Piano Lessons with Brieley Cutting

Ross Street, Forest Lodge NSW, Australia 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay NSW, Australia

Piano Lessons

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• Qualifications: DMA, MMus, PGDip, BMus(Hon), AMusA, ANAM alumnus, Churchill Fellow
• Pricing: $120-140/hr
• Styles: Classical
• Suitability: Beginner through to tertiary and professional

Bio

Dr Brieley Cutting welcomes students who are dedicated to developing their skills, from beginner and school-aged students studying for AMEB exams, to tertiary and professional levels.

Brieley has been based in Sydney since 2020 and currently teaches from the Dr Brieley Cutting Piano Studio on Ross St in Forest Lodge (close to Glebe and Annandale). She has also commenced teaching from Hayes Street Studio in Neutral Bay.

For those who become part of Brieley’s Studio, they receive one-to-one lessons on a grand piano, regular Studio Newsletters with updates and information, and they can be a part of Student Concerts. Aspects of technique, sound production and style are central to Brieley’s teaching, alongside encouragement to develop individual musicianship and career pathways.

​Brieley’s students have graduated with bachelor and masters degrees, attained AMEB Diplomas, and been prizewinners in piano competitions and eisteddfods. Her students regularly receive distinctions and high distinctions for their practical examinations.

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Brieley’s main teachers have included Oleg Stepanov, Natasha Vlassenko, Timothy Young, Rita Reichman, Pamela Page, Max Olding, Ruth Nye and Stephen Emmerson.

During her studies, Brieley Cutting competed in selected piano competitions. Experiences included becoming the National Keyboard Winner of the ABC Young Performers Awards (2006) and receiving Second Placing in the Kerikeri National Piano Competition in New Zealand, the first year it went international (2010).

Brieley holds Bachelor (First Class Honours) and Masters Degrees in Performance from the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, and she studied for four years in the Performance Program at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne. She was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance (Distinction) from the Royal College of Music in London and completed doctoral studies in 2016 whilst on scholarship at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. As a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Brieley continued with further studies in London, Amsterdam and New York.

Brieley received her AMusA from the Australian Music Examinations Board aged eleven years.

​Teaching experience includes successfully guiding students through AMEB piano practical exams for over 20 years, working as Lecturer in Classical Piano at the Australian Institute of Music for nearly 5 years, being invited to adjudicate for the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and Sydney Eisteddfod, working as examiner and accompanist at the University of Queensland School of Music, and assisting as Lecturer at the University of New England (NSW).

Brieley is a Full Member of the Music Teachers’ Association of New South Wales  and a Steinway Educational Partner.

Teaching Info

I welcome students who have a genuine interest in learning. In lessons, I work to encourage students to be the best they can be in consideration of their talents and lifestyles, and excellence is promoted. Aspects of technique, style and sound production are priorities, alongside how to create notes into music unique to each player. I advocate the appreciation of music in general, knowledge of music theory, and I encourage discussion of music careers and the music industry.