I have my ARCT in Piano Performance from the RCM. I teach piano and theory. I tailor make the curriculum to suit students' capacities and interests. I have successfully entered students in 84 RCM exams. I also have and do teach many students who are interested in learning just for pleasure and personal fulfillment without doing exams. The joy of sharing my love of music is what ignites my work. Students learn beneficial skills and fulfill their own creative/musical potential.
Instrument / Discipline
- Piano
- Voice
- Harmony
- History
- Analysis
- Composition
Specialized in
- Youth (7-17)
- Adults (18+)
- Young Children (under 7)
- Beginner/Elementary
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Teaches At
- Online
- Student's home
- Teacher's home
- Teacher's studio
Specialist designation
- Piano - Advanced
- Piano - Elementary
- Piano - Intermediate
- Theory - Elementary
- Theory - Intermediate
Credentials
- 2015 - MI - University of Toronto
- 1981 - MA - University of Toronto
- 1980 - ARCT - RCM
- 1979 - BA - University of Toronto
Professional development
- independent study - My father is playing some of his extensive CD collection to me. This includes different pianists playing the same works. For example, he has 4 different pianists playing the complete Beethoven sonatas. - 2023
- self development as a musician/teacher - I have studied jazz improvisation. I am watching the DVDs of Glenn Gould on Television, The Complete CBC Broadcasts and I am reading J. S. Bach by Albert Schweitzer. I am studying and analyzing Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, a beautiful epic. - 2024