After teaching violin, viola and piano both privately and in schools for over fifteen years, Isabel has extensive teaching experience across all ages of students. Isabel has taught at various schools in Australia including Shelford Girls Grammar, St Leonards College, Firbank Grammar, Bialik College and The Peninsula School in Melbourne. She has also taught at the University of Western Australia, All Saints College and Peter Carnley Anglican Community School in Perth Western Australia. She is currently teaching violin and viola at Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School.
Isabel has also performed and designed various education workshops that have toured schools all around Australia. This includes the Musica Viva in Schools tour of an interactive show call Fiddlesticks and the Opera Australia education workshops around regional Australia. Isabel has also worked as a string tutor as a part various music camps such as the State Music Camp in Victoria and the educational program, National Orchestras For All, as a part of their Winter Sessions in London.
Having taught various levels of violin, viola and piano from beginner to university standard, Isabel has learnt that it is the role of the teacher to adjust to the various needs of the student, whether it be a focus on technique, physical ease, musicality or simply just having fun with music! Isabel is also familiar with the various exam systems and requirements if the student wishes to undertake them.