Has anyone out there looked for or found a teacher specifically for the practical muscianship exams?

I learnt the 'cello for 5 or 6 years as a teenager but could never 'hear'. My teacher stopped entering me for exams when I acheived 5/18 for my aural at grade 3!

I started having lessons again 3 years ago and play a fair bit and have now acheived my grade 5 but to get 12 for the aural is a triumph for me. Although I finally am much more aware of whether my playing is in tune or not, this is a real handicap to my playing. My teacher has worked on strategies to help me hear and although I'm undoubedly better, I feel so hampered. I got a distinction for my grade 5 theory but oh to get more than a pass for my playing. So I thought that perhaps I would try the practical musicianship exams, starting at grade 1, which is likely to be a huge challenge for me (perversely some of the higher grades have elements that are easier for me: certainly sightreading; probably transposition, and I would like to learn about improvisation, given what I learnt about composition for the theory).

Can anyone suggest do I need a singing teacher (help?!), a piano teacher, a Kolday teacher perhaps?

I've searched the fora and found various strands on practical musicianship but none really seem to address this question.

Thanks in advance.

You might find some Kodaly sessions helpful !

(naturally!)

I couldn't 'hear' at all before I learned music through this way of learning - I'm not brilliant now but a VAST amount better than I was!!

Do please PM me if you'd like to know more about the approach.