’t sure where it might lead – so I’m glad to see with a further 10 years experience, it has given me the tools to develop something that will be industry leading, and hopefully continue to inspire future generations of musicians.
Read an article from 2011 published in my local newspaper that explains my reasons for making the change from a job I wasn’t enjoying, to a full-time career as a musician!
