January 2026 at Layston Music – New Beginnings 🎶
- Talena Cuthbert
- 4 days ago
- 3 min read
Hello everyone,
Happy New Year, and welcome to January 🌱
As we step into a fresh year, I just want to say a heartfelt thank you for your patience, kindness and support over the last few weeks while I’ve been recovering from illness. It really has meant a lot. I’m very much looking forward to being back in the studio and resuming teaching this week from Monday 19th January, feeling rested and ready for a new term of music-making.
📅 Upcoming Dates – Please Note
Just a few important dates for your diaries:
Saturday 31st January – no lessons as we’re taking the day off to celebrate our son’s birthday
Half Term: Monday 16th – Sunday 22nd FebruaryThere will be no lessons during half term
Thank you, as always, for planning around these dates.
🎤 Singdigs – Performance Opportunities
We’re excited to share that Singdigs are coming back, with a brand new venue and new dates announced very soon.
These Shindig-style events are relaxed, supportive performance opportunities where students can share what they’ve been working on — no pressure, no perfection required. Performing in front of others helps build confidence, resilience, communication skills and self-belief, all of which are hugely valuable life skills, whether students pursue music long-term or not.
More details coming shortly — watch this space!
⭐ Reviews – Supporting a Small Local Business
If you’ve been enjoying lessons with us, we’d be incredibly grateful if you could leave a Google review. Reviews really do make a huge difference to small, local businesses like ours and help other families feel confident choosing us.
You can leave a review here:👉 https://g.page/r/Ca8PkSEiqacMEBM/review
Thank you so much to everyone who already has — we truly appreciate it.
🔔 Important Reminders
A few gentle reminders to help lessons run smoothly:
Student Packs: Please bring your student pack to every lesson. This is where we keep sheet music, tabs, lyrics and practice diaries.
Zoom Lessons: If your lesson is online, please ensure Original Audio is enabled every time, otherwise we won’t be able to hear your instrument properly.
Prime Time Lessons (4pm–8pm):These slots have a no-cancellation policy. If you can’t attend:
You may switch to Zoom
request a lesson in video format with guidance
book the time off before the month starts so we can offer it to an ad-hoc student
we can try to arrange a swap for that week
If we ever need to cancel, we will always offer a make-up slot or credit your account.
👋 About Us
Talena Cuthbert BA MCMA
Vocal Coach for Professionals | Singer/Songwriter | Music & Health PractitionerPiano Teacher & Music Mentor | Song & Sound TherapistWith over 20 years’ experience, a BA (Hons) in Popular Music & Recording, and qualifications in sound therapy, music therapy, ASD, and children & young people’s mental health, my work focuses on music performance for wellbeing, confidence and emotional expression.
Paul Cuthbert
Professional guitarist, songwriter and guitar luthier, touring with metal bands for over 25 years and teaching for 15 years. Paul specialises in performance, technique and tone, and also builds and maintains custom metal guitars.
Thank you, as always, for being part of the Layston Music family. We feel incredibly lucky to work with such supportive students and parents, and we’re really looking forward to everything this year has to offer.
Warm wishes,
Talena & Paul 🎶
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