Why study with Barry?

  • Over 20 years of teaching experience in music
  • Over 9 years of teaching music at the tertiary level
  • Taught and trained countless piano teachers and school music teachers.
  • Over 90% students achieved Distinction and Merit in piano and theory exams in 2016.
  • Over 60% students achieved Distinction in piano and theory exams, including a student who was invited to ABRSM High Scorers’ Concert in Auckland.
  • Currently a guest lecturer at the University of Auckland and an external marker at the Education University of Hong Kong.
  • Regularly invited as an adjudicator and examiner in Hong Kong and Auckland.
  • PhD candidate at the University of Auckland, Master of Music at the New York University, LTCL(Distinction) in Piano Recital.
  • His current/past regular students are from:
    • ACG Senior College
    • Baverstock Oaks School
    • Botany Downs Secondary College
    • Bucklands Beach Intermediate
    • Cockle Bay School
    • Elim Christian College
    • Farm Cove Intermediate
    • Macleans College
    • Mission Heights Junior College
    • Mission Heights Primary School
    • Owairoa School
    • Pakuranga College
    • Point View School
    • Remuera School
    • Remuera Intermediate
    • Sancta Maria Catholic College
    • St Kentigern College
    • St Mark’s Catholic School
    • Sunnyhills School
    • Wakaaranga School
    • Willowbank School