Nedelina Zheleva

Nedelina has 8+ years of teaching experience with students from age 4 to 65 in guitar, piano and ukulele, and preparing them for Trinity and ABRSM exams. Thus far, her students have achieved distinctions in multiple graded exams, including gaining admission into the Junior Trinity programme. In addition to individual teaching, she has designed and created original teaching materials, including an instrumental guitar book for ensemble playing. As a current music teaching assistant and guitar tutor, she organises, manages and provides classroom music lessons to over 80 students from various backgrounds. Moreover, she has had the opportunity of working with and helping students with severe learning disabilities and autism reach the next level of their music education.

Nedelina is a music teacher who aims to share her knowledge and inspire people to see the magic of music. She has taught thousands of individual and group music theory, piano and guitar lessons to students of all ages and abilities. Nedelina' students have successfully taken various instrumental exams, participated in concerts as well as other creative performances.

Nedelina constantly tries to convey her theoretical and practical knowledge of music according to what the student’s personal music weaknesses or strengths are. She makes them believe that even the hardest piece to learn will give them something valuable and it can also be great fun to play. She tries to make them highly engaged and interested in the music they are playing by inventing different rhythm, melody, music theory and aural games, or simply by playing with them.

Nedelina believes that the teacher is the most important part of the instrumental education since he/she is the one who inspires and motivates the students. A teacher should be able to make the students love the instrument and the music they are making. This can only be achieved by being understanding and patient. Lessons should be fun for the students, so that they can develop their skills easier and quicker.