Music with Simone

Tuition for beginners to advanced students

Tuition for beginners to advanced students

Catering for students from ages 4 through to 70s+ with age appropriate activities, instruments and songs to cater for all interest, .

Yamaha Electone Organ tuition

For organ enthusiasts, a simple B series Yamaha as well as a top of the line Yamaha Electone HX-1 are available to play.

Exams and Performances

Students preparing for AGMS, AMEB, Con Brio, and Rockschool Piano exams and performances learn on a baby grand.

Meet the teacher

Simone Collins has over 40 years experience playing both piano and organ, is an accomplished performer, has published her own music arrangements, and has over 20 years of teaching experience.

Playing for enjoyment

Simone is happy to work with adults who would like to play for enjoyment, especially on the organ, regardless of age! Limited lesson slots are available during school hours.

Private music lessons in Canning Vale

Learn piano, organ, keyboard and theory of music with accredited music teacher Simone Collins in Canning Vale, Perth W.A.

Piano lessons are conducted as individual classes, not in groups. Each student receives personal one-on-one attention from Simone in her professional home studio in Canning Vale.

Simone also prepares students for exams, primarily through the AMEB, Rockschool, Con Brio and AGMS. With a speciality in modern / contemporary music, Simone is one of the most experienced teachers in Perth for successfully putting students through Rockschool Piano & Keys exams.

Student Portal

Terms and conditions that all new students and parents must agree to prior to commencement of lessons.

Adults who don't want to commit to a regular weekly lesson time can book lessons as needed at a mutually convenient time

Visit my YouTube Channel for piano tutorials and performance videos

Purchase music arranged by Simone Collins for beginners through to advanced players.

Gift certificates can be purchased to surprise a loved one with 3, 4 or 5 piano lessons and a book

Introducing rock drum lessons with Ariana

Our Canning Vale home studio has expanded to include rock drum lessons for beginners. Ariana Carot Collins is a WAAPA student and an experienced performer, as the drummer of Perth rock band The Ruby Keys.

Gold Award for Darshan

Congratulations to Darshan on earning a Gold Award for his Grade 2 keyboard solo in the 2026 Australian Guild of Music & Speech Virtual Festival!

New Online Store

I’ve launched a new webshop to sell my duplicate method, exam and pop music books. All these books are in brand new condition, but are significantly less than what you’d pay for them new in a music store currently. I’ll be progressively adding more books in coming days – they…

Spotlight on Pedagogy 2026

Lately I’ve been one to run professional development workshops for other teachers on a regular basis, but this weekend I took the opportunity to attend a workshop as a participant – the “Spotlight on Pedagogy” day run by the Australian Guild of Music & Speech. I’ve been to every workshop…

Launching MWS Publishing

With well over 60 arrangements now published, and having completed my first commission, I’ve decided to rebrand what started as the “Music With Simone Shop” into MWS Publishing. It’s taken a while to update the cover pages for all my arrangements to reflect the new domain and republish them all,…

Con Brio Certificates Have Arrived!

We’ve been waiting for 3 months now for the certificates to arrive for the December Con Brio piano exams! They’re finally here, and will be handed out to students this week. Congratulations to all who completed exams in December.

Self-Publishing Webinar | 15 Mar 2026

On 15th March 2026, I will be presenting a webinar for the WA Music Education Network on self-publishing music and music resources. This is an area I have a special interest in, having now self-published over 60 arrangements with a variety of publishers, including my own MWS Publishing. I’ve presented…

My First Commission

In February I took on my first commission, when an organist friend passed on a request he received through WAMTA. It was for 10 recordings of hymns on the organ, which will be turned into a video with lyrics for people to sing along to. I wrote the arrangements, with…

Volunteering at the Lorde Tour

I had a wonderful evening volunteering with Reverb at Lorde’s “Ultrasound” tour in Perth tonight. I’d previously signed up as a volunteer with Green Music Australia, and they kindly passed on the opportunity. I spent 3.5 hours at the Reverb Action Village, encouraging concert goers to take actions related to…

Effective Marketing for Musicians Webinar 2026

Today I presented a webinar through the WA Music Education Network that I had first presented to the WA Music Teachers’ Association in 2023. It was updated with even more real examples of how making simple yet effective changes to text on websites can make an enormous difference to the…

Video Exams Webinar 2026

Today, through the WA Music Education Network, I presented an updated version of a Video Exams Webinar that I had first presented through the WA Music Teachers’ Association 2 years ago. The vast majority of my students take advantage of video exam options for their music grades. There are a…