Wee Music School

Your Music Lessons

Individual | Group | Ad-hoc
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At the core of what we offer is weekly individual lessons with our experienced teachers who are here to help you master your instrument and grow a love of music.

Strings

Violin

Viola

'cello

Double Bass

Woodwind

Flute

Clarinet

Oboe

Bassoon

Brass

Trumpet

Cornet

French Horn

Tenor Horn

Trombone

Euphonium

Baritone

Tuba

Everything else

Piano

Drum Kit

Orchestral Percussion

Voice

We will help you reach your potential and can offer group lessons or ad-hoc lessons to meet your needs.

Holistic

What can you expect from joining the Wee Music School?

Improved concentration | Boosted creativity | Increased confidence

Expert Music Instructors

Our music instructors are qualified, experienced and dedicated to nurturing your musical talent all while having fun. We will also direct you towards local musical opportunties (e.g. workshops and ensembles!) that we think you'd enjoy.

Performance Opportunities

Wee Music School provides our own performance opportunities across the year for you to showcase your musical skills. We also regularly put students through exams and the Aberdeen Music Festival.

More Than Just Lessons

Our classes in music theory and history will expand your knowledge. Organised workshops and masterclasses with visiting tutors support your development.

Experienced

Meet Our Teachers

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Aden Mazur, Founder

Violin, Viola, Piano

Qualifications
- Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (with Distinction) in Violin Performance
- Bachelor of Music with Honours
- ABRSM Grade 8 Piano with Distinction

Aden Mazur, Founder

Violin, Viola, Piano

With over a decade of experience, Aden provides lessons from beginner to ABRSM Diploma Level. Several of his former pupils have gone on to study music at conservatoires and universities. An experienced pianist, Aden provides accompaniment for lessons, performances, and exams. In 2021, he established the ACO Youth Ensembles, which he continues to coordinate. Aden is heavily involved in the local music community and is a co-founder of Music Aberdeen, the Aurora Quartet and the Granite Ensemble. He is the Leader of ACO for their 2024-25 season, a member of Any Enemy and sits on the music committee of the North East of Scotland Music School.

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Faith Ockwell

Violin, Viola, Piano, Theory

Qualifications
- Master of Music
- Bachelor of Music Education

Faith Ockwell

Violin, Viola, Piano, Theory

Faith Ockwell is a Seattle native and has been a resident of Aberdeen since September 2021. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Pacific Lutheran University in Music Education and a Master’s Degree in Musicology and Composition from the University of Aberdeen. Faith has taught orchestra, choir, and private violin lessons for over two decades and has spent time performing professionally as a violinist and chorus singer.

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Sarah Matthews

'cello, Double Bass

Qualifications
- BA Honours in Music Education
- Diploma from National Centre for Orchestral Studies

Sarah Matthews

'cello, Double Bass

Sarah studied cello with Derek Simpson of the Aeolian String Quartet. After completing a BA honours in Music Education at Kingston University, she studied with Leonard Stehn at the Guildhall School of Music. She fully immersed herself in orchestral repertoire while studying for a diploma at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, a course that operated through the University of London.

Following an exciting opportunity that led to travel across Australasia, she joined the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and later the Queensland Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras. On appointment as a Lecturer in Cello at Charles Darwin University, she became the Principal Cellist of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra. She was also the cellist of the Orion Piano Trio, which performed regular local and national concerts. Her time in New Zealand led to memberships of the Auckland Philharmonia and later the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, where she was deeply involved in the educational outreach programme.

Sarah has held director of music positions at Calrossy School in Australia and Kodaikanal International School in India and was head of strings at St.Michael’s Collegiate School (Australia). She was a professional bassist in the Australian Defence Force Bands.

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Catherine O'Rourke

Flute, History

Qualifications
- Diploma in Flute Performance
- Diploma in Flute Teaching
- MA (Honours) Degree in English Literature and Language
- PGTC in English and History
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Catherine O'Rourke

Flute, History

Catherine graduated from Aberdeen University with an MA (Honours) Degree in English Literature and Language and from Moray House, Edinburgh, with a PGTC in English and History. Since then, she has gained diplomas in both Flute Teaching and Performance.

For a number of years, she taught general woodwind in various schools across the Highland region and from 2005 until 2019 she worked at Aberdeen City Music School teaching flute. Catherine founded and was Director of the flute ensemble and a mixed chamber group at the school; she also provided general History, History of Music and Flute History group tutorials.

Currently, Catherine teaches flute at Aberdeen University and the North East of Scotland Music School where she established and is Director of the NESMS Flute Choir. She runs a thriving Private Practice teaching flute; piano; theory and History/History of Music and works regularly with University and NESMS students engaging in research and preparation of Diploma, Degree and Concert Programme Notes. She also runs fortnightly group History/History of Music tutorials at the Wee String School.

In 2000, Catherine co-founded the Highland Chamber Orchestra. She was flautist in the Merlewood Ensemble, Mahler Players and Inverness Choral Sinfonia. Now based in Aberdeenshire, she is a member of Any Enemy, a contemporary music ensemble and continues to perform freelance. Catherine is a member of NESMS’ Music Committee and is on the Board of Directors of Grampian Youth Orchestra.

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Lucy Webster

Bassoon, Oboe, Clarinet

Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Performance
- Bachelor of Music with Honours

Lucy Webster

Bassoon, Oboe, Clarinet

A former pupil of Lesley Wilson at the then newly formed Aberdeen City Music School, Lucy was awarded a scholarship to study the bassoon under the tutelage of Martin Gatt, Andrea Die Flammineis and Julie Price at the Royal College of Music, London, where she gained both a Bachelor’s of Music with honours and a Master’s degree in Performance. During her studies Lucy developed a keen interest in contemporary music, and also chamber music. She spent some time at the Hochskule fur music und darnstell Kunst, Stuttgart on Erasmus exchange.
Upon finishing her studies, Lucy returned to Aberdeenshire and enjoys a varied career; teaching privately, at the University of Aberdeen, ACMS, NESMS and St Margaret’s School for Girls and also performing in local orchestras, the North East’s New Music Ensemble- Any Enemy, and in smaller chamber groups. In her spare time she enjoys making pots.

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Emma Bell

Violin, Viola, Piano

Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music with Honours
- ABRSM Grade 8 Viola with Distinction
- CCEA AS & A Level music

Emma Bell

Violin, Viola, Piano

Emma hails from Northern Ireland and is a recent graduate of the University of Aberdeen with a First Class Bachelor of Music Degree. Emma spent much time alongside her studies tutoring A-level music and music theory before her move to Aberdeen in 2019. She now teaches violin and viola and hopes to continue her education and pursue a PhD in the coming years. Emma is an avid choral singer and a member of the University Chapel and Chamber choirs, alongside the Cathedral choirs of St Machars and St Andrews. She also plays with the Aberdeen City Orchestra, among other groups.

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Jennifer Cook

Trumpet, Cornet, French Horn, Tenor Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Euphonium, Tuba, Theory

Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music with Honours
- PGCE in Secondary Music Education

Jennifer Cook

Trumpet, Cornet, French Horn, Tenor Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Euphonium, Tuba, Theory

Jennifer is originally from Aberdeen and is a former member of the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland.

Educated at Glasgow University and Iowa State University, USA, gaining a Bachelor of Music Honours degree in trumpet performance and composition and PGCE in secondary music education from Manchester Metropolitan University. From August 2000, she taught brass for Isle of Man Music Service for 14 years, 7 years as Head of Brass and Percussion. Jennifer conducted the Manx Youth Wind Orchestra and helped form the Manx Youth Swing Band. She was also principal trumpet and soloist with the Isle of Man Symphony Orchestra, Isle of Man Wind Orchestra and principal cornet of Rushen Silver Band.

In January 2014, Jennifer took up a post as brass instructor for Aberdeenshire Instrumental Music Service, becoming conductor of the Music Centre Big Band and percussion tutor for the Senior Concert Band and Senior Orchestra.

Since moving back to Aberdeen, she has played repiano cornet for Bon Accord Silver Band and was the conductor for Bon Accord Silver B Band for 9 years, including winning the 4th section Scottish Area Championships in 2024.

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Amy Anderson

Piano, Voice, Theory

Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music with Honours
- ABRSM Grade 8 Voice

Amy Anderson

Piano, Voice, Theory

Hailing from the Jewel of Moray, Lossiemouth, Amy moved to Aberdeen to pursue a music degree at the University of Aberdeen and in 2023, she was awarded a Bachelors of Music with Honours.
She has experience teaching General Musicianship skills to primary and secondary school aged children. Amy has also taught in Nurseries for two years and is confident in creating engaging lessons for all ages of learners.

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Euan Wilson

Drumkit, Orchestral Percussion

Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music with Honours

Euan Wilson

Drumkit, Orchestral Percussion

Euan is a multi-percussionist who performs regularly around Aberdeen and is always willing to pass on the knowledge he has built up of Drumkit and Percussion over the course of the past decade. He is currently set to graduate with a degree in Bachelor of Music with honours from the University of Aberdeen in November, and enjoys performing and teaching in all styles of music from Classical to Rock.

Euan has also been singing as a Bass in choirs around Aberdeen, including St Machar’s Cathedral Choir and the University of Aberdeen’s Chamber and Chapel choirs, where he learned how to conduct. He was the Musical Director of the UoA Opera Society for their production of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love and is now Musical Director of ‘Vocal Moves’.

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Megan Cormack

Violin, Viola, Piano

Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music with Honours

Megan Cormack

Violin, Viola, Piano

Megan, a multi-instrumentalist and singer, is a regularly performing musician in the North-East of Scotland. Some of her solo performances include Hindemith's unaccompanied Viola Sonata, early music on a baroque viola, and song cycles, including Elgar’s Sea Pictures. She studied at the RSAMD (now RCS) junior conservatoire and then the University of Aberdeen and has completed a conducting course at the Royal Northern Conservatoire of Music.

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What Parents Say

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Perfect place to study music at any level from beginners to the more advanced. Theory study available too. Unrivalled support for the learner, Aden very often goes the extra mile for us! Encouragement to join orchestras as well.

Ann Tough

Parent of 17 year old

My son loves his lessons at Wee String School and made great progress. He's had lots of opportunities and encouragement to perform and improve including theory lessons and junior orchestra.

Lesley MacRae

Parent of 12 year old

Super, my daughter really loves the lessons, both virtually and in person. It's a great idea to bring musicians together. Highly recommended.

Fiona Eost

Parent of 16 year old

Our teachers are connected to the local music community

Opportunities

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Music Theory & History Classes

Learning about music's building blocks and history is fun! It helps you understand how music work and where it comes from. This makes you better at playing, making, and enjoying all kinds of music.

Wee Music School Concerts

Our Christmas and Summer concerts give you a chance to showcase everything you've been learning for your friends and family.

Masterclasses

Featuring visiting teachers, our masterclasses provide an amazing opportunity to get some external input, helping you know what to focus on next.

Exams and Festivals

When you're ready, we will encourage you to sit exams, giving you the proper recognition you deserve for your hard work. Festivals are another great way of getting this feedback.

Our Pricing

Lesson Pricing

20 mins

Individual Lessons

£14.17 per lesson

£42 flexed

30 mins

Individual Lessons

£21.25 per lesson

£62 flexed

45 mins

Individual Lessons

£31.88 per lesson

£95 flexed

60 mins

Individual Lessons

£42.50 per lesson

£125 flexed

What is a Flexed payment?

Flex payments allow you to split the cost of the lessons evenly across 12 monthly payments.

Discover Your Sound

The Wee Music School offers a diverse selection of music lessons and classes for students of all ages. Whether you're drawn to the piano, violin, voice, or something else, our experienced teachers are here to help you explore your musical creativity and reach your full potential.

Included in your lesson fees are music theory and history classes that enrich your learning experience, providing essential knowledge that complements your practical skills. We believe in a holistic approach to music education, where understanding the theory and history of music is as important as playing it.

Throughout the year, you'll have numerous opportunities to perform and showcase your skills in front of audiences. We also host various workshops and masterclasses with renowned visiting tutors, giving you the chance to learn from some of the best in the field and further develop your talents.

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