Evan - Blackheath - Jazz Improvisation

Evan is a great teacher - has definitely helped me improve loads and makes the lessons fun! He also adapts the lessons to my interests which is great. I would definitely recommend Evan as a teacher.

I found Evan to be extremely knowledgeable. He has helped me both with my technique and phrasing. Above all, his classes are convivial. He takes a real interest in your progress and messages you with relevant information between classes. Five stars.

Professional teacher my recomendations

Evan is a fantastic teacher. Not only does he have a wide collection of resources and knowledge to share, but he always makes you feel at ease and eager to come back for more - very important when potentially making some dodgy sounds on a trumpet!

Friendly and engaging teacher who adapted really well to our learning style & timescale for Grade 1. Lessons are always relaxed & enjoyable and Evan is very flexible with timings and location of our sessions which is a huge help.

I met Evan as my friend knew I wanted to learn to play trumpet and bought me a lesson for my Birthday - I had never held a trumpet before!
Evan was an amazing teacher! He is super supportive and patient and quickly tailored the lesson to my learning speed and needs as well as being really great to talk to when my face needed a break!
I would recommend Evan to anyone as he is very knowledgeable, patient and clearly loves teaching all skill levels.

Evan is an absolute professional. I was impressed by his method of teaching jazz improvisation. I have no hesitation in recommending him to you!

Evan is teaching me trombone – I'm a beginner but Evan is being kind and recognising the pace that we need to go at for me to reach the grade level. He's great and the lessons are fun too. Thanks Evan!

Evan is a great tutor who will not waste your time. The pace of the lessons is suited to my pace of improvement so I can see a quick progress in my playing which is very satisfying. Evan will prepare a lesson based on your interests and will provide you with any needed materials. Definitely recommended!

Evan is a wonderful trumpet teacher. He explains everything really clearly and listens to and responds to what I am saying, so that the lessons perfectly cater to my preferences and skill level. I have made so much more progress than I was expecting and look forward to every lesson.

Evan is very quick to pin point the areas you need, at your own individual level, to work on. He keeps it interesting and fun. He is an encouraging mentor and also a great guy. Highly recommended.

Evan is a fantastic teacher, very encouraging, reliable, good clear communication and good rapport with the student. He is quite thorough and exacting while still making lessons fun and putting the student at ease. He gets good results from students.

My son really enjoys Evan's classes. He says he's a very good teacher. He especially likes the way Evan asks him to read out the notes before playing them for example. Evan is very patient and encouraging and shows interest in my son, finding ways for him to connect. He also goes out of his way to transpose music my son likes into sheet music that he can learn. He makes the class fun. My son has developed well, gaining a good sound, reading music, developing his ear, and enjoying practicing.

Evan is passionate about the instrument and his music. He plays any genre and will adapt to the level and musical preferences of the student. Evan is demanding but his classes were good fun as well, so I enjoyed while learning and progressing a great deal.
I took 2 years of weekly Trumpet classes with Evan getting some theoretical and practice foundations in improvising, jazz, swing squeezing the odd pop songs in as well. I highly recommend Evan whether you're an adult starting from scratch or brushing up some past skills! Were I still in London, I'd love to have him teach my children.

Evan taught me trumpet from absolute beginner to slightly less beginner over about 18 months a few years ago. He's a lovely guy, a patient teacher and very knowledgable on different styles, especially jazz. We were able to work on what was important to me, which kept it fun.