FULFIL YOUR POTENTIAL &

UNLEASH YOUR MUSICALITY

We offer music lessons taught by professionally qualified and experienced tutors
to students of all ages and abilities across a wide range of instruments in a
modern, fully equipped and supportive environment

Fully accredited local centre for London College of Music, qualified, CRB / DBS checked tutors.

Music Lessons in Taunton

Music Lessons in Taunton at our Music School with purpose built music classrooms situated on the second floor in a secure facility comprising of seven spacious, sound insulated teaching rooms.

We take time to understand and discuss each and every students needs and requirements, together with their strengths and weaknesses so we can tailor your learning specifically to your personal improvement.

We constantly measure our performance and ensure we offer the best and most impartial advice always with the students best interests at the forefront of any recommendations.

There is a comfortable waiting room where you can sit and relax if you’re a little early or if you’re just here to meet someone. Toilets are located on the first floor. Unfortunately, we do not have access for wheelchairs. Parking is available at the rear of the building in the Wood Street Public Car Park.

We monitor our premises with CCTV in order to provide protection & safety to all of our customers.

It is statistically proven that students who feel safe, secure and comfortable in their learning environment and who are engaged by their lessons and practices, can be expected to flourish. However, students who do not have these needs met are more likely to have a negative impact on their ability to learn.

Spacious Music Classrooms Purpose Built for Optimum Learning

A balanced and well planned learning environment for students is an integral part in achieving successful learning. Our music lessons in Taunton provide a positive and supportive classroom environment encouraging students to be confident in expressing their ideas and when asking questions or requesting help on any aspect of their learning.

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Testimonials from many of our happy students

Expert tuition provided by fully qualified and experienced teachers

Taunton Music was established in 1983 above the Music Shop in Bridge St and moved to the present purpose built facilities in 2011.The Music School has around 500 pupils passing through its doors every week. The current team is comprised of 14 full-time music teachers, each of whom has worked as full-time professionals in the music industry.

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Sharon Roulstone

Piano and Keyboard

Sharon is the founder member of the music school which she started on leaving school in 1983. She has been the local rep for the London College of Music for the past 25 years and hosts exams three times a year. 

Sharon is a professional performer and has played and sung in several local function bands performing all over the UK and works regularly with local producers as a session recording vocalist.

She teaches keyboard, organ, piano and singing. as well as managing Taunton Music, Sharon also manages a team of music teachers for Taunton Music Services who deliver music lessons to local schools.

Andy Barratt

Guitar

Andy began playing the guitar at 11 years old. By the time he was 16, he was working semi-professionally with bands on the North West Circuit. Andy went on to gain a first class Graduate Diploma in Jazz and Commercial Music at Newcastle College of Arts and Technology.

From there he became a full-time pro working in Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Oman. Andy now concentrates his energy on his teaching career.

Chris Ross

Guitar, Bass

Chris has 39 years experience playing electric guitar.

He studied classical guitar with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) to an advanced level and has a Diploma in Music which covered electric guitar and bass playing, recording and music theory.

He started teaching full-time nine years ago in schools and at Westside Music. Chris has a City and Guilds certificate for teaching adults and has helped many students achieve good grades with Rock School, Registry of Guitar Tutors and the ABRSM.

Miles Williams

Drums

Miles has been playing the drums for 34 years and professionally for 25 years.

He started the drum school at Westside Music (now Taunton Music) in 2002 with just a handful of students. This has since grown and now caters for more than 70 students.

Miles specialises as a ‘reading drummer’ and is able to play and teach any style of music using drum notation. Miles still enjoys drumming professionally himself in local functions bands.

Adrian Brain

Saxophone, Classic Guitar, Piano and Keyboard

Adrian is one of our full-time music teachers and is also a semi-professional musician. He teaches saxophone, classical guitar and piano / keyboard both privately and in schools. He is currently teaching at King’s College, King’s Hall School and Staplegrove Primary School in Taunton and of course here at Taunton Music. He has a passion for jazz piano which he teaches at beginner and intermediate levels.

For the last 29 years, he has played keyboards/saxophone and sung in leading West Country covers/function band “Turnette Doone” and hopes to clock up at least another 20! In spite of all this rock and roll, he is a family man at heart and counts himself am lucky to live in this gorgeous part of the world with his lovely wife and two children.

Nicole Waters

Singing

Nicole pursued her dream of singing and acting by studying Performing Arts for five years. She has performed in many plays, musicals and production shows from Shakespeare and Pinter to musicals and cabarets.

In 1998, she won a national singing competition with around 5000 entrants which led her to embrace a singing career. After leaving university and completing vocal training, she started to work at a Warner Hotel as a resident band singer and principal vocalist for the in-house production show for ten years.

She also auditioned in London’s West End and was short-listed for the role of Nancy in the BBC TV show “I’d do Anything”. Nicole enjoys being a music teacher, teaching all styles of singing and also works with Taunton Music Services teaching in local schools and colleges.

Julie Monument

Piano & Violin

Meet Julie Monument, a highly accomplished violinist and pianist with a passion for sharing her love of music through teaching. Julie honed her craft at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music, where she earned both an LRAM teaching diploma and a DIPRAM Recital Performance Diploma under the guidance of renowned professors like Manoug Parikian and Sidney Griller.

Julie’s professional career is as impressive as her academic background. She has held permanent positions as sub-principal violin with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and as a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her talents have also led her to freelance with many of the UK’s finest orchestras, including the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In addition to her orchestral work, Julie is a dedicated chamber musician who regularly performs in intimate settings.

With a wealth of experience spanning numerous years, Julie has taught at some of the UK’s most respected institutions, including Durham Chorister School, Dulwich College, and Kingston Grammar School. Her teaching is characterised by dedication and a deep understanding of her students’ needs, making her an inspiring mentor for musicians of all levels.

Ready to take your musical skills to the next level? Julie’s expertise and passion for teaching make her the perfect guide on your journey. Contact her today to arrange a lesson!

Tom Lloyd

Drums

Tom has been playing the drums for over 24 years. He graduated from
Bath Spa University with a degree in Commercial Music and has taught in and around Somerset ever since.

He teaches all styles of music, ages and abilities at Taunton Music and in local schools and colleges.

Claire Whitworth

Brass

Claire offers brass instrument tuition namely in trumpet, cornet, trombone, tenor horn, baritone horn, euphonium, Eb and Bb bass. Claire is an accomplished cornet player attaining grade 8 in 2006. She started learning trumpet in Bristol 34 years ago during which time she joined her local brass band and has been involved in brass bands ever since contesting for many different standards including section 1.

Claire is an active member of the West Somerset Brass Band and is involved in teaching members of the training band taking them through their grades. Claire is one of those passionate music teachers who really believe in the fulfilment and enjoyment that playing an instrument can bring.

Sarah Coulthard

Piano, Singing & Clarinet

Sarah has recently moved to Somerset from Northampton where she’s been playing and teaching music for many years, working in school and at St.Giles Music Studio with students of all ages and abilities, working towards grades or just for pleasure.

She started playing the piano aged 8, the clarinet at 12 and, while studying for her degree in Music and Drama, added the tenor sax in order to play in a production of The Threepenny Opera.

She’s played and sung in concert bands, dance bands and ceilidh bands, worked with school choirs and operatic societies and musical theatre productions both on stage and in the orchestra pit.

Justyna Michalowicz

Piano & Singing

My name is Justyna 😊

I graduated from Music School with a piano degree.

I’ve been a church organist for 20 years and lead a choir that performs services every Sunday. I have experience singing in a choir, having sung in the Makrotumia choir for 10 years under the baton of a renowned conductor.

Since 2005, I’ve been teaching singing and piano to children and young people. I have extensive experience working with children with special needs (SEND). I’ve led numerous music classes and Thrive Lessons with music, which allowed me to discover many new possibilities and develop these children, not only emotionally but also musically.

I’ve performed concerts in Europe and been a support act for famous stars, which gave me great satisfaction. Music is my life!