Daniel Ramjattan

Dr. Daniel Ramjattan (B. Mus, M. Mus, UOttawa, DMA, UToronto), is a a gold medal, RCM certified classical guitar instructor and performance anxiety coach with over 14 years of experience as a private teacher, and seven years of experience teaching guitar in a university setting. He runs a busy private studio while on faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Music, and the Royal Conservatory of Music's Oscar Peterson School. Many of his students have been accepted to top music programs across the country, both at the Bachelor's and Master's levels, and have won top prizes at local and provincial music festivals, including top prizes at the OMFA provincial music competition in the Grade 9, 10, and Open Level Categories. Students have also received the RCM Gold Medal award for the highest exam mark in the province. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Guitar Performance at the University of Toronto in 2022, where his dissertation focused on music performance anxiety (stage fright) on the classical guitar. He has given guest lectures on this subject at the University of Toronto, McGill University, Mount Royal University, and the University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, MusicFest Canada, and the Vancouver Guitar Festival to name a few, and established the first undergraduate course on music performance anxiety at Wilfrid Laurier University in Fall 2022. He has served as an adjudicator at the Canada West Performing Arts Festival, the FCMF National Music Competition, and several local music festivals across Ontario. Daniel loves watching players of any level succeed, and prioritizes confidence-building while giving clear and direct instruction to ensure maximum ease, efficiency, creativity, and musical enjoyment and expression. His approaches are informed by his doctoral research, which delves into neuroscience, psychology, mindfulness, and pedagogy. His performance experience has led him to give concerts for the Toronto Guitar Society, the Vancouver Classical Guitar Festival, the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage, the Alte Schmiede Kunstverein, Vienna, Austria, and in various locations across North America, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Japan. He has placed as a finalist in major competitions such as the Montreal and Hamilton International Guitar Competitions, and also placed second at the National Music Competition in Edmonton, Alberta, in 2016. He also won first prize at the Open Level of the OMFA provincials in both 2014 and 2016. His debut album, entitled "Inspirations", features several premiere recordings of new virtuosic works for guitar by Canadian composers, many of which were composed for me. Inspirations is available on Spotify and all streaming platforms on January, 2022 and has received positive reviews from WholeNote Magazine and CBC Radio's "Album of the Week" with Paolo Pietropaolo. He currently teaches lessons online and in-person in downtown Toronto and Waterloo, ON. To learn more, please visit https://www.danielramjattan.com