Fall 2025: Current students will register for fall lessons in May. In June, I will meet with New Students if fall spaces are available. Please contact me through the contact form if you would like to meet in June.
Summer 2025: Casual Summer lessons are available in late June, July and August.
Welcome!
Of all my learning experiences, Music Lessons have had the greatest positive impact on my life. From the age of six through my adult years, they have provided me with an outlet for self-expression and creativity, and a constant source of satisfaction and personal growth. As a kid, I loved to practice, and I still do! It is so rewarding to see yourself become just a little bit better at something each day.
In my studio, I hope my students learn a lot and have fun doing it. I find that students enjoy lessons most when they learn to play music they genuinely like, and when they feel a sense of accomplishemnt and growth. As a piano teacher, my job is to fine-tune curriculum, pace, and style to best suit each student, to find pieces of music to engage and excite each personality, and to provide supplementary games, activities, and materials to enhance learning and skill-building for each student.
I aim to help students become Well-rounded and capable musicians. Depending on each student’s interest, we work on skills such as reading notation, counting rhythms, improvisation, effective practice strategies, songwriting, chord and accompaniment patterns, playing from a lead-sheet, playing with other musicians, performance preparation, and building a healthy technique.
One other focus of my studio is to build a Community of developing musicians. I encourage students to participate in duets and ensembles together, and arrange informal gatherings a few times a year such as piano parties, performance prep groups, and recitals. Our group atmosphere is one of encouragement and support for each other, with an attitude of sharing our music as a gift for others.
I am a member of the Alberta Piano Teacher’s Association and an Affiliate Member of the Alberta Music Teacher’s Association. My credentials include two years of a Bachelor’s of Music Degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Grade 9 Piano RCM and Grade 8 Voice RCM, and the Royal Conservatory of Music’s “Teaching Elementary Piano” course. I taught privately in Nova Scotia, took time off to be at home with my young children, and began teaching again after moving to Calgary. These days my musical pursuits involve teaching at my home studio, writing and arranging music, and continuing to enjoy my own practice and musical development.