TEACHING & LANGUAGE COACHING

WHAT SOME OF MY STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY

  • Ted Black, Tenor (Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Graz)

    “I booked a course of ten lessons with Margaret a few months ahead of moving to Austria. Since I was moving to work at an opera house, she was able to tailor the programme specifically to what I needed, so we included a lot of technical vocab that I would come across in rehearsals. Our lessons really helped to boost my confidence when I made the move, and I felt comfortable speaking German by the time I relocated, both in professional and personal settings. I also found it very helpful to study with a non-native speaker - since Margaret had to learn the grammatical rules herself, she has a great understanding of how to explain them to others!”

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  • Jeremy Weiss, Baritone (Opera de Paris)

    “I moved from the US to Germany last year to pursue a singing career in Europe. At the time, i knew almost no German at all; I was barely able to order food at a restaurant. After a few months of work with Margaret, I was not only able to audition for agents and opera houses entirely in German, but I was able to have full conversations with taxi drivers about politics! Margaret is a brilliant language teacher because, unlike a native German teacher, she had to learn the language herself (to a level of fluency native Germans have trouble achieving). Margaret knows all of the tricks to learning German, and her teaching involves a multi-disciplinary approach that makes language learning fun and easy! I can’t recommend Margaret as a German teacher for musicians more highly!!!”

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  • Felicity Cliffe, Conductor

    “I have loved learning German with Margaret over the past couple of years. She’s everything you could ever want in a teacher: friendly and patience with a wealth of knowledge and the experience of moving from the UK and building a successful career as a musician in Germany. I feel that developing my language skills will open more doors for me in the future and I’m excited to see where it takes me”

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  • Henry Neill, Baritone (Theater an der Wien)

    “Margaret’s language coaching helped me so much with my work in Germany. Not just helping me when I first started working there but also preparing roles and getting to know the system. It also doesn’t hurt that she is really fun to work with. Highly recommend!”

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Margaret is an experienced teacher and coach in German, Italian and French and often teaches across these languages, flexibly translating between whichever language is most helpful for each student. Lessons cost 50 euros an hour, including all learning materials and resources and lessons are arranged to fit your schedule.

Among her pupils are ensemble members, soloists and conductors who perform regularly at many European opera houses including Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, and the Bayreuth Festival.

In addition to offering tailor-made, flexible one-to-one online lessons, she has also devised a course aimed at music and theatre professionals working in Germany.

Included in the course:

5 one-to-one online lessons

Music, theater and rehearsal-specific vocab lists and Quizlet sets

All relevant learning materials - no need to buy textbooks!

Help with German Life-Admin and applications

Anything else you might need to feel confident using German! 

All-inclusive cost: 250 EURO