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Violin Lessons At Home Or Online
The most comprehensive violin learning experience in London from just £14!
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- Private violin lessons in person at your home, or online.
- From just £14/lesson online – the most affordable price in the UK! – or £36/lesson at home, inclusive of travel expenses.
- Professional DBS-checked tutors, trained at top conservatoires, such as the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music
- Flexible – schedule lessons whenever it is convenient for you, pay as you go or book in advance for discounted rates.
- We host concerts each term, in-person group workshops each week, student competitions twice per year, and ABRSM preparation and mock exams!
- Free access to one of our award-winning and BBC-featured 6-week complementary online music courses children, on top of the 1on1 lessons.
- We can offer you a violin for free for the 1st month to help you get started. (T&Cs apply)
- Satisfaction guarantee – if you don’t like your first lesson we’ll refund the entire fee!
'My daughter is very happy with her teacher and she has made a tremendous progress since starting her lessons.'
Anne T, 37, London'This is great value for music learning, as in addition to the private instrumental lessons you get lots of complimentary online courses and various events'
Kateryna S, 25, LondonHaving the right violin teacher is everything
When it comes to learning the violin, the tutor will be by far the most important and influential figure in a student’s musical development, so having the right person is paramount to becoming the best musician one can be and actually having fun in the process!
One of the things that makes learning with Lycaeum so great is the tremendous amount of care we take when we select the relevant tutor for each student.
We are good at what we do
97% of our students continue with their recommended tutors after the first session
Students Continue
97%
86% of our students continue studying with their recommended tutor after their first 12 months of learning
Find their tutor
86%
How it works
Step 2
We will set up a time to speak over the phone and learn about your musical likes and dislikes, your experience, and aspirations. The chat usually lasts 10-15 minutes, its goal being to determine exactly what kind of tutor and teaching style will work for your best.
Step 3
After the call, we will email you with what we believe will be our best tutor for you, based on the chat above. You can look over their CV, history, and call up their references.
Step 4
If you like what you see, we can organise a first lesson whenever it is convenient for you. If you like it and wish to continue, you can arrange further lessons directly with your tutor.
Our violin teachers
All our violin tutors are professionals or late stage students from London’s top conservatoires, such as the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, and are all DBS checked, so you know you will be in very good hands!
In order to teach violin lessons for Lycaeum, our tutors must first pass a series of thorough personal checks and interviews, and show the relevant experience and expertise not only as professionally trained violin virtuosos, but also as tutors in various educational settings. Additional skills beyond mere competency with the violin are a must, such as patience, organisation, and very good empathetic listening
We only work with the top 10% violin tutors in London!
Violin lessons online
If price is a concern, or if it is simply not convenient for you to welcome a tutor into your home, we also offer private online lessons from only £14/session – the most affordable rate in the UK for this level of tuition!
Our online violin tutors will create a bespoke learning experience for each child to help them attain their musical goals. All our online violin students will of course still benefit from our great range of events, concerts, competitions, and group courses.
Violin lessons at home
While learning violin through our online sessions is perfectly viable, our private at home lessons cost from only £36/session – providing you with an even more detailed and guided learning experience.
Your tutor will visit your home at any reasonable time that is convenient for you, as often as you wish. The lesson times are flexible and amendable, with only a 24h notice period being required.
Getting a violin
We can help our students find a violin that suits them, helping you make the best decision when investing in a musical instrument.
Our office staff have excellent technical knowledge, and will be able to make suggestions based on their expansive experience as both teachers and former students themselves.
Worried about purchasing a violin at the beginning of your child’s musical journey? We offer all our new students a free violin for their first month, delivered to their home, and after that is costs from only £9/mth in rent for as long as you need it!
What else is included?
Online group classes – as featured on the BBC!
All our students taking private lessons benefit from discounted or even free access to our unique complementary courses that explore music in-depth - where it came from, and where it’s heading. Explore courses like those below, and many more!
- Film Music
- Music in a Time Machine
- ABRSM Music Theory
Our online courses are available to everyone, and are designed for learners at all stages in their musical journeys, including those with no experience. No instrument required!
ABRSM Exams
Events, competitions, and concerts
Here at Lycaeum we aim to offer our students not just regular good quality instrumental tuition, but also an avenue to experience one of the best thing about learning to to play - making music with others and performing.
We even have a musical double decker bus where our students can have workshops and concerts across London!
In a regular school year we offer: weekly group workshops in various parts of London, three concerts - where our students can showcase their progress in front of their friends and family, and two student competitions with cash prizes to give our pupils something tangible to work towards alongside more regular ABRSM exams. We keep music exciting!
Who we are
Lycaeum Music is a service focused on delivering specialised music tuition at home, online, or in group settings to children and adults across London. We have been featured in the local media on numerous occasions, even being on featured on prime-time BBC Radio London three times so far!
We have been particularly successful with the MusicOnWheels social inclusion project, where we bought a double decker bus and converted it into a musical space, taking it to various areas of London to deliver musical education free at point of use to underprivileged children in London, in partnership with Brent, Westminster, and the Arts Council. A 6min presentation video made by Emmy award winning film-maker Joe Pavlo is available here.
Numbers speak for themselves
Check out some of our greatest achievements since we started
Over 2000 individual lessons delivered each month
Working with over 300 world class tutors
Over 5000 students taught since 2018
In person
$99.99
Inclusive of travel expenses – prices* mandated by the Musicians’ Union for teaching in London:
30min - £40 per session
45min - £48 per session
60min - £54 per session
Online-Only
$99.99
Best price in UK* - the most affordable price in all of London for this quality of teaching
30min - £15 per session
45min - £20 per session
60min - £25 per session
*When bought as a 10-lesson bundle. Pay as you go also available.
You can pay as you go, or book in advance for discounted rates.
Satisfaction guarantee: If you pay for four lessons to start with and you don't continue after the first one, we will refund you everything!
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