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Carlos Sheppard. Teaching bio
Professional Guitarist | Guitar Educator | Composer | Musical Director
Carlos Sheppard is an accomplished professional guitarist, performer and educator with over 30 years of teaching experience, including more than 25 years as a peripatetic guitar teacher.
Alongside his teaching career, Carlos has enjoyed an extensive career as a professional performing musician, performing internationally and working with accomplished musicians across a variety of musical styles. His experience as a live performer brings an invaluable dimension to his teaching, inspiring pupils and encouraging them to develop their musical confidence and creativity.
Carlos has extensive experience teaching pupils of all ages and abilities, from Year 1 through to A-Level. He provides individual, small-group and whole-class guitar tuition, preparing students for Trinity and Royal Academy graded guitar examinations. He is also a qualified teacher-assessor for the Royal Academy of Music's Music Medals programme and is DBS checked.
As an experienced composer, arranger and musical director, Carlos has written numerous original compositions and arrangements for schools and has directed many successful guitar ensembles.
He currently delivers whole-class guitar tuition in schools across Hertfordshire and Haringey. His original compositions and arrangements are widely used within both music services' whole-class instrumental teaching programmes.
Performance is at the heart of Carlos's teaching philosophy. Drawing on his extensive professional performing career, he strongly believes that every pupil should experience the excitement and satisfaction of making music with others. He actively creates opportunities for his students to perform in school concerts, assemblies and public performances.
Carlos combines his passion for music with a friendly, enthusiastic and encouraging approach to teaching. His aim is not simply to develop technical ability, but to inspire confidence, creativity and a lifelong enjoyment of music.
