Meet our Teachers
Our teachers are among the most talented in the industry.
It would be our pleasure to put our extensive experience to work for you and your family!
It would be our pleasure to put our extensive experience to work for you and your family!
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Gabe Girard
Piano, Violin, Cello, Guitar, Drums
Gabe is a multi-instrumentalist teacher and performer from Halifax Nova Scotia. Teaching violin, guitar, piano and drums, he has a wealth of experience in Halifax, Toronto and Montreal.
After studying classical percussion at Dalhousie University, he moved to Toronto to study music at Humber College, receiving his degree in 2013. Along the way, Gabe has toured and performed with a wide variety of bands and recorded at some of Toronto’s finest studios including Revolution Recording, Glenn Gould Studios and Humber College studios. Gabe's teaching philosophy is that each student is different, and should be taught in a way that is aligned with their personal values, interests, goals and dreams. Gabe excels at finding what students are passionate about and matching repertoire to their specific needs Gabe is also fluent in French and offers music lessons to French Immersion students. |
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Kai Lee
Piano, Guitar, Voice
Kai has had an enriching and engaging musical upbringing working with and learning from many world class musicians, directors, and arts organizations. This provided him with incredible opportunities for personal growth and connection with people. Empowering his students to have such opportunities of their own is his greatest passion in life. Kai has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of children and amateur musicians as a counsellor at the Canadian Opera Company’s educational programs, performed as a lead in many choirs and various roles in opera companies over the years. In addition, he has to taught privately and in a classroom environments over a variety of subjects. Having such a diverse educational and musical background has allowed Kai develop the flexibility to accommodate the needs and interests of his students in order to set them up for success in the way that works the best for them. By breaking down the vast landscape of music into its simplest components and building tools around them to explore music and the creative process, students become empowered to engage with the world creatively and cultivate their interests and talents with excitement and drive. When Kai is not teaching students, he teaches himself! Kai enjoys learning languages, coding, gardening, sewing, calligraphy, illustration, and reading.
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Kelly Seo, BFABeginner - Intermediate Piano & Beginner VoiceKelly is a pianist, educator, and actor.
She started playing the piano at five years old and is certified in RCM level 10 piano and up to ARCT theory qualifications. She has been a dedicated piano and beginner vocals teacher since 2015, both in person and online one-on-one and group classes. Since then, she has taught students of all ages from children to adults with a personalized curriculum to make the arts education applicable to each students' needs and goals. Kelly has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre and has experience performing as a lead actor and musician for the YPT production for "Hana Hashimoto the Sixth Violin" for Thousand Island's Playhouse where the musical production was toured in over 50 schools in Canada. When she is not teaching, she can be seen performing on stage, commercial, film and TV. As a youth, she regularly volunteered as the lead accompanist in her high school choir and at her local senior home as a pianist and musician. |
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Joel DaltonBeginner PianoA multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, Joel’s musical education began early as the son of a piano teacher. As he advanced, Joel went on to study with other teachers, competing annually in the Kiwanis Music Festival, winning awards and going to the provincial competition. In his teenage years, Joel picked up bass guitar and trumpet, and completed RCM grade 9 piano, earning first class honours with distinction. He also began his teaching career in high school, tutoring younger trumpet students.
Joel went on to play guitar, bass, trumpet, and keyboards in bands covering styles from jazz and blues to pop, folk, rock, country and bluegrass, singing, writing and co-writing, and touring throughout Canada, the UK and Europe. He currently plays and sings in Pink Floyd tribute act Floydium, as well as his original folk/roots project The Idaho Stop, playing clubs and theatres in Toronto and southern Ontario. As a teacher, Joel draws on his diverse musical background to develop students into well-rounded musicians. Some students may continue to pursue conservatory piano at an advanced level, but a majority of them will develop interest in many different styles of music and even different instruments. Joel believes that playing by ear is just as important as reading music, improvisation is as important as theory, and creativity is as important as technique. Just as one must learn the rules before breaking them, creativity and critical thinking must be encouraged early on, so that they become second-nature. A comprehensive, progressive foundation in piano allows students to succeed wherever their musical journey takes them. |
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Ann Blennerhassett, BMusPianoAnn is a singer, pianist, teacher and arts administrator. With 10 years of teaching experience under her belt, Ann enjoys teaching students of all ages, specializing in intermediate and early advanced piano. She aims to teach her students to be not just good players/singers, but to be well-rounded musicians. Her biggest goal as a teacher is to inspire her students to want to achieve their best and push their limits. Ann believes that learning an instrument, like learning any new skill, is hard work which requires discipline, however it should also be enjoyable and rewarding. She believes that classical techniques and theory are essential building blocks for any style of playing or singing. Ann graduated from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music, and has been featured on Toronto’s Classical 96.3FM and Buffalo’s Classical WNED 94.5. |
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Maya Jenkins, BA Musical Theatre
Piano, VoiceMaya is a music theatre performer, actor, and arts educator located in Toronto. She recently graduated from the prestigious Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program at Sheridan College where she received excellent training in voice, acting, dance, and music. Along with her music theatre training, Maya has completed her RCM training in piano, voice, and music theory. Maya has performed in many musicals including Anne of Green Gables, Seussical, The Mikado, and The Drowsy Chaperone. A supporter of the Canadian musical theatre canon, Maya has been lucky to be in many new Canadian musicals/workshops in the GTA including: Catherine in The House of Martin Guerre/Theatre Sheridan; Gloria in Kelly v Kelly/CMTP & Musical Stage Co.; and a new workshop of Bartram and Hill’s Bethune/CMTP. This summer Maya will play Eliza Doolittle in The Brott Music Festival’s production of My Fair Lady.
Along with performing in musicals, Maya has gigged at many festivals across the GTA for the past few years, always singing Joni Mitchell whenever possible. Maya started a private piano and voice studio when she was in high school and has been teaching privately and supply teaching for music schools since 2010. She loves working with musicians of all levels but has a soft spot for beginners. Maya believes that music lessons should be fun and confidence building. She hopes to instill the same passion she has for music in her students. |
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Camila Milla, BMusGuitar, Piano, CompositionCamila is a Chilean guitarist, composer, and educator. She started playing guitar at thirteen years old and performed on various stages in her home country. She started teaching in her second year of music school, and during this time, she began to receive invitations to collaborate in projects including rock bands, contemporary music festivals, and composing for short films and animation. After a few years of teaching, she became the head guitar teacher in a music academy, teaching all ages. At the same time she started a Bachelor in Education so she could also work as a secondary school teacher. Camila has also been pursuing a career as a solo artist and engaging her audience through social media. In 2018 Ibanez Guitars made Camila part of their family giving her the opportunity to be one of the first women from South America to be featured in their artists catalogue.
She enjoys teaching all kinds of music styles which reflect her students' interests; motivating them to exercise their technique and understand the discipline in a close and entertaining way. In this way she helps her students build their self confidence and encourages them to be curious and creative. Sharing her passion for music, Camila feels very lucky to be able to teach and learn from her students every day. |
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Chris Tanaka-Mann, BEdPiano, Guitar, VoiceChristopher Tanaka-Mann is a musician, educator, arranger, vocal coach, clinician, and performing artist. While specializing in voice, Chris also plays piano and guitar. As a teacher, Chris has taught voice, piano, and guitar privately, as well as English, music, and philosophy at the secondary school level. He is a proud member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, singing with several different groups that specialize in the style. He has had the opportunity to lead choruses and music programs around Ontario.
As a performing artist, Chris is most notably the tenor of Yonge Guns, The quartet performs around Ontario and the world, competing in the Barbershop Harmony Society’s quartet contests regularly. Most recently, Yonge Guns won the provincial competition, and now sets its sights on representing Ontario and Canada in the International Quartet Contest! Chris teaches voice and performance privately, as well as providing beginner piano and guitar lessons. He recently worked as a Singing Ambassador for the Waterfront Business Improvement Area, and now works for Taddle Creek Montessori School and also as a nanny for a private family. He is a certified Ontario Secondary teacher. |
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