[M.Ed and QTS teacher] Music Theory | Sight Reading | Ear Training lessons for all levels in Edinburgh and Online.

What a great guy. Attention for detail and makes the lessons for the children a lot of fun,
We started during the quarantine, and could not have had a better teacher. Joao has given our kids a great skill, his passion for music and the guitar and teaching is reflecting. Didn’t think that online teaching was going to be so easy, especially for children they are only 5 and 7.
Terribly happy!

Joao has been a great piano teacher. i m 42 and decided to start piano last february. Paino has been very patient and very flexible and has focus on the song i wanted to be able to play. i dont know how to ready music but i m progressing well to my opinion

Joao has been a great piano teacher. i m 42 and decided to start piano last february. Paino has been very patient and very flexible and has focus on the song i wanted to be able to play. i dont know how to ready music but i m progressing well to my opinion

Hi, Joao has been my teacher since March 2020. our lessons were fist at my place but ended up online because of the lockdown. It is going very well. Joao is a great teacher. He has a lot of patience ( i m a beginner and do not know how to read music) He has show me the pieces that i wanted to learn and I made great progress. i m even starting to read a bit of music! Very happy with the outcome so far! highly recommend him as piano teacher!

Translation from Portuguese:

I was João's piano student for 3 years and I enjoyed it very much! I really liked the repertoire he chose for me (Classical and Jazz) and his very personalized way of teaching.
He is nice, funny and we became great friends. In some of our classes he took the time and helped me develop and improve some of my personal projects.
The best piano teacher I've had.

João has asked me to write a recommendation letter for his appliance for a position as a music teacher. Having been his classmate and friend during our masters degree I feel I have a good perspective on his knowledge, skills and virtues.

While we were writing our masters thesis, I was able to accompany him on his journey, and heard of his obstacles and concerns. I noticed a deep concern for an understanding of what goes into the education of musicians, namely the repertoire utilized, but also elements of what can a teacher do in order to improve the learning of one's students. João is a very critical thinking person.
During our period as students I was also able to listen to his ideas and experiences he'd be having as a teacher during the week. He would be telling me in excitement how the choice of certain repertoire and class activities really resonated with his students, or in others days how certain activities did not have the impact on his students in the way he would like, showing that his work was not just inside the classroom, but was also something he would be thinking over during the rest of the week by figuring ways to motivate his students into learning music, something that João himself is very passionate about.

Cristiano Rocha

I loved having João as a teacher. I started my lessons with him around 4 years ago, only a short time after I started playing the saxophone. In that time, I made an enormous progress, not only as a saxophone student, but as a musician overall, and I can say that João motivated me to learn and practice for many more years to come. His technical competence made him an amazing teacher, and his personality made him a great friend, also because of his young age. I believe in his ability to develop a connection with any student and push them to their fullest potential, and although I am sad for not having him as a teacher anymore, I am truly happy for his career in England.

I loved having João as a teacher. I started my lessons with him around 4 years ago, only a short time after I started playing the saxophone. In that time, I made an enormous progress, not only as a saxophone student, but as a musician overall, and I can say that João motivated me to learn and practice for many more years to come. His technical competence made him an amazing teacher, and his personality made him a great friend, also because of his young age. I believe in his ability to develop a connection with any student and push them to their fullest potential, and although I am sad for not having him as a teacher anymore, I am truly happy for his career in England.

I have know João for over 10 years, as a school colleague and as a work colleague. João is a very nice and approachable person, who continuously strives to expand his knowledge and discover new ways of teaching and learning. Furthermore, João is a very dedicated and hard working teacher.

I have known João for over 10 years, as a school colleague and as a work colleague. João is a very nice and approachable person, who continuously strives to expand his knowledge and discover new ways of teaching and learning. He puts a lot of thought in every lesson he teaches and always tries his best to find diverse teaching strategies in order to answer to students' characteristics and needs. He is also a versatile musician and teacher, which means he can apply a diverse set of skills and knowledge in his music lessons. I have learned a lot with João who continues to inspire me in my professional life as a teacher and as a musician.