Cello and/ or music theory - any age, any level, any musical taste

From 54 € /h

My name is Dorelle, and I have been playing the cello and piano since childhood. Teaching has always been an essential part of my journey, alongside my professional career as a cellist in various ensembles and orchestras.

My lessons adapt to any age, any level, any musical taste.
Classical, pop, film music, improvisation... Anything is possible and open to exploration!

For me, music is an enriching experience based on exchange. I enjoy playing alongside my students because it creates a friendly and motivating environment. I guide children with interactive and playful methods, and offer adults and teenagers a structured approach to progress with confidence.

What I propose :
✔️ A relaxed posture – Learn to play efficiently and without tension.
✔️ A personalized approach – Lessons adapted to your musical taste and goals.
✔️ Building confidence – Develop technique, musicality, and self-expression.
✔️ A safe space – It’s okay to make mistakes. Be kind to yourself!

Location

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Around Brussels, Belgium

Around Mechelen, Belgium

Around Antwerp, Belgium

At teacher's location :

Van Benedenlaan, 2800 Malines, Belgique

Online from Belgium

About Me

My name is Dorelle, and I have been playing the cello and piano since childhood. I grew up in Paris and pursued a double degree in music and 3D animation, as I’ve always been passionate about the arts in all their forms. Teaching has always been an essential part of my journey, alongside my professional career as a cellist in various ensembles and orchestras.

My lessons adapt to any age, any level, any musical taste.
Classical, pop, film music, improvisation... Anything is possible and open to exploration!

Over the years, I built a small class of students, happily teaching music theory and cello side by side when needed — which creates a solid foundation for progress. Additionally, I worked as an assistant teacher at the Huy Academy for three summers, working with both children and adults.

For me, music is an enriching experience based on exchange. I enjoy working and playing alongside my students because it creates a friendly and motivating environment. I guide children with interactive and playful methods, and offer adults and teenagers a structured approach to progress with confidence.

What I propose :
✔️ A relaxed posture – Learn to play efficiently and without tension.
✔️ A personalized approach – Lessons adapted to your musical taste and goals.
✔️ Building confidence – Develop technique, musicality, and self-expression.
✔️ A safe space – It’s okay to make mistakes. Be kind to yourself!

Education

- 2020 : Master's degree for pedagogy, specifically cello, Arts2 Mons.
- 2019 : Master's degree, Lemmensinstituut, Leuven, with Amy Norrington.
- 2016 : Erasmus à la Musik Hochschule de Mainz, with Manuel Fischer Dieskau.
- 2016: Licence avec disctinction au sein de l'IMEP, Namur.
- 2014 : Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales au CRR de Boulogne Billancourt, mention bien.
- 2011 - 2014 : Licence en réalisation de contenu numérique, 3D, à LISAA.
- 2009 : IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education), English diploma for native speakers.
- 2009 - 2010 : Musical Studies Diploma, CRR Georges Gorse, piano and cello.
- 2008 - 2010 : Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera, niveau débutant et intermédiaire acquis.

Experience / Qualifications

- 2020 - : celllist for Candlelight concerts, stand-in for different Belgian orchestras (Frascati, Opéra Royal de Wallonie), private teacher.
- 2019 : Cellist, festival Musica Occupa, Ecuador
- Summer 2017, 2018 et 2019 : Assistant teacher, académie de Huy
- 2018 : Cellist in a play called Bug, with 21 shows in Belgium.
- Eté 2016 : Chautauqua Institution, a music festival in NY state, USA.
- 2007 - 2015 : Cellist in different amateur orchestras and teaching privately.
Private lessons for music theory as well as cello, on a regular basis, for children and adults.
Orchestras : OJAL, OJBDP, orchestre du CRR de Boulogne Billancourt, Oya Kephale.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

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Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

45 minutes

60 minutes

90 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in

French

English

Dutch

Skills

Cello

Music theory lessons

Children's music

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Nate

4.9

(21)

" UNIQUE "
What if telling your story with music could be fun and playful?

Don't waste hours going around in circles, constantly searching for videos on YouTube to learn in a simple and structured way.

To finally be able to express your feelings, your emotions, all through the guitar?

It's possible! And what we'll see through my lessons: you'll learn how to tune the instrument, practice its first chords, and quickly play your first songs.

Develop your ear and musical identity by exploring styles such as pop, rock, country, blues, jazz, bossa nova, funk just to name a few.

Discover and explore the richness of scales and modes to combine them with playing expressions like hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato, bends... Does that sound like Chinese to you? I understand. Through my lessons, all of this will no longer hold any secrets for you!

Whether you have no experience or a few weeks of practice under your belt, we will go step by step, taking into account your level, so that you progress at your own pace.

Without forgetting the most important thing: have fun!

Mario

4.9

(21)

I teach Classical Piano, Jazz, Pop, Variety, Rock, Solfege and Harmony, for beginners or for more advanced levels and for all ages (children, teenagers, adults). I also work with the singers who need to learn the chords and general bases of Harmony applied to the Piano.

Ana

4.9

(21)

I am a cello teacher, musical awakening and music theory. My classes are for people of all ages. From toddlers to adults.

I graduated with two bachelor's degrees from the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid and the Koninklijke Conservatorium Brussels.

I graduated from the Master's degree at the Koninklijke Conservatorium Brussels with Olsi Leka, principal cellist of the Belgian National Orchestra.

Here you have the opportunity to offer your children the best gift in the world... Learn the long way about music: a beautiful and fun introduction to music.

My classes are in Spanish, English and French.
I would be really happy to help you!

Isabel

4.9

(21)

Musician with several years of experience in education and art, graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and The Hague (Netherlands).
All ages and levels are welcome!
Classes in my studio at Forest (altitude 100) or at the student's home (travel expenses to be discussed).
For any further information, do not hesitate to contact me on Apprentus.

Gabriele

4.9

(21)

With this course you have the great occasion to learn and improve how to play the Violin, how to read and intepretate Music. Any level is very welcome! I'll be happy to teach you at your location, or online. If you are interested, drop me a message! Education is unstoppable! Be positive 👍☺️

Maxime

4.9

(21)

Pedagogy:

Focused on the student and his own objectives. I will try to guide you towards a plan that will correspond to your desires, while proposing a working method based on the pleasure of playing together, rigor, musical culture and theoretical knowledge.

My favorite repertoire is jazz, bossa, funk, but I also like to offer pieces from classical and pop, accompanying you on the piano to get you used to playing in a group.

All levels and all ages welcome.

Camille

4.9

(21)

Our teacher using, if necessary, an electro-acoustic guitar to better accompany your voice and guide some of its subtleties, the teaching philosophy is adapted to each level, according to the pace of work and motivation.

Program :
- musical techniques: theory (examples: support, modes, colors, effects such as vibrato, etc.) automatically followed, for each of the exercises, by practice (examples: exercises focusing on accuracy, sound production, "mountains Russian ", time, note hold, diction, vowels etc.)
- work on breathing and breathing management
- body awareness
- stability
- resonance
- improvisation / free expression
- improved vocal comfort
- varied repertoire (adapting to your preference)
- well-being by the vibration of the voice
- personal or artistic development - accuracy, note keeping and precision - vocal modes including timbre
- volumes: softness and power - sound colors: from dark to light - vocal effects, range requirements - nuances: volumes, mimics, attitudes, sound quality - exploration of musical styles (folk, pop, classical, blues, rock, song, World music ...)
- improvisation, effects and vocal games, harmonies
-interpretation: work on emotions, body language, stage presence.

Objective: acquire a solid vocal technique allowing you to sing with accuracy, ease and expressiveness.

Musical learning meanwhile, will develop your ability to listen and reproduce music, your sense of rhythm, your expressiveness, your creativity and musicality as well as reading sheet music.

The work is focused on multidisciplinarity: voice, vocal health, music and bodily expressiveness, with an emphasis on the acquisition of an optimal vocal placement, on stress management in public and on interpretation.

This progressive and tailor-made method aims to develop your voice:
-Breathing techniques
-Vocalises and technical exercises adapted to needs;
- Repertoire work
- Accompaniment for studio recording and scenic performance
-dynamic exploration, diversification and release of one's voice while having fun and going beyond one's limits.

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TEACHER / TRAINER

Trained in Grandes Ecoles in France and the United States (Ivy League University), our teacher has specialized and has been working for more than 15 years, in North America and Europe, in the field, in international establishments renowned, and oriented on one axis: effective training with pedagogy and meticulous methodology as the watchwords.

PLACES, FEES
- Locations: Geneva-Lausanne-Friborg-Neuchâtel-Montreux-Bâle-Sion-Sierre-Morges-Bienne. But currently, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid. These sessions also seem to be perfectly unanimous since they have the advantages of direct (example: quality of the interaction), without its disadvantages (ex: loss of travel time), with additional advantages (ex: of notes on the chat, which can be reread afterwards). In this context, these videoconference sessions for which you have requested me, seem to arouse a certain enthusiasm (and a certain enthusiasm). At your request, I therefore continue to offer them.

Lorraine

4.9

(21)

Student at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, I offer cello lessons for beginners and intermediate level. My classes are aimed at anyone who wants to start learning this art, or for children who are curious and interested in this art. I find great pleasure in transmitting my passion, which is music, while making people discover that we can appreciate the rigor and seriousness that we must apply to it.

Emidio

4.9

(21)

Are you a beginner?? No worries: no experience is required! 😁
I can teach you the basics to produce sounds with your saxophone: position of the embouchure (teeth, tongue, lips and vocal cords' position, an element often forgotten), fingerings, use of diafragma,...
After the first two lessons spent on the mouthpiece and neck for the sound production, we will immediately start to play some super easy duos together to practice your capacity of listening, pay attention to the other, ear training as well. I normally use the book of Peter Wastall (titled Learn as you play) as support, but it is not mandatory. There are plenty of good books btw!

Are you an intermediate / advanced student?? I am sure you can still improve in all the basics, but on a different level. I'll teach you the importance of the "voicing" (technique named by the american saxophonist and pedagogue Donald Sinta) to improve your sound production and projection as well as the capacity of correcting and improving the intonation. You can learn all about phrasing and music interpretation, from tonal music until contemporary atonal compositions. And still, you can improve your playing together, practicing in duo on different aspects like tuning, balance, interpretation, performance etc.

Book a lesson and try! If you are not happy, give me a feedback and go on. If you are happy, I will be happy to help you becoming a good musician!

Boris

4.9

(21)

Lessons in piano, harpsichord, and historical and modern cello, with program and repertoire, adapted to the goals and speed of each student, whether young, not so young, or adult, for a general introduction to these instruments, for preparation for high music education, as a supplementary aid for exams in music academies, or for a hobby, or for amateur group music-making, or for developing qualities as concentration, coordination, discipline, expressibility, awareness of styles and music history.
In my teaching, I rely mostly on old traditional methods, books, and repertoire, which have proved their efficiency over the time. I also make use of the teaching tradition of partimenti of the old Neapolitan conservatories - exercises for composing that can be applied from early stage. This not only adds a creative element soon after very beginning, but also teaches via practice the basics of harmony and polyphony.
Lessons can be combined (+30min.) with theory/solfege (ear training), if the student wishes.
English, Nederlands, française, Deutsch.
I have been teaching for more than 15 years, privately, in Brussels, and in New York in the past, more than 100 students.
I am a graduate of Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, in baroque cello and harpsichord, but I play also modern cello organ, and piano.

Paco

4.9

(21)

Would you like to learn to play the flute? Are you applying for any conservatoire? Would you like to be a professional musician? Do you want to have fun learning music?
I am here to help you! I studied music in Spain, Poland and now at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. I have been teaching for so many years and I adapt the lessons to all the levels and to what would you like to improve.
If you are interested in music theory (history of music, music theory, harmony...) or in learning flute! Just go for it!!

Camille

4.9

(21)

As a professional pianist with a passion for teaching, I have been teaching piano and music theory for 10 years now, at conservatories, music schools, and private lessons. I hold a performance license from the Rouen Conservatory and a master's degree in teaching from the Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie de Namur. I adapt to each student's profile so that they can flourish musically!

Bastien

4.9

(21)

✍️ Do you want to learn musical composition but you feel lost and don't know where to start?
🎓 This composition course develops the essential points for learning composition: classical harmony, jazz and pop; construction of a melody, rhythms and grooves, as well as the basics of orchestration!
✅ The course always has a practical purpose. During the course, theory and analysis of works are covered, then I offer exercises to carry out at home with guaranteed weekly follow-up.

🎯 Perfect for beginners or those who want to deepen their harmonic/rhythmic knowledge.

No need for knowledge of music theory!

Carlo

4.9

(21)

Courses to learn or improve your mastery of the violin or viola. I hope to be able to teach you all the basics of the instrument in a fun and calm way. If you are passionate about music and more particularly about these instruments, I encourage you to try it with me!

Gonçalo

4.9

(21)

Music is part of our days and it has so much effect on us, so why not give it a try and learn more about it?
I will teach you how to play an instrument and also give you more understanding of Music in any other aspect be it the cello!

I can introduce you the Cello but also give more intensive lessons.

There is not a specific age for someone who wants to learn to start. I am glad to be your guide line for something new or improve your skills!