TAUNTON MUSIC SERVICES

MUSIC LESSONS FOR SCHOOLS

Taunton Music Services is a visiting music service providing instrumental & vocal lessons to local schools and colleges. Our service is welcomed by school music departments as
we deal with all the administration and parents direct.

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Does your school need some expert music tuition?

Music Lessons for Schools are hugely important as they leverage the creative talents that children naturally posess.

Ongoing budget cuts across the education system has resulted in many schools being unable to afford to fund teachers to provide musical education to their students. This results in students failing to enjoy the rewards obtained from learning to play musical instruments, enhancing their vocal ability or generally immersing themselves in music.

Would you like your students to receive qualified & experienced music tuition as and when it is required?

Do you struggle to find the resource or time to manage the provision of this tuition to your students?

Taunton Music Services (TMS) was established in 1995 based on a demand for a visiting music education service. TMS is an independently operated and owned business managed directly by Sharon Roulstone which, whilst not directly connected to Taunton Music, utilises seconded teachers from the Taunton Music Team, as well as additional geographically dispersed affiliate teachers.

We contract directly with parents, dealing with all administration, payments and correspondence alleviating the burden of responsibility on schools to undertake these activities themselves. However, we also understand the importance of maintaining communication, so we regularly consult with the schools we teach. All of our tutors are CRB / DBS checked and certified. In addition, our tutors regularly attend safe guarding courses held at the schools we teach. We are governed and adhere to all school policies regarding safe guarding.

In order to benefit from our service, our only requirement is that your school has on premise, larger instruments such as a Piano, Keyboards or Drums or your students have their own instruments such as Guitars, Ukuleles or Flutes. In addition, ideally, your school should have a suitably equipped space, comfortable for your students, for us to conduct our teaching.

TMS schools and pupil number have been steadily increasing during the last few years. To date our current student numbers have just exceeded 360 students a week.

For a number of years now we have provided high quality music lessons for schools in Taunton and Weston Super Mare. A selection of the current schools we work with are shown below. 

TAUNTON

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

We currently provide music tuition to the following schools in Taunton.
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TAUNTON

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

We currently provide music tuition to the following schools in Taunton.
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TAUNTON MUSIC SERVICES - OUR TAUNTON TEACHING EXPERTS

Our excellent team of friendly, highly experienced tutors are made up in the main from many of the current long standing Taunton Music team. Sharon, Andy, Miles, Adrian, Nicole, Claire & Belinda all visit our schools on a weekly basis to provide lessons in their individual fields to the children signed up for lessons.

Andy Barratt runs a Ukulele orchestra at North Town primary and we hold regular showcases for all our pupils whatever their choice of instrument to be given a chance to perform if they wish. Above all,  all our school taught children have the same opportunities to sit exams in their chosen instrument if they wish.

If you would like to find out more about the credentials of any of our teachers, please click on the images below.

Sharon Roulstone Keyboard and Piano Teacher at Taunton Music

Sharon Roulstone

Piano and Keyboard

Andy Barratt

Guitar

Miles Williamson Drum Teacher at Taunton Music

Miles Williams

Drums

Belinda Bale

Flute, Recorder, Piccolo, Violin

Nicole Waters Singing Teacher at Taunton Music

Nicole Denman

Singing

Claire Whitworth

Brass

Sarah Coulthard Piano, Singing & Clarinet Teacher at Taunton Music

Sarah Coulthard

Piano, Singing & Clarinet

Jasmine Andrews Tipper Piano, Clarinet & Saxophone Teacher at Taunton Music

Jasmin Andrews Tipper

Piano, Clarinet & Saxophone

Julie Monument - Piano & Violin Teacher at Taunton Music

Julie Monument

Piano & Violin

Weston Super Mare Beach

WESTON SUPER MARE

CREATING EXCELLENCE

We currently provide music tuition to the following schools / academies in Weston Super Mare.
Weston Super Mare Beach

WESTON SUPER MARE

CREATING EXCELLENCE

We currently provide music tuition to the following schools / academies in Weston Super Mare.

TAUNTOn MUSIC SERVICES - OUR WESTON TEACHING EXPERTS

If you would like to find out more about the credentials of any of our teachers, please click on the images below.

Lucy Blackburn Vocal and Singing Teacher at Taunton Music Services

Lucy Blackburn

Singing / Vocal

Edward Gurlach Guitar Teacher at Taunton Music Services Weston Super Mare

Edward Gerlach

Guitar

Ludmilla Simekova Piano and Keyboard Teacher Taunton Music Services Weston Super Mare

Ludmilla Simekova

Piano & Keyboard

Steve Wilson Drum Teacher Weston Super Mare at Taunton Music Services

Steve Wilson

Drums

Max Dunstone - Drum Teacher for Taunton Music Services in Weston Super Mare

Max Dunstone

Drums

Naomi Davies Singing Teacher for Taunton Music Services In Weston Super Mare

Naomi Davies

Singing

Testimonials from the pupils, parents or schools we work with ...

"Lucy has has provided fantastic quality vocal training for my son."


I would like to thank you & your team Sharon for the fantastic quality of vocal training my son has received form Lucy Blackburn. He is very shy & will not let me hear him sing, which is a real shame, but he will let me when he is ready I'm sure. He has however performed at the school Christmas concert. Myself & the family are amazed at how good he is! He would like to study music at college which we fully support. This is down to your excellent service you provide.
A parent of a child coached by Lucy Blackburn
A parent of a child coached by Lucy Blackburn
Taunton Music Service provide an outstanding service. They ensure that they acquire the highest quality tutors who are reliable, approachable and more than willing to go above and beyond. As a secondary school music teacher, the support that TMS provide by timetabling and invoicing parents is invaluable. I only ever receive very positive feedback from parents about the quality of lessons delivered and the professionalism of Sharon and the TMS staff. They are an incredible asset to our academy and to myself.
Mr Carlo HooperHans Price Academy, Head of Music
Taunton Music Services, run by Sharon Roulstone, has been providing consistently reliable, high-quality peripatetic music tuition in piano, keyboard, clarinet, flute, guitar, drums, violin and pop vocal to our school for over 15 years.

The various tutors are all very skilled and have excellent relationships with the children, who really enjoy and look forward to these lessons. Sharon is warm, friendly, flexible to fit in with the needs of the school, her communication with parents is excellent, and she is always prepared to go the extra mile, for instance in organising regular showcase concerts to the school, and parents. Value for money is excellent.

I couldn’t recommend Sharon and the service she provides through TMS highly enough!
Barry Parsons Assistant Head and music co-ordinator, Creech St Michael Primary School

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Would you like to work with us? We would love to work with many more schools within the county, creating a mutually beneficial working relationship. If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how we could help your school obtain expert music tuition, please contact us using the form below.

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    Sharon Roulstone

    Piano and Keyboard

    Sharon is the founder member of the music school which she started on leaving school in 1983. She has been the local rep for the London College of Music for the past 25 years and hosts exams three times a year. 

    Sharon is a professional performer and has played and sung in several local function bands performing all over the UK and works regularly with local producers as a session recording vocalist.

    She teaches keyboard, organ, piano and singing. as well as managing Taunton Music, Sharon also manages a team of music teachers for Taunton Music Services who deliver music lessons to local schools.

    Andy Barratt

    Guitar

    Andy began playing the guitar at 11 years old. By the time he was 16, he was working semi-professionally with bands on the North West Circuit. Andy went on to gain a first class Graduate Diploma in Jazz and Commercial Music at Newcastle College of Arts and Technology.

    From there he became a full-time pro working in Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Oman. Andy now concentrates his energy on his teaching career.

    Miles Williams

    Drums

    Miles has been playing the drums for 34 years and professionally for 25 years.

    He started the drum school at Westside Music (now Taunton Music) in 2002 with just a handful of students. This has since grown and now caters for more than 70 students.

    Miles specialises as a ‘reading drummer’ and is able to play and teach any style of music using drum notation. Miles still enjoys drumming professionally himself in local functions bands.

    Belinda Bale

    Flute, Recorder, Piccolo and Violin

    Belinda has a BA in Music from Exeter University specialising in flute performance under the tuition of Judith Hall. She also has a PGCE from Plymouth University.

    Belinda has played flute & violin in the pit for various shows & has played with Exeter Symphony Orchestra, Exeter University Symphony Orchestra and more recently, North Devon Sinfonia.

    Belinda has spent the last 19 years as the leader of Music in a Somerset school and has a particular interest in Early Music and promoting the recorder. Belinda also teaches Piccolo, Recorder and Violin.

    Nicole Waters

    Singing

    Nicole pursued her dream of singing and acting by studying Performing Arts for five years. She has performed in many plays, musicals and production shows from Shakespeare and Pinter to musicals and cabarets.

    In 1998, she won a national singing competition with around 5000 entrants which led her to embrace a singing career. After leaving university and completing vocal training, she started to work at a Warner Hotel as a resident band singer and principal vocalist for the in-house production show for ten years.

    She also auditioned in London’s West End and was short-listed for the role of Nancy in the BBC TV show “I’d do Anything”. Nicole enjoys being a music teacher, teaching all styles of singing and also works with Taunton Music Services teaching in local schools and colleges.

    Claire Whitworth

    Brass

    Claire offers brass instrument tuition namely in trumpet, cornet, trombone, tenor horn, baritone horn, euphonium, Eb and Bb bass. Claire is an accomplished cornet player attaining grade 8 in 2006. She started learning trumpet in Bristol 34 years ago during which time she joined her local brass band and has been involved in brass bands ever since contesting for many different standards including section 1.

    Claire is an active member of the West Somerset Brass Band and is involved in teaching members of the training band taking them through their grades. Claire is one of those passionate music teachers who really believe in the fulfilment and enjoyment that playing an instrument can bring.

    Sarah Coulthard

    Piano, Singing & Clarinet

    Sarah has recently moved to Somerset from Northampton where she’s been playing and teaching music for many years, working in school and at St.Giles Music Studio with students of all ages and abilities, working towards grades or just for pleasure.

    She started playing the piano aged 8, the clarinet at 12 and, while studying for her degree in Music and Drama, added the tenor sax in order to play in a production of The Threepenny Opera.

    She’s played and sung in concert bands, dance bands and ceilidh bands, worked with school choirs and operatic societies and musical theatre productions both on stage and in the orchestra pit.

    Jasmine Andrews Tipper

    Piano, Clarinet & Saxophone

    Meet Jasmine, a passionate and accomplished musician ready to guide you on your musical journey. A graduate of the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoine of Music and Dance, where she mastered the Clarinet and Saxophone, Jasmine also holds a teaching diploma and is an alumna of the renowned Cheltenham School of Music.

    With nine years of teaching experience, Jasmine brings a warm, patient, and enthusiastic approach to every lesson. Her expertise spans Piano, Recorder, Clarinet, Saxophone, and music theory, making her a versatile and knowledgeable instructor. Whether you’re just starting or looking to refine your skills, Jasmine’s teaching experience with students aged 4 to 72 ensures she can tailor lessons to suit your individual needs.

    Jasmine’s love for music shines through in her teaching. She’s dedicated to helping you achieve your musical goals, whether it’s acing exams or simply playing for the joy of it. Having taught at SoundHeart Music in London, the Berkshire Music Trust, and offering private lessons in Surrey, Jasmine is an experienced accompanist who knows how to inspire and motivate.

    Ready to embark on your musical adventure? Jasmine is here to help you make music a joyful and fulfilling part of your life. Contact her today to arrange a lesson.

    Julie Monument

    Piano & Violin

    Meet Julie Monument, a highly accomplished violinist and pianist with a passion for sharing her love of music through teaching. Julie honed her craft at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music, where she earned both an LRAM teaching diploma and a DIPRAM Recital Performance Diploma under the guidance of renowned professors like Manoug Parikian and Sidney Griller.

    Julie’s professional career is as impressive as her academic background. She has held permanent positions as sub-principal violin with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and as a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her talents have also led her to freelance with many of the UK’s finest orchestras, including the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In addition to her orchestral work, Julie is a dedicated chamber musician who regularly performs in intimate settings.

    With a wealth of experience spanning numerous years, Julie has taught at some of the UK’s most respected institutions, including Durham Chorister School, Dulwich College, and Kingston Grammar School. Her teaching is characterised by dedication and a deep understanding of her students’ needs, making her an inspiring mentor for musicians of all levels.

    Ready to take your musical skills to the next level? Julie’s expertise and passion for teaching make her the perfect guide on your journey. Contact her today to arrange a lesson!

    Lucy Blackburn

    Singing / Vocal

    Lucy has a passion for the performing arts and music which started at a young age. This led her academically to study Musical Theatre at Bristol Academy of Performing Arts. She studied for her degree at Dartington College of Arts gaining a 2:1 in Performance/Writing BA (Hons). In 2019, Lucy gained her music teaching diploma in Popular Vocals from the London College of Music.

    Lucy has been playing the saxophone since the age of 11 and has passed her Grade 8 Trinity Guildhall Jazz saxophone exam and LCM Music Theatre singing and performance exams both with distinction.

    She started working in the entertainments industry at the age of 18 at a holiday park, working her way up to become an entertainments manager with a prestigious UK holiday company.
    She spent several years working abroad as a lead singer in various bands and show teams.

    Now she tours around the UK with her successful solo vocal and saxophone act, performing at weddings and events, as well as regularly singing with ‘Vocal Works Gospel Choir’ at concerts and corporate events, they even supported Take That on their last UK tour!

    Lucy has been teaching privately and at secondary schools for several years, as well as running a successful pre-school music session at a local playgroup.

    Edward Gerlach

    Guitar

    Ed has been gigging regularly with a variety of bands for 10 years.
    From pub gigs in several rock bands to the festival circuit with an original blues-rock trio to big band jazz gigs, to a high-end wedding and function band and even being musical director for a musical.

    This experience has given him a broad knowledge of musical styles and genres on both guitar and bass. Ed has also been teaching for over 5 years.
    Both privately and in schools for Taunton music service, North Somerset music service, the London guild hall’s centre for young musicians Taunton, Weston music shop and master class music teaching studios.

    This teaching varies from; 1 to 1 guitar and bass tuition, small groups of guitar, bass and ukelele, lecturing at Weston college including; performance techniques, listening skills and the music industry, and runs band workshops.

    Ed is still out in the industry working while teaching always finding new contacts and opportunities for both him and his students as he feels the best way to learn something is to get out there and do it surrounded by pros!

    Ludmilla Simekova

    Piano & Keyboard

    Ludmilla is a classically trained pianist and has studied the piano for 14 years attaining many certifications and a Masters Degree in Music.

    She trained to become a primary school teacher where music formed a significant part of the curriculum and has worked for Taunton Music Services as a piano teacher for 4 years.

    Leveraging her experience of working in primary schools where she supported children with their learning, her expertise in this area is a huge asset in delivering piano lessons to children and adults of all ages and abilities.

    Music is Ludmilla’s passion and she loves sharing it with her students.

    Steve Wilson

    Drums

    Originally from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Steve has been a freelance drummer and teacher for many years with a long history of tours, theatre work,
    contract work, recording and instrumental teaching in UK schools and colleges as well as running a successful private teaching enterprise.

    Steve has a wide knowledge base of many musical styles and techniques and his wealth of experience as a ‘working drummer’ combined with
    a highly developed understanding of the learning process involved in becoming ‘a better musician’ make him a valuable part of the Taunton Music Services team.

    Max Dunstone

    Drums

    Meet Max, a passionate and skilled drummer currently studying Music Performance at BIMM University in Bristol. With a background in Music Performance from Weston College, Max brings both academic expertise and hands-on experience in professional audio and recording to his teaching.

    Max has performed with multiple bands, primarily in the rock genre, but his love for music extends to jazz, blues, funk, jazz fusion, and pop. His extensive live performance experience includes playing in many of Bristol’s most iconic venues, showcasing his versatility as a musician.

    Having started drumming at just 9 years old, Max’s enthusiasm for the instrument has only grown over the years. As an energetic and dedicated teacher, Max loves sharing his drumming techniques and skills with students of all ages and abilities, helping them unlock their potential and enjoy the art of drumming.

    Whether you’re just starting out or looking to sharpen your drumming skills, Max is here to guide you on your musical journey. Contact us today to arrange a lesson with Max!

    Naomi Davies

    Singing

    Meet Naomi, an award-winning singer, vocal tutor, and choir director with a true passion for nurturing young voices and helping students discover their unique vocal potential. With her rich background in classical, musical theatre, and pop genres, Naomi brings a wealth of knowledge to students of all ages and abilities.

    Naomi’s teaching philosophy centers on building a strong technical foundation, enabling her students to explore a variety of styles with confidence and versatility. She believes that a solid technique is key to becoming a well-rounded and expressive musician, no matter the genre.

    Her love for teaching blossomed during her time at the University of Southampton, where she served as the Musical Director of the pop and gospel choir Jazzmanix. Naomi further honed her skills by earning an MMus degree in Performance and Pedagogy (vocal specialism) at Birmingham Conservatoire. Today, she balances a busy and fulfilling career that includes professional performances, vocal coaching, and choir directing.

    Outside of her musical pursuits, Naomi enjoys a good cup of tea and cherishing moments with her husband and young daughter.

    Ready to unlock your vocal potential? Naomi is here to guide you every step of the way. Reach out today to begin your musical journey!