Naomi Watson-Laird

Naomi Watson-Laird is a music teacher and composer in Ottawa. She completed her ARCT (RCM), and then a B.A. Hons. and an M.A. (both Carleton University) and B.Ed (University of Ottawa). She studied composition with the Canadian composer Patrick Cardy. She became an RCM Piano Examiner in 2008. Currently, she has a lively private music studio and works in the public school system. Over the years, she has adjudicated for community groups and festivals, coached vocal students, accompanied choirs and soloists, and even led several steel pans bands for her high school students. She enjoys teaching advanced music history and piano pedagogy, as well as piano at all levels. She has always enjoyed writing music for her own piano students and keeps pedagogical principles in mind when composing for young instrumentalists. Naomi is currently the Head of English, Languages, and Library, at Earl of March Secondary School, Ottawa.