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I have been teaching for over 26 years and have my A.R.C.T. from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto in piano pedagogy. I began music lessons when I was 8 years old on the electric organ and studied mainly pop music of all ages.

My teacher was classically trained and a certified teacher in piano, which helped very much when I began high school and started studying piano. I managed to to get my grade 9 piano in 3 years of piano study, and although I took some time off after that, I always knew I would return to finish my grade 10 and A.R.C.T.

In highschool I also played the flute and guitar, and played the flute in the school band and the piano in the jazz band. When the electronic keyboard became more popular than the organ I began playing that and have experienced great success teaching that as well.

As computers became more popular, I began experimenting with that medium and discovered that the computer would be a great asset in teaching music. I purchased a Yamaha Clavinova, electric piano with midi compatibility, and useful software so I could use the computer with the piano, which proved to be of great help with students interested in pop music and all music in general.

This software can also be used to create sheet music for the individual students, when the music they want is unavailable otherwise. The sheet music I create is often times much better than the sheet music that can be purchased at the music store because it has been taken from the actual midi file, edited for piano and sounds much closer to the original. I also create score music for groups to play together, each with their own part.
I have enjoyed teaching students all the benefits of computer learning and all the benefits that go along with computer use. I take a great amount of pleasure from teaching classical and pop music to students of all ages.