Georgiana Hughes: “What impressed me most about the DO is the sense of community.”

Georgiana Hughes: "What impressed me most about the DO is the sense of community."

11/9/2022 - 4:00pm

Georgiana is our flute teacher. She supported us at a concert, and from then on she stayed. She comes from a coastal town in Wales, UK, which has its own language. What she likes most about music education is that you can connect “with so many different people and that there is always something new to learn, discover and share.”

"The atmosphere is always so warm, friendly and an open space to be yourself, try something new and create music."

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How do the students call you? Do they give you a nickname?
Everyone knows me as Georgiana, but you can call me George!
What is the name of your hometown…in what country?
I am from a small coastal town in Wales called Aberystwyth. Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, but it has its own language. If you want to say Hello in Welsh, you can say Shwmae! (pronounced shoo-mai).
What zodiac sign are you?
I am Cancer which is the Crab!
What do you love most about working with music education?
I love connecting with so many different people and that there is always something new to learn, discover, and share.
What makes you happy?
Music of course – playing, listening, creating. I also love being outdoors in nature, as well as running, reading, cooking, watching movies and spending time with family and friends.
What is your favorite book?
Always a hard question and I think it's impossible for me to answer as it always changes. I like reading all different types of books and some great authors I have read recently include Philip Pullman, David Nicholls, Simone de Beauvoir and David Sedaris.
What is your favorite movie?
I have many many favorites.. The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Batman, James Bond, Gladiator.. Dune was also an amazing movie!
What is your favorite song?
Now that’s definitely too difficult to choose!
Something from your bucket lists, what are you going to do next?
Since moving to Sweden, it has been on my bucket list to see the northern lights and to visit Kiruna. I would also like to learn to ski!
Why did you become interested in teaching at DO?
When living in Glasgow, I worked with El Sistema Scotland and was so inspired and loved working there. I was keen to become involved with El Sistema once I moved to Sweden and heard so many great things about Dream Orchestra. I volunteered to take part in a concert they were having in January, and I had so much fun playing with everyone so then it continued from there.
Tell us about your experience as a teacher, where else have you taught
I began teaching privately when I was living in the United Kingdom and then started teaching at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Early Years Programme as a substitute teacher and at El Sistema Scotland and East Renfrewshire Primary School. I currently still teach privately but also as a teacher for The International School of Gothenburg as well as for Keys of Change for whom I teach students in Ghana and India every week online.
What has surprised you to work at DO?
The sense of community. The atmosphere is always so warm, friendly and an open space to be yourself, try something new and create music.
At DO, every student has the opportunity to learn at its own pace, what do you think of that?
I think it is so valuable and such an amazing possibility. We all have different ways of learning and by allowing each student to move at their own pace, it enables them to grow, build confidence and develop in their own way.

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