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), and has also been invited
to be part of the International Society of Bassists faculty
in Houston, Iowa and Kalamazoo. He has organised three
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.
