John Metcalf

• Specialist piano tuition. 1-2-1, groups and whole class.
• Head of Piano Department managing a team of 20.

Monitoring, pastoral care, leading curriculum meetings, induction, client and tutor liaison, portal/database management, schedule supervision, recruitment.

• Head of Music Centre responsibilities:

Wellbeing of students and staff, Management of Group Directors, liaising with venues, pupil registration, risk assessments, Health and Safety, First Aid, concert programming and hosting.

• Exam Accompaniment Service responsibilities:

Accompanying students in exams when necessary.

Allocating candidates to accompanists.

Ensuring thorough preparation.

• Curriculum Recital responsibilities:

Organiser of curriculum recitals with Rock and Pop Band. Engaging students and inspiring them to enrol for tuition.

Piano/keys in rock bands:

1994-96:

Royal Abjar Hotel Dubai

1996-97:

Annabelle Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus

1998-2001:

Orchestral keys for the UK touring Opera Company "Opera Box" including productions of La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata, Tales Of Hoffmann.

2001-2020:

Freelance work fitted around self-employed and contractual teaching duties, including engagements to perform Gregson's Homage for Wind and Piano, Grieg's Piano Concerto, and a sizeable number of Musical Theatre productions.

First contact with customers on the fault repair team.

Responsible for diagnoses of telecommunications problems where necessary, and reporting the fault to the correct engineers.