Marcus Penrose

Musician

MARCUS PENROSE:

DOUBLE BASS TEACHER

Teaching double bass since 2000
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Marcus is an experienced professional bassist, composer and teacher based in London
Currently offering bespoke ONLINE tuition from his home studio through Zoom or Skype
Check out a portfolio of his performance work here
  • Learn to play the King of the string instruments!
  • Carefully planned lessons with a friendly, experienced professional
  • Become the heartbeat of any band / ensemble
  • Bass guitarist who needs help adapting to the upright?
  • Also offering music theory lessons from beginners to advanced

About Marcus Penrose:

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Marcus was a musician from an early age, initially being taught and encouraged by his Father who played in popular Cornish bands in the 1960’s and it’s thanks to him and many other inspiring teachers that Marcus became a professional bass player.
Marcus studied music at Middlesex University and the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and has lived and worked as a musician in the capital ever since. He has performed extensively in the London jazz scene and has played at prestigious venues such as the Vortex, Jazz Cafe and Pizza Express, Soho as well as festivals like Glastonbury, Shetland Folk Festival and Fengaros in Cyprus. Performances have also taken him to France, Germany, Portugal and many other locations.
Marcus has remained a versatile and open minded musician and has worked with artists from the world of folk and blues such as Ben Faulkner’s Bonfire Band and Adam Beattie and singer-songwriters such as Baxter Dury, son of the legendary Ian Dury as well as some of the Uk’s most innovative jazz artists.
He has played on over a dozen commercially available albums as well as sessions for library and film and tv music.
In recent years Marcus has also worked extensively as a composer. In 2018 he was involved in creating and performing music for the comedy theatre show ‘The Lost Disc’ in Soho Theatre and in the same year he co-wrote the original musical score for a hit version of A Christmas Carol with the internationally renowned Theatre company, Spymonkey. It was performed at Liverpool Playhouse.
He composed an album of original compositions with his trio, Aurelius. The album was released in late 2018 and has received some great reviews. double bass lessons double bass teacher online double bass lessons double bass lessons on zoom upright bass lessons online

Double bass teaching career:

Private teaching practice since 2000. Former students have gone on to further study at the renowned Purcell music school and The Royal Academy of Music in London.
Harris Academy schools in South London
Southwark Music Service, London
Greenwich Music Service, London

 

Lesson options

Lessons will take place online using Zoom. Before commiting to lessons, I offer every new student a free 30 minute session to get setup and to make sure we can see and hear each other properly. This will save time in the first paid lesson and gives us a chance to have a quick ‘virtual’ cup of tea and a chat. From then, lessons are priced as follows:

1 hour online £40

45 minutes online £30

30 minutues online £22 

Contact me

If you’d like to discuss any of the lesson options above or if you’d like to enquire about booking your first lesson, please contact me throught the form below: