“Mr Gillespie has been my violin teacher for the past eight years. In that time I progressed from the very basics of how to play the violin all the way to grade 8 level as his pupil at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

I am immensely grateful for all the hard work and dedication Mr Gillespie devoted to his teaching, and I can very honestly say that he is the very best teacher, out of all my subjects, that I have been taught by.”

Alexander Bagnall