Kieran Ballard-Tremeer's Profile

Background:

I am a British/South African teacher who has taught for 20 years in South Africa, Saudi Arabia and in Dubai as well as online. Whether you are a young first time student or a more experienced player preparing for a licentiate exam, I love to keep classes exciting with a lot of positive feedback and useful tips. I hold a Bachelor of Music degree, Licentiates from UNISA and the ABRSM, am a certified Kindermusik Educator specialising in teaching young students. I have prepared students from ages 6 years for Trinity and ABRSM piano exams as well as GCSE for clarinet. I have performed clarinet, saxophone and piano for many years, both in Southern Africa and Dubai. Having obtained my Bachelor of Music degree cum laude from The University of Pretoria, studying under Herbert Klein and Mario Trinchero, I won the National UNISA DJ Roode Overseas Study Teaching Licentiate competition. This enabled me to study with Janet Hilton and Spencer Pitfield at the Royal College of Music in London. I have performed extensively as a solo musician, in chamber music ensembles and was principal clarinet with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. I have performed with the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, COSA, NAPOP, PACT and the South African National Youth Orchestra. Artists I have performed with include The Corrs, Hugh Masekela, Claire Johnson, Vicky Sampson, Sibongile Khumalo, Julian Lloyd- Webber, Helmut Lotti and many talented South African and Dubai-based musicians. I have worked in orchestras with esteemed conductors such as Rostropovich, Vengerov, Menhuin and Marriner and took pride in performing for Nelson Mandela for his 85th birthday celebrations.