I’ve been passionate about music all my life, from performing to sharing the intricacies of a piece with my students. Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than to hear the improvement in my students’ performance from lesson to lesson, year to year. Studying music history is a shared magic that makes composers, eras, dances, performances come to life. I returned to university for my BA and MA in Music as an adult, while juggling a thriving studio and a family, keeping disciplined use of my time and graduated cuma sum laude from the first, and a perfect GPA from the latter. I know commitment and passion, and am always looking to imbue excellence into all I teach.
Instrument / Discipline
- Piano
- Rudiments
- Harmony
- History
- Piano Pedagogy
- Theory
Spoken languages
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin)
Specialized in
- Youth (7-17)
- Adults (18+)
- Young Children (under 7)
- Beginner/Elementary
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Teaches At
- At own home
- At own studio
- Online
Specialist designation
- Harmony - Advanced
- History - Advanced
- Piano - Advanced
- Piano - Elementary
- Piano - Intermediate
- Theory - Elementary
- Theory - Intermediate
Credentials
- 2013 - Master of Arts - University of Ottawa
- 2010 - Graduate Certificate - University of Ottawa
- 2009 - Bachelor of Arts - Ambrose University
- 1990 - Bachelor of Arts - University of Calgary
Professional development
- APTA - Annual Conference - 2014
- APTA - Annual Conference - 2015
- APTA - Annual Conference - 2016
- APTA Conference - Dr Gail Berenson - 2019
- APTA Conference - Drs Free Karpov & Randall Faber - 2018
- APTA Conference - Scott Price on special needs teaching - 2017
- ARMTA Masterclass w/ Jena Pang (UK) - Summer masterclass, submitted student - 2018
- Beethoven's Sonatas - Coursera: Curtis Institution - 2013
- BYU Organ Workshops - Various sessions on organ performance, registration, hymn playing, pedal technique, teaching - 2017
- Calgary Arts Summer School - Pedagogy Workshop - 2014
- Calgary Arts Summer School - Pedagogy Workshop - 2015
- Classical Music Festival - Eisenstadt, Vienna. Two weeks of intensive lectures, masterclasses, recitals. - 2015
- International Music Symposium - Presenter, University of Ottawa - 2011
- RCM Summer Summit - Sessions with exminers on harmony, history, keyboard harmony, theory - 2017
- RCM Summer Summit, Calgary - Two-day conference with examiners - 2017
- RCM Summer Summit, Calgary - Two-day conference with Marvin Blickenstein, - 2019
- Teaching Special Needs Students - Various webinars with Dr Scott on how to teach students with autism - 2017
- Workshop w/ Melody Bober - Alfred Clinician series - 2019
- Workshop with Dennis Alexander - Alfred Music, Clinician series - 2019
School Associations
- Alberta Piano Teachers' Association - Provincial / State
- Alberta Registered Music Teachers' Association - Provincial / State