Cello and/ or music theory - any age, any level, any musical taste

From 48.23 £ /h

My name is Dorelle, and I have been playing the cello and piano since childhood. Teaching has always been an essential part of my journey, alongside my professional career as a cellist in various ensembles and orchestras.

My lessons adapt to any age, any level, any musical taste.
Classical, pop, film music, improvisation... Anything is possible and open to exploration!

For me, music is an enriching experience based on exchange. I enjoy playing alongside my students because it creates a friendly and motivating environment. I guide children with interactive and playful methods, and offer adults and teenagers a structured approach to progress with confidence.

What I propose :
✔️ A relaxed posture – Learn to play efficiently and without tension.
✔️ A personalized approach – Lessons adapted to your musical taste and goals.
✔️ Building confidence – Develop technique, musicality, and self-expression.
✔️ A safe space – It’s okay to make mistakes. Be kind to yourself!

Location

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Around Brussels, Belgium

Around Mechelen, Belgium

Around Antwerp, Belgium

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Van Benedenlaan, 2800 Malines, Belgique

Online from Belgium

About Me

My name is Dorelle, and I have been playing the cello and piano since childhood. I grew up in Paris and pursued a double degree in music and 3D animation, as I’ve always been passionate about the arts in all their forms. Teaching has always been an essential part of my journey, alongside my professional career as a cellist in various ensembles and orchestras.

My lessons adapt to any age, any level, any musical taste.
Classical, pop, film music, improvisation... Anything is possible and open to exploration!

Over the years, I built a small class of students, happily teaching music theory and cello side by side when needed — which creates a solid foundation for progress. Additionally, I worked as an assistant teacher at the Huy Academy for three summers, working with both children and adults.

For me, music is an enriching experience based on exchange. I enjoy working and playing alongside my students because it creates a friendly and motivating environment. I guide children with interactive and playful methods, and offer adults and teenagers a structured approach to progress with confidence.

What I propose :
✔️ A relaxed posture – Learn to play efficiently and without tension.
✔️ A personalized approach – Lessons adapted to your musical taste and goals.
✔️ Building confidence – Develop technique, musicality, and self-expression.
✔️ A safe space – It’s okay to make mistakes. Be kind to yourself!

Education

- 2020 : Master's degree for pedagogy, specifically cello, Arts2 Mons.
- 2019 : Master's degree, Lemmensinstituut, Leuven, with Amy Norrington.
- 2016 : Erasmus à la Musik Hochschule de Mainz, with Manuel Fischer Dieskau.
- 2016: Licence avec disctinction au sein de l'IMEP, Namur.
- 2014 : Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales au CRR de Boulogne Billancourt, mention bien.
- 2011 - 2014 : Licence en réalisation de contenu numérique, 3D, à LISAA.
- 2009 : IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education), English diploma for native speakers.
- 2009 - 2010 : Musical Studies Diploma, CRR Georges Gorse, piano and cello.
- 2008 - 2010 : Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera, niveau débutant et intermédiaire acquis.

Experience / Qualifications

- 2020 - : celllist for Candlelight concerts, stand-in for different Belgian orchestras (Frascati, Opéra Royal de Wallonie), private teacher.
- 2019 : Cellist, festival Musica Occupa, Ecuador
- Summer 2017, 2018 et 2019 : Assistant teacher, académie de Huy
- 2018 : Cellist in a play called Bug, with 21 shows in Belgium.
- Eté 2016 : Chautauqua Institution, a music festival in NY state, USA.
- 2007 - 2015 : Cellist in different amateur orchestras and teaching privately.
Private lessons for music theory as well as cello, on a regular basis, for children and adults.
Orchestras : OJAL, OJBDP, orchestre du CRR de Boulogne Billancourt, Oya Kephale.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

45 minutes

60 minutes

90 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in

French

English

Dutch

Skills

Cello

Music theory lessons

Children's music

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For adults... If you're a beginner, don't worry!
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Feel free to contact me to discover this magnificent instrument!

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As an experienced music teacher, I offer recorder classes and music theory lessons for children and adults, regardless of their age or level!

Originally from Brazil, I have been teaching music for several years. A graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, I have experience as a music teacher, having given private lessons and taught at Music Academies in Belgium and elsewhere. I develop a unique method for each student so that they can learn in a solid and fun way.

The recorder is an easy instrument to learn, making it a great opportunity for children to get started in the world of music. It is also a first step towards learning musical notation and developing the ear. I offer students a fun and dynamic approach, where we make music from the very first lesson.

For adults... If you are a beginner, don't worry!
I will teach you how to produce your first sounds on your new instrument, how to breathe correctly, how to adopt a good posture, etc. I will help you build a solid basic technique step by step that will allow you to play any piece on the flute.

If you are an advanced student or already have a basic knowledge of your instrument, I can help you improve your technique, taking into account each repertoire. We will draw on creativity and sound to produce increasingly beautiful and eloquent music.

Lessons can take place at the student's place or at the teacher's place in Forest. Travel expenses are negotiable depending on the distance.

Please don't hesitate to contact me to discover this magnificent instrument!

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" UNIQUE "
What if telling your story with music could be fun and playful?

Don't waste hours going around in circles, constantly searching for videos on YouTube to learn in a simple and structured way.

To finally be able to express your feelings, your emotions, all through the guitar?

It's possible! And what we'll see through my lessons: you'll learn how to tune the instrument, practice its first chords, and quickly play your first songs.

Develop your ear and musical identity by exploring styles such as pop, rock, country, blues, jazz, bossa nova, funk just to name a few.

Discover and explore the richness of scales and modes to combine them with playing expressions like hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato, bends... Does that sound like Chinese to you? I understand. Through my lessons, all of this will no longer hold any secrets for you!

Whether you have no experience or a few weeks of practice under your belt, we will go step by step, taking into account your level, so that you progress at your own pace.

Without forgetting the most important thing: have fun!

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I am a cello teacher, musical awakening and music theory. My classes are for people of all ages. From toddlers to adults.

I graduated with two bachelor's degrees from the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid and the Koninklijke Conservatorium Brussels.

I graduated from the Master's degree at the Koninklijke Conservatorium Brussels with Olsi Leka, principal cellist of the Belgian National Orchestra.

Here you have the opportunity to offer your children the best gift in the world... Learn the long way about music: a beautiful and fun introduction to music.

My classes are in Spanish, English and French.
I would be really happy to help you!

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Musician with several years of experience in education and art, graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and The Hague (Netherlands).
All ages and levels are welcome!
Classes in my studio at Forest (altitude 100) or at the student's home (travel expenses to be discussed).
For any further information, do not hesitate to contact me on Apprentus.

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Program :
- musical techniques: theory (examples: support, modes, colors, effects such as vibrato, etc.) automatically followed, for each of the exercises, by practice (examples: exercises focusing on accuracy, sound production, "mountains Russian ", time, note hold, diction, vowels etc.)
- work on breathing and breathing management
- body awareness
- stability
- resonance
- improvisation / free expression
- improved vocal comfort
- varied repertoire (adapting to your preference)
- well-being by the vibration of the voice
- personal or artistic development - accuracy, note keeping and precision - vocal modes including timbre
- volumes: softness and power - sound colors: from dark to light - vocal effects, range requirements - nuances: volumes, mimics, attitudes, sound quality - exploration of musical styles (folk, pop, classical, blues, rock, song, World music ...)
- improvisation, effects and vocal games, harmonies
-interpretation: work on emotions, body language, stage presence.

Objective: acquire a solid vocal technique allowing you to sing with accuracy, ease and expressiveness.

Musical learning meanwhile, will develop your ability to listen and reproduce music, your sense of rhythm, your expressiveness, your creativity and musicality as well as reading sheet music.

The work is focused on multidisciplinarity: voice, vocal health, music and bodily expressiveness, with an emphasis on the acquisition of an optimal vocal placement, on stress management in public and on interpretation.

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-Breathing techniques
-Vocalises and technical exercises adapted to needs;
- Repertoire work
- Accompaniment for studio recording and scenic performance
-dynamic exploration, diversification and release of one's voice while having fun and going beyond one's limits.

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TEACHER / TRAINER

Trained in Grandes Ecoles in France and the United States (Ivy League University), our teacher has specialized and has been working for more than 15 years, in North America and Europe, in the field, in international establishments renowned, and oriented on one axis: effective training with pedagogy and meticulous methodology as the watchwords.

PLACES, FEES
- Locations: Geneva-Lausanne-Friborg-Neuchâtel-Montreux-Bâle-Sion-Sierre-Morges-Bienne. But currently, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid. These sessions also seem to be perfectly unanimous since they have the advantages of direct (example: quality of the interaction), without its disadvantages (ex: loss of travel time), with additional advantages (ex: of notes on the chat, which can be reread afterwards). In this context, these videoconference sessions for which you have requested me, seem to arouse a certain enthusiasm (and a certain enthusiasm). At your request, I therefore continue to offer them.

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Hello to everyone!
My name is María, I am a Venezuelan Cellist.
All my musical education was inside the musical program "El Sistema" in Venezuela. This education was based on preparing myself as a better human being though playing cello in orchestras, chamber music and as soloist.
I am current studying my Master degree at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.
In what consist my lessons?
Cello classes for all levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced), it does not matter if you have never played cello before or if you are already studying, the important thing is to help you achieve the goals you want with this beautiful instrument.
To have better results with practice, if it is necessary to help you with music theory, I will help you.
As well, if you're looking for help in orchestral excerpts for auditions, I'm here for you!
For kids, parental support is also important during some lesson, we are all a team and we need to work together to achieve the goals!
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Looking forward to meeting you and work together!
Maria.

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English, Nederlands, française, Deutsch.
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Are you looking for saxophone lessons for all ages and levels?
So don't hesitate to contact me!

I am a saxophonist, a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Bachelor's and Master's degrees), and I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in didactics at ARTS2 (Mons).
After studying music at a university in Japan, I came to Belgium to further my studies and specialize more in the saxophone.

Having lived in Belgium for several years, I give lessons in French or English, according to your preference.

For lessons, all you need to do is bring your saxophone.
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