5 stars!

Anna is a great teacher. I am an adult learner (piano) with a busy work / home life and Anna is patient with me and keeps me on track as well as keeping the lessons varied and fund. She has broad experience with different genres to accommodate your preferences. Her home studio is comfortable and full of instruments and books about music. I’d highly recommend Anna, 5 stars!

Ian (piano) March 2025

Very highly recommended!

“My daughter is doing piano lessons for over three years now and she is very happy with Anna ! The songs she learned are very popular and nice.Anna is full of life each time and kept a great interest in my daughter motivation.”

Very highly recommended!!!!

Raluca (piano) March 2025

A brilliant teacher

“Anna is a brilliant teacher. As an adult learner I picked up a saxophone after 20 years of not playing, and she’s taken me through grade 8 and now on to jazz improvisation. Variety of teaching techniques and focus on different skills keeps lessons interesting, and Anna’s always happy to tailor content to stuff I’m currently interested in.”

George C (saxophone) March 2025

Highly recommend

“Just beginning the journey with Anna. I am really enjoying my lessons. She is patient and explains things very clearly. Her lessons are structured and I am progressing faster than I expected. Highly recommend to anyone looking to learn how to play the Piano.”

Mike (piano) February 2025

Anna’s lessons are interesting

“Anna has been teaching me to play the saxophone for several years. She is a great teacher with lots of patience and a good sense of humour. Anna’s lessons are interesting and varied and she is good at challenging me to improve.”

Maggie (saxophone) February 2025

Couldn’t ask for a better teacher.

Anna has been my piano teacher since late 2023 – my lessons with her are a highlight of my week. Very kind, patient and easy to talk to. Always really respectful of and considerate towards my style of learning. Feel like I’ve developed so much under her tutelage. Couldn’t ask for a better teacher.

— Sean (piano), February 2025

Thrilled to have found Anna

“I’m thrilled to have found Anna. She’s very well-organised and always has a solid plan for our lessons. I’ve spent years avoiding the guitar, but now I’m enjoying playing it again. I was hesitant to dive back into learning the guitar after such a long break away from it, but Anna has been very encouraging and has boosted my confidence. Recently, I wrote my first songs in about 6 years, which Anna helped me develop and record.”

— Sophie (guitar & songwriting), May 2024

Brilliant music teacher

“Anna is a brilliant music teacher. Very polite and extremely talented.”

— Asma (piano), August 2023

Can’t wait for Monday now

“Really enjoyed listening and watching Lily learn piano for the first time. Anna you were so good with her and this made it more enjoyable for lily. Lily and I can’t wait for Monday now.”

— Jill M (piano), November 2021

Good mixture of songs, scales & improv

“Anna is a great tutor and I have learned some really interesting things in her lessons such as jazz improvisation which I am really enjoying. The lessons are well paced and clear with a good mixture of songs, scales and improv. I would highly recommend her if you are looking for a music tutor!” 

— Jill B (piano) February 2021

Friendly but purposeful approach

“2 lessons in and very impressed with a friendly but purposeful approach where the whole gambit of guitar playing gets put across calmly at the start then we can start to pick our way gradually through it. Especially impressed with on line zoom techniques. Anna has it all covered.”

— Richard (guitar), January 2021

I came away feeling confident

“This was my first guitar lesson with Anna and I felt at ease straight away and learned so much. Anna has an excellent teaching approach, knew exactly what I was looking to get out of my lesson and I came away feeling confident and couldn’t wait to practice the new strumming technique, melody and chords which Anna put together for me. I would definitely recommend Anna.Thank you so much.” 

— Jan (guitar), September 2019

Made the lessons enjoyable

“I’ve so far had two lessons with Anna. She is very helpful and enthusiastic and has made the lessons enjoyable. She seems extremely musically talented too!”

— Philippa (guitar), November 2017 

Makes learning fun

“Anna is an excellent music teacher who is very encouraging, knowledgeable and makes learning fun. I would highly recommend.”

Stephen (piano) February 2025

A friendly, accomplished musician and teacher

​​Started taking lessons just over a year ago as a retirement project, couldn’t read music or play a note.I am now able to blow quite a few tunes on alto sax and have recently started learning electric guitar. Thoroughly enjoy and look forward to my lessons, Anna is a friendly, accomplished musician and teacher who immediately puts you at ease and knows when to be patient and as importantly when to push me a little to maintain progress. All lessons are tailored to my ability and take into account where possible my musical tastes.

Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Animo Music School.

— Nigel S (saxophone & guitar), February 2025

Highly recommend

“Really enjoying my theory and composition lessons with Anna. She is friendly, approachable and explains things well. She is going at a comfortable pace to suit me. Anna is set up for teaching on zoom with music related apps which allow her to show me and demonstrate during our lesson. I highly recommend her.”

— Margaret (theory & composition), March 2022

A great teacher

“Anna has been a great teacher in a lot of ways; providing useful resources and suggestions, slowing down lessons when things are proving too tricky, and being the right mix of encouraging and firm. Anna communicates well during lessons, over text and in practice notes for our next lessons. If you’re a beginner I couldn’t recommend her more!”

— Ben (piano), November 2021

The kids love their guitar lessons

“Anna is very friendly and the kids love their guitar lessons. She’s really good explaining music even for absolute beginners.”

— Christina (guitar), February 2021

Her enthusiasm is infectious

“A capable teacher with an excellent approach to teaching. Anna tried to tie in teaching with the music that appealed to me. She even encouraged me to consider studying for my grade 1 exams in the future—please bear in mind that I was a retiree who wanted to learn for fun. Anna thus saw the potential in me that I was ignorant of. Her enthusiasm is infectious.

With the current COVID restrictions one-to-one lessons are hard to come by. All lessons were thus via Zoom. If you don’t mind online lessons then you will find in Anna a competent teacher. I have no hesitation in stating that she’s a great teacher bubbling over with enthusiasm.”

— George K (saxophone), August 2020

My son is enthusiastic about going to lessons

“My son has been seeing Anna for a while now , we moved away from the area and moved tutors for a while but he begged to go back to Anna, he s enthusiastic about going, and she certainly keeps him interested! Anna is very helpful with booking lessons and is as flexible as she can be running her own business Would highly recommend Anna as a tutor”

— Natalie (guitar), May 2019