Peter McLachlan

Peter McLachlan has been teaching Double Bass for 20 years. He has completed a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Music (performance), is a member of the Institute of Music Teachers and has also studied the Suzuki and Kodaly methods of teaching music.

Peter has played with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra and has taught classroom music and lectured at TAFE SA and Tabor College.

He currently teaches double bass and guitar privately at the BassWorks Studio and for the education department at several Adelaide schools.

He is also the director of BassWorks Australia, an organisation that is actively involved in music education and the promotion of the double bass. As an author he has developed the Knowing Music Inside Out series, which are published by Note Play Music.

Peter has been on the faculty of the Washington Summer Bass Workshop (1999, 2003, 2005, 2006), and has also been invited to be part of the International Society of Bassists faculty in Houston, Iowa and Kalamazoo. He has organised five very successful National Double Bass workshops in Australia.

He is an enthusiast who loves learning and teaching, developing new teaching materials, performing, and instrument building and believes that inspiration is the main ingredient that motivates people to make rapid progress. He is a dedicated teacher who has inspired many of his students to become successful professional musicians.
 
 

>> See Also....

• "Choosing a Teacher" by Peter and Katie McLachlan Teacher -pdf
• "Equipping the Beginner" by George Vance - Equip.pdf