Charlotte Mairi O’Carroll

 Glasgow and Western Isles areas

Email – charlotteocarroll88@gmail.com

Telephone - 07496019218

Professional profile

My name is Charlotte O’Carroll, I am currently studying at Riverside Music College in Busby. Riverside Music College has allowed me to work with other musicians much more. I have been in two bands from the start of the school year in august 2023, till may of 2024. In these bands I have been able to work on my harmonies and become better at singing and working with other people. This helped in making me produce fitting harmonies and helped me with covering many different euouaes of music that i typically would not have sung as someone who normally does music on my own. By being in the band it also gave me and the other members of the band the opportunity to perform live gigs, these gigs where both held at the classic grand in which we were instructed to come up with a set list and also a music playlist for the 20 minutes our bands where setting up in which had to match the vibes of our set list. Overall, by being put into bands i found it greatly beneficial as it not only made the variety of the music genres i sing much more broader but also but made me have much more experience in working with other singers, making it now much more easier to pick up and make harmonies.

Also, at Riverside the vocal coach for the singer helped me improve my range and belting ability for high notes. This again was helped tormentingly in making me a much more stronger singer. By having these lessons once, a week it improved my breathing control and helped me in sustaining the long notes in songs.

 

Prior to attending Riverside Music College I did a lot of gigs by myself or sang solo in choirs. During primary school i sang in our school choir for the mods, travelling to Uist and Stornoway entering in choirs and also solos. I also was given the opportunity to go to Glasgow with my secondary school and sang solo for the Celtic Connation's when representing the Isle of Barra in the Royal Concert Hall. When i lived in Barra i also got to sing for charity events and Ceilidh's. During these events i normally accompanied myself on the guitar and or was singing with a small band, which usauly included a keyboard fiddle and guitar. By having these skills prior to my time at riverside it helped a lot with my team work skills and when having to produce my own song for my creative project.

Education & qualifications

 

 

• Secondary School -  Dates attended - August 2017 -  May 2021

 

Higher Music - C

Higher History - C

Higher English - C

 

 

Placements and projects

mmm yyyy - mmm yyyy Project/placement

 

13th June 2022 – 17th June 2022   Nicholson Institute/Music department

 

In June 2022 with my school i was able to choose to go on placement at the Nicholson Insitute in Stornoway. This included me going into the secondary school, helping and getting experience in the world of music education. During the time I attended the school they were working on their end of year musical. A few of my responsibilities during my time there were; helping the younger choir in the musical go over their singing parts, helping the main character in the musical with her pitching of the songs, printing out schedules for all the people in the musical, and finally making the posters announcing all the information about the musical and hanging them around the school and local shops. During this placement i picked up many skills in helping other musicians with there singing abilities and also in managing my time to ensure i would get everything done. By transferring my skills i found it much more easier to do the weekly lesson plans and was able to directed easily what in which i needed the student to do.

By getting all the work i needed to in placement do, i returned to Stornoway a while later to watch the musical and everyone which i had worked with achieved the things i had helped them with individually. This proved that the work i did actually significantly helped with making the musical the best it could be.

 

May 4th 2024   Eilidh's trust ball

This charity was set up for young musicians in memory of Eilidh Macleod who was a young musician from Barra. This ball was held in the Doubled tree Hiton Glasgow.

In may this year i helped out at the with moving and helping set up the music kits for the gigs that would go on at the ball. This consisted with me helping move all the kits and amps from the van to the hall and leaving the right ones near the two different stages. This helped me have a much better understanding in setting up music and what goes on behind the scenes. Overall, this was very beneficial in helping me understand music much more.

 

 

Interests

Interests: i enjoy volunteering at the Eilidh's trust ball event every year, i enjoy playing football and also Highland dancing.

Reference

Name – Douglas McIntyre   d.macintyre@riversidemusiccollege.ac.uk Lecturer

Katherine Macleod singing tutor -k.macleod@riversidemusiccollege.ac.uk

 

 

Relationship to you (Lecturer, tutor, line manager etc) – email address

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Artefact 2 - contract template from musicians union 

T1 – Terms and Conditions for Private Teaching (under 18)

(for self-employed teachers)

These terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) are made on        and will continue until terminated in accordance with 1.4 below.

Between                                                                                                            (the “Teacher”)

of who may be contacted on and

AND                                                                                          (hereinafter referred to as the “Guardian”)

of

who may be contacted on and

providing lessons for                                                                                                               (the “Student”)

Whereby it is Agreed

1.1 The Teacher will provide                   lessons lasting            minutes every

at

(hereinafter referred to as the “Premises”).

1.2 The Teacher will provide an agreed schedule of lessons detailing dates and times prior to lessons commencing. The dates and times of the lessons may be changed if both the Teacher and Guardian agree.

1.3 The fee per lesson is £                                  payable by means of     either:

1. in advance for a series of lessons        – payable in full on receipt of an invoice from the Teacher. Late

payment may result in a delay to lessons starting;

1. at the end of each lesson,

c)

1. This Agreement shall continue until terminated by either Party giving to the other not less than notice in writing. The Guardian is requested to complete the Cancellation Form as set out below.

2. The Teacher may from time to time review the agreed rate for tuition. The Teacher shall give the Guardian not less than weeks’ written notice of any increase in rates.

Cooling Off Period

2.1 The Guardian has a legal right to cancel this Agreement and receive a refund under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations (2013) during the ‘cooling off period’ which starts from the date of this Agreement and ends 14 days later. To cancel the Agreement, the Guardian should let the Teacher know by email that he/she has decided to cancel. The Teacher will confirm receipt of this email and arrange a refund for lessons not received. Reimbursement will be made using the same means of payment for the initial transaction, unless agreed otherwise.

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General

3.1 The Guardian is responsible for ensuring that the Student is available for the arranged lesson as confirmed by email between the Teacher and Guardian. Delays or interruptions (for which either the Guardian or Student is responsible) encroaching into this time will be considered as time provided.

3.2 If no notice to discontinue lessons has been served as above and the Student fails to attend an arranged lesson according to the Schedule provided by the Teacher (or as subsequently confirmed by email between the Teacher and Guardian), fees for that lesson remain payable and no refund of any fees paid in advance will be given.

3.3 Should a lesson be missed by the Teacher for whatever reason, the Teacher will either provide a replacement lesson at an agreed time or issue a credit note.

3.4 Extra lessons may be scheduled at any other time by mutual agreement and at a cost agreed between the Guardian and Teacher.

3.5 The Guardian and Student undertake not to make unlawful photocopies of music.

3.6 Examination entries, festivals, competitions or similar activities or events, will only be entered if the Guardian (in consultation with the Student) and Teacher agree. Any entry fees will be paid for by the Guardian. (See note 1 below)

3.7 The Guardian is responsible for informing the Teacher of any medical, health, or other such condition(s) which may affect the learning experience and interaction.

3.8 The Guardian and Teacher agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations including in relation to confidentiality, privacy, and GDPR.

3.9 Neither party shall be liable to the other party for any breach by the other of any of the terms and conditions herein occasioned by pandemic, any act of God, war, revolution, riot, civil disturbance, strike, lock-out, flood, fire or other cause not reasonably within the control of such party.

Space and Equipment

4.1 The Teacher is not responsible for the loan of any equipment (e.g., instruments, computers, etc.) or materials (e.g., sheet music) unless agreed in advance.

4.2 Materials supplied electronically by the Teacher remain the Intellectual Property of the Teacher.

4.3 The Teacher is not liable for any technical faults, failures or damages of equipment used at the Guardian’s/Student’s premises or elsewhere for the purposes of receiving teaching and will not be required to make up any lost teaching time caused by such faults, failures or damages.

4.4 The Guardian is responsible for the insurance of the Student’s instrument and all equipment used by the Student.

Safeguarding

5.1 Lessons must not be recorded by either party unless there is a prior agreement for this. If recordings are made, they must not be shared with third parties or uploaded to social media (this includes videos and photographs).

5.2 All communications regarding missed or cancelled lessons must be between the Guardian and Teacher. Under no circumstances should the Student contact the Teacher directly or vice versa.

5.3 For the purposes of confidentiality and privacy, all communications between the Guardian and Teacher should be via email. Communication by telephone should only take place where necessary due to urgency, e.g., unavoidable last-minute cancellations.

5.4 Any defamatory, offensive or illegal material aired online and/or via social media by the Student or Guardian, or inappropriate behaviour by the Student or Guardian, will result in the immediate termination of lessons. What constitutes such behaviour will be determined in the reasonable opinion of the Teacher. In this instance, the Teacher reserves the right to withdraw entirely from this Agreement with immediate effect. Fees paid will not be refunded.

5.5 The Guardian may, if they wish, be present during the lesson if agreement is given by the Teacher.

5.6 The Teacher agrees to comply with the MU’s safeguarding advice in relation to instrumental music teaching. Information is available on the MU’s website.

5.7 The Teacher has a current DBS or Disclosure Scotland certificate.

Note 1: It is important to note that whilst a Teacher will use his or her best endeavours to ensure the Student makes satisfactory progress, this cannot be guaranteed. Careful regular practice as advised by the Teacher is a prerequisite of success on any musical instrument or in any musical endeavour.

Medical Emergencies

I agree that, in the event of a medical emergency, the Teacher is authorised to seek professional medical care.

I am aware that the NHS advises the following:

1. Young people aged 16 or over are entitled to consent to their own treatment. This can be overruled in exceptional circumstances.

2. Children under the age of 16 can consent to their own treatment if they are believed to have enough intelligence, competence and understanding to fully appreciate what’s involved in their treatment (known as being Gillick competent).

For further details, please refer to the NHS guide ‘Children and young people – consent to treatment’ at www.nhs.uk.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Student has the following medical, health, or other such condition(s) and is currently receiving medication as itemised:

Medical Condition                                                                                          Treatment / Medication

The Student is allergic to the following:

Declaration

I hereby agree to the terms of this Agreement and authorise the Teacher named above to provide tuition to the Student until termination of this Agreement.

EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS

In the event of an emergency, medical or otherwise, please contact:

Name

Contact Number

Relationship to Student

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I understand the Teacher is not a first aider and I consent to the Teacher treating the Student in whatever way, mentally and physically that they consider common sense and in the best interests of the Student.

I also consent to the Student being treated by any medical professionals called by the Teacher.

Signed by Guardian                                                                                                                                     Date

Name

Cancellation Form

TO

Address

Phone number