Jonathan (Jonty) Slade MA GD AD DipRAM | Flute and baroque flute | Oxfordshire

Experience

- What kind of experience do you have?

A graduate of Juilliard, Yale and the Royal Academy of Music, I work as a private tutor and freelance performer. My experience as an educator ranges from teaching beginner band in inner-city Manhattan, to tutoring undergraduate students at Yale University. I have also worked in the UK school system tutoring students for ABRSM and A-level examinations. As such I have taught an incredibly diverse set of students with vastly different backgrounds, personalities and needs. I believe this makes me a very adaptable teacher, able to quickly identify and cater to the needs to each student, whilst always maintaining and communicating my love for the music.

As a performer I've been lucky enough to work with Richard Egarr, Masaaki Suzuki, Sir Colin Davis and Rachel Podger, and to benefit from the teaching of Michael Cox (principal, BBC Symphony Orchestra) and Ransom Wilson.

Teaching has always played a crucial part in my career and development as a flautist. Not only does it make me a better and more thoughtful musician, but I consider it a responsibility and a privilege to share my enthusiasm for the music to which I’ve committed myself with the next generation. I work hard to ensure that each student has the kind of structure and repertoire that engages them the most and which will give them the best possible results in performance and examination.

- Do you have an up-to-date DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service, formerly CRB) Certificate?

Full CRB

- Where and with whom did you train?

Michael Cox, Karen Jones, Ransom Wilson, Sandra Miller (baroque)