What are the main difficulties that a student with dyslexia faces while learning music and specifically an instrument? Maria Nikitidou, a Curriculum Music Teacher, will lead this talk based on her ongoing research on Music and Dyslexia.

The talk will touch upon the following questions; how to identify the signs that your music student might be dyslexic? Which are the main difficulties that dyslexic students have during a music lesson? How to best support their musical learning? Alongside this, some practical tips and easy-to-make resources will be offered.

This session is open to parents, music teachers and instrumental teachers/tutors. The session will last for one hour, with an optional Q&A session for the last 30 minutes.

About the speaker

Maria Nikitidou is a pianist and educator that believes that music is for everyone. She's a classically trained pianist with a strong background in education (MA in Piano Performance and Education from Trinity Laban and BA in Primary Education with QTS). She's currently working as a Curriculum Music Teacher and a private piano tutor.

After gaining long experience of working with students with SEND, she developed the Piano and Dyslexia project which is an ongoing research project and she plans to enhance it from the Neuroscience perspective during her future studies at Goldsmiths (MSc in Music, Mind and Brain). For more information visit: www.pianonmore.com.