North London Colourstrings - helping children successfully learn music since 1995

Frankie began her career as a musician in 1996, as a Colourstrings kindergarten assistant. She has progressed to kindergarten teacher, head of kindergarten, deputy to Deborah Harris, musicianship and piano teacher. Frankie is passionate about her complementary roles, developing her students as well as herself.

 

Frankie continues to study piano with Danielle Salamon and has gained several teaching diplomas in piano [GSMD Cert Piano (Hons), EPTA Ped (Disn), ABRSMDip]. She studies musicianship privately with Robert Manning.

 

Frankie has a BA (Hons) in Philosophy with Cognitive Studies from Sussex University, the highlight of which was an essay on how children can learn anything if it is presented to them in concrete terms.  She feels privileged to experience Colourstrings, enabling the child to become innately musical, and feels that being a Colourstrings teacher is unique in that she has taught some children from toddlers to teenagers and seen them flower as people as well as musicians.

 

After graduating Frankie trained with one of the top five chartered accountancy firms, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1990.  She worked in computer and general audit, audit automation - training staff and developing expert systems, and finally as an audit training manager supervising and training new graduates in computer skills, time management and how to supervise staff.

 

Frankie is married with three very individual daughters. She is a passionate mother and an outspoken wife.  She enjoys evenings with close friends, running round Clissold Park, cycling back and forth to Muswell Hill, her husband’s cooking and being with her family.  She lives in Holloway.

Francesca Papadakis