Anna Bacon was born in London, studied at the Royal College of Music and Cambridge University obtaining an MA Honours degree. At Cambridge she appeared as a soloist and
performed at several concerts including with Emmanuel College Choir. Anna has been teaching (violin, piano and theory) for many years to children aged 4-17 and adults from beginner to
diploma level. She has tutored the violin section of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and several of her pupils have been awarded music scholarships to top independent
schools and places in the National Children’s Orchestra of GB. She successfully prepares pupils for their ABRSM exams with a 100% success rate for pupils being awarded either Merit or
Distinction.
Anna has performed at venues such as the Barbican, St. John’s Smith Square and Royal Albert Hall (under the batons of Keith Lockhart and Tim Garrard). As a 1st violinist Anna regularly performs with I Maestri Orchestra, London Concert Sinfonia, Albion Chamber Orchestra and sings with Westminster Choral Society. She regularly attends Master classes at the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music, including classes with Nicola Benedetti, Ivry Gitlis, Alina Ibramigova, Gyorky Pauk, Maxim Vengerov and Pinchas Zukerman. Anna has 2 teenage boys of her own, both violinists, and therefore appreciates the needs of both children and adults. She is a passionate advocate for music and believes music unites us and can be enjoyed by all children no matter what their ability level is.
Anna is a member of the Music Teachers Association
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3 Reviews on “Anna Bacon”
Wonderful
Written by Cn M
We have been extremely pleased with Anna–she is reliable, caring and clearly dedicated to music. She makes each lesson personal, responding to the student’s ability and learning style.She is inspiring and her excitement for the violin is infectious.
Subject: Violin
Outcome: Very positive
Anna is excellent, very professional, pleasant, she conveys the knowledge she has
very well. Pleasant and very nice person.
Danijela Date: November 2021
We are really happy to have Anna as a tutor for our son. She is helping him to lay the firm foundations which he has previously missed out on and he is very keen to improve also. We can see immediate improvement in just these few lessons and we love the detailed feedback that we receive at the end of each lesson. He now has specifics to work on for the next lesson. Anna is giving us what we’ve always thought that good teaching should be. Thank you very much Anna.
Erel Date: March 2021
“Superb teacher” My eight year old daughter has been learning the violin from Anna for about a year and my wife and I are extremely pleased with the progress she has made. Having learned the piano from various teachers when I was a child, I feel many teachers find it difficult to build a sound foundation in young kids before the pieces become more and more difficult – sooner or later, the poor foundation catches up to you and you hit a ceiling (as was the case with myself!). Anna has done a great job at building my daughter’s foundation. She has high standards and expectations, but at the same time, she knows when it is time to move on. The same technique would be covered in different ways, and I have been surprised to see how my daughter would be able to play previously-difficult passages much better when revisiting it after a few months. She mixes in theory and performance techniques in a very natural manner as well. She also encourages the creative side, sending music scores (sometimes written by herself!) for popular tunes that my daughter tries to play on the violin – this has been a great fun. Anna’s feedbacks are meticulous; her notes after the class provide a summary of an achievable number of action points. It has been a great joy for me that I can now play pieces together with my daughter. We are very lucky to have Anna and would recommend her to any dedicated student.
Joji Date: October 2020